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A practical, example-driven session focusing on the importance of capturing a reader’s attention from the first sentence led by the author Jarred McGinnis. When submitting your short story to a publication or your novel to an agent, you have the tiniest sliver of their attention to stand out amongst the thousands of other entries. We will look at examples to [read more...]

In this practical session participants will work with poet, critic, and editor Will Harris on editing poems for publication. You will learn how you can make poetry submissions the very best they can be from the poem itself to your accompanying cover letter. The session will look at how poetry magazine publication works to inform this process and learn tips [read more...]