This pop-up is for writers who are new to submitting, as well as more experienced writers who want to improve their odds of acceptance. We’ll discuss all the basics of submitting your fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry to literary journals. You’ll learn the submission vocabulary, how to write a cover letter, how far to cast your net, methods to improve your acceptance rate, and how to connect with other writers (and editors!) in the literary community to help you learn and grow as a writer. We’ll finish with a fast and furious Q&A to ensure all your questions get answered!
About Hannah Grieco
Hannah Grieco is the author of First Kicking, Then Not, released by Stanchion in August 2025. She writes a literary column for Washington City Paper, edits prose at a variety of small presses and literary journals, and teaches literature at Marymount University. She also works 1:1 with writers as an editor and book coach, helping with manuscript development, agent and publishing house searches, essay and short story placement, and more. Read her work in The Washington Post, The Independent, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, Brevity, Craft Literary, Poet Lore, Shenandoah, Fairy Tale Review, and more. Find her online at hgrieco.com and on most social media @writesloud.
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