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SUMMARY:Cover Letters and Agent Queries
DESCRIPTION:There is a way to be yourself in writerly business communications–and doing so usually yields the best results!\nYour query letter is your first introduction to a potential agent–which is to say\, your first introduction to a potential champion of your work\, professional advocate\, and friend. How do we create a query letter that has that right mix of professionalism\, candor\, and kindness? How can we explain the book we’ve worked so hard to finish in just a few paragraphs? Author and teacher Diane Zinna will help to demystify the process of cover letters for literary magazine submissions and agent queries! We’ll also look at how to craft a perfect third-person bio and explore the four things an agent query must do. You’ll leave with real tools to help you find the literary champions looking for you. \n\n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nLiterary Magazine Cover Letters\nLiterary Agent Query Letters\nThird-Person Bios\n\nTime requirements\n\nN/A\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis class will be excellent for any writer wishing to add oomph to their cover letters\, bios\, and agent queries. All levels of experience are welcome.\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services. \n\n\n\n\n Add to calendar
URL:https://writer.org/event/cover-letters-and-agent-queries/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Publishing,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:A Beginner's Guide to Lit Mags and Submitting
DESCRIPTION:What exactly is a tiered rejection? How does Submittable work? How do I learn about different literary journals? \n \nThis 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!
URL:https://writer.org/event/a-beginners-guide-to-lit-mags-and-submitting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Mixed Genre,Publishing,Workshop,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T190000
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SUMMARY:Know Your Competition!
DESCRIPTION:For your book to succeed\, you must know which books you are competing against. In this interactive workshop\, we will look at resources for locating comparable and competing titles\, analyze comparable and competing titles\, and look at how to use that information to inform your writing as well as in your proposal or query letter.
URL:https://writer.org/event/know-your-competition-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,Beginner/Intermediate Level,Publishing,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Contracts and Copyrights for Writers
DESCRIPTION:Most writers understandably cringe at the legal and technical jargon of book\, magazine\, or other contracts they need to sell their work. And copyrights can be downright scary. Ken Ackerman has navigated these waters often in his long career with multiple books and publishers\, with all the related legal twists and turns. In this workshop\, he’ll give a primer on what writers need to know\, in simple\, understandable terms\, about selling and securing their work.
URL:https://writer.org/event/contracts-and-copyrights-for-writers-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Publishing,Workshop,Zoom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261027
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SUMMARY:(Wet Ink) The Art of the Pitch
DESCRIPTION:In this class\, we’ll learn how to write a well-crafted pitch that can land you publication in top newspapers and magazines. Whether you are writing newsy personal essays or reported articles\, we’ll learn how to catch an editor’s attention by pegging our pitch to a current event\, and and showing that we’re the right person to tell this story. The teacher will share example pitches that have gotten her published\, even with few credits to her name. You’ll leave class having sent 3-4 pitches to editors.
URL:https://writer.org/event/wet-ink-the-art-of-the-pitch/
LOCATION:Wet Ink
CATEGORIES:4 Sessions,Intermediate/Advanced Level,Publishing,Wet Ink,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T140000
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SUMMARY:Managing Queries with QueryTracker
DESCRIPTION:QueryTracker is a powerful tool for finding literary agents\, sending them queries\, and tracking their responses. In this course we’ll cover the basics: search tools\, the who-represents-whom tool\, and data view options. We’ll look at cool features that are a little harder to find: pasting in agency/agent notes\, flagging agents by priority\, and setting alerts for when closed agents become open. We’ll also discuss other resources like Publisher’s Marketplace. Coupons for a free year of premium QueryTracker membership will be provided for up to 10 attendees. Bring your laptop to follow along.
URL:https://writer.org/event/managing-queries-with-querytracker/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Publishing,The Writer's Center,Workshop
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