Aspiring fiction writers may be one step closer to their dreams as Chapman University launches a new free writing workshop taught by renowned novelist and short-story writer Richard Bausch, who joined the Chapman creative writing faculty this fall.

Professor Richard Bausch will lead a creative writing workshop for select writers from the community.Open to anyone in the community who is not connected to Chapman University – people of all ages and all educational backgrounds – the Chapman University Creative Writing Workshop is taking applications now. Applicants should submit a manuscript of no more than 20 pages by Jan. 25, 2013, and Bausch will personally read all submissions and select the participants for the 2013 workshop. The free workshop will commence meeting with Bausch once a week on Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the evening, and will take place each Tuesday evening thereafter for 14 weeks.

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