Instructor Marcelle Soviero's award winning essays have been published in numerous publications and radio programs including The New York Times, Salon.com, Eating Well, New York Metro, Babble.com, Literary Mama, Upper East Side, Wilton, StepMom, Anderbo, Tiny Lights: A Journal of Narrative Nonfiction, and featured on The Story on National Public Radio. She is author of An Iridescent Life: Essays on Motherhood and Stepmotherhood released in May, 2012. |
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Didn't sign up in time for a Fall workshop series? You can join one already underway.
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Isn't it time you had your work published?
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with Marcelle Soviero
Saturday, September 15
9 a.m. to Noon
$150
You've worked hard to develop your craft. You know your essays, short stories or poems are good, and you get great feedback from readers. Isn't it time you had your work published? Are you ready to begin building your portfolio of publishing credits?
Becoming a good writer is just the first step. Finding markets for your work takes research. Breaking into those markets requires a focused plan and dedicated follow-through. But where to begin?
The objective of this workshop is to show you how to develop a focused action plan for selling your short stories, essay, and poems to magazines, literary journals, respected online publications, and other reputable press venues.
Please note that the emphasis of this workshop is on short pieces (not novels or nonfiction books).
In this workshop you will learn how to:
- Research small and large markets for individual works;
- Define markets for your genre;
- Evaluate dozens of publishing outlets including magazines, literary journals, anthologies, etc.;
- Locate the correct contact person at target publications (without the contact, your piece will go unread);
- Find out about writing contests by genre (if you don't submit, you can't win);
- Build a submission tracker / submission binder;
- Craft a simple cover letter;
- Define the best membership sites for writers;
- Evaluate top networking sites for building publishing connections;
Participants will receive a handout of resources, including websites, resources and other tools to enable you to take those next steps.
"Marcelle's fantastic workshop on how to submit your work saved me hours and hours of time - it was well worth it!
~Randi Olin, Weston, Conn.
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For More Information
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Go to "Get Published" Boot Camp
Or call (203)227-3250.
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How To Register
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Go to Westport Writers' Workshop and click on REGISTER NOW for instructions for registering by mail or with PayPal. |
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