If you're looking for a place to chill and write, come hang out with us every Monday from 2.30pm - 10.30pm at LUMA, 37 Jalan Kampung Jawa Lama. Dinner break: 7pm - 8pm

Every third Monday of the month, we hold a critique session from 8pm onwards to discuss current works in progress.

NutMag Writers Series (2020)


The NutMag Writers Series is a series of six writing workshops organised for emerging writers in Penang. The fortnightly workshops aim to equip new writers aged 16 and upwards with skills and confidence to write short stories and poetry in both standard and Malaysian English. Participants are encouraged to participate in MYWriters Penang’s write-ins and critique sessions, and will be assigned partners for co-mentoring and accountability. The workshops will culminate in opportunities for participants to submit their work for potential publication in NutMag’s Fifth Anniversary Anthology. 

April
  • Getting Started: This introductory workshop looks at the basics of writing fiction, including other essentials such as time management and setting individual writing goals for the programme. 
  • The Authentic Malaysian Voice: This workshop explores code-mixing and writing in Malaysian English, including using language that encodes Malaysian culture and borrows or translates local dialects/languages in Penang-specific contexts.

May
  • Writing Your Ancestry: This third workshop looks at using one’s culture and heritage as part of creative writing.
  • Structure and Time: This workshop looks at various short story structures and how to use time as a plot device, including flashbacks.

June
  • Developing Your Poetic Voice (Poetry track): This workshop looks at developing your poetic voice in the Malaysian context, so that you sound more like Bernice Chauly instead of William Shakespeare. 
  • What Makes a Short Story Good? (Fiction track): What do publishers look for in short stories? This session discusses plotting techniques and what makes an ending fulfilling. Participants should have draft work available for workshopping. 
  • Editing Your Own Work: In this final session, participants will be taken through a checklist of items to review in their work, including voice and word choices, grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and story development. 

July
  • Writer's Retreat: A weekend away to work on, edit, and workshop the various works they have produced over the 3 months, including polishing the work for submission.
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Questions? Email us at nutmag.zine@gmail.com

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