8-week Advanced Fiction - begins 4.9.26 - Prospect Heights
Instructor: Ledia Xhoga
Dates: begins April 9, 2026 | Thurs 7-9pm
Location: Prospect Heights, BK
Fee: $850 / $800 for returning Sackett writers
A writing sample is required for this class. Please fill out an application with your contact info and a brief sample of your writing.
Our AdvancedFiction Workshop is a selective class aimed at writers looking to polish their work for publication. Class is taught by our most experienced advanced fiction instructor whose students have gone on to attend top MFA programs and win prestigious awards. Class time is spent on in-depth discussion of student work and each writer receives detailed feedback.
Writers should have writing and writing class/workshop experience.
Ledia Xhoga (pronounced Joga) is a fiction writer and playwright. She was born and raised in Tirana, Albania and currently lives in Brooklyn. Her debut novel Misinterpretation was published by Tin House Books (US & Canada), Daunt Books (UK) and is forthcoming in other countries in translation. Misinterpretation was longlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, the recipient of a New York City Book Award, Finalist for Center For Fiction First Novel Prize, and was named a Best of 2024 Book by Debutiful. Her work has been published in Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Brooklyn Rail, Large Hearted Boy, Intrepid Times, Hobart and other journals