Hey writers!
In case you missed our magazine update last week, I wanted to reiterate one of our exciting new features! Now that we are collecting submissions through Submittable, we added a few new things to our offerings, such as editorial feedback for fiction and nonfiction (at a reduced price!) and a way to send us your fiction even when our general submission periods aren’t open.
Enter Expedited Fiction Responses! You can now submit to us and hear back within one week, even when we are closed for submissions! Bonus: all fees go directly to pay our editors, who volunteer their time generously to make this magazine what it is. We hope to hear from you!
Free Workshop with Alex Baia of Slackjaw
You Can Be Funny Now: How To Start Writing Humor
Date: Saturday, May 11
Time: 1 - 2 PM EST
*This workshop will be recorded for those who can’t attend live!
Many people dream of writing and publishing funny stuff. Is that you? Good, because this workshop will get you writing humor FAST!
Whether you're new to writing humor or you have been dabbling at it for a while, this workshop is for you.
Write With Us This Weekend!
April 20th & April 27th from 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Chasing the Chantable: A Two Week Intensive on Sonic Impact in Syntax with Ben Jahn
In this half-class/half-workshop, we'll study the sentence as a site of sound aesthetics and practice techniques to increase our syntax's sonic impact.
This class is for folks who hear “kill your darlings,” and think: but they’re all darlings! For people who see the sentence as its own aesthetic terrain, with tension and energy and momentum within and between each syllabic synapse. We’ll read and discuss the work of writers who do this—who write with and make us read with a tuned ear. Then we’ll practice the techniques in a workshop format.
Saturday, April 20 from 11:00 - 3:30 PM EST
The Write Together Retreat featuring Elle Nash and Sophia Hembeck
Join us for a day of writing during our monthly virtual retreat! You will have the opportunity to write alongside other writers in real time and learn from authors in the industry. This will be a time of encouragement and a chance to make real progress!
The retreat also includes an hour-long craft chat and Q&A session with Elle Nash and Sophia Hembeck, who will discuss how they balance both the business and creative sides of their writing life.
They will talk about how they support themselves through multiple income streams and how, using Substack, social media, Patreon, and other ways, writers can develop ways to support their art.
*Retreat Scholarships are available! Apply here
Upcoming Workshops for April and May
*Scholarships are available for Write or Die workshops. Click here for more details.
April 27th from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
Come Celebrate With Me: A Poetry Intensive with Arriel Vinson
Using Lucille Clifton’s “won’t you celebrate with me ” as a guide, this workshop will examine writing joy and celebration.
You’ll first look deeply at and discuss this poem, then read and discuss other celebratory poems/songs by BIPOC writers. Students will dig into how each celebratory work was created despite the dangers or harm each speaker faced, and how many factors of the world determine how we approach joy.
*This workshop will be recorded if you can’t attend live!
April 28 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
Exploring Sexuality & Motherhood in Writing with
In this 3 hour workshop, you will experiment with new techniques to explore sex and motherhood in your own writing. Writers will generate new questions about the intersections between motherhood/parenthood and sexuality, develop new terrain for exploration in their work, and gain new craft techniques for embodied, sensory writing.
May 1 - May 22 from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
The Poetry Lab: Crafting and Critiquing in Community with Samuel Louis Spencer & McKinley Dirks
In this weekly workshop, we will convene to write, read, and revise our poetry.
This month-long program is designed to get poets thinking critically about each other's work in a judgment-free environment. Engage with other poets in the practice of prosody, polishing your poems until they are ready for publication (woah, alliteration!).
May 7 - May 21 from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Editing for Style: A Hands-On Lesson in Copyediting with Jordan Koluch
A good copyedit is more than just a spell-check—it’s sensitive to author voice and intent and makes the text more accessible for the reader.
In this class, you’ll learn the basics of good copyediting and implement those basics over a number of sample texts. Students will have the opportunity to get hands-on experience in class, as well as feedback from the instructor and peers on their work. We’ll also discuss tips for how to get freelance copyediting jobs.
May 11 from 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM EST
Adapt Your Book, Short Story or Personal Essay Into A TV Show with
Dreaming of turning your novel, memoir, or short story into a TV show? Want a TV writing sample that shows a mastery of character, structure, story engines, and more?
Join this workshop! Ali, WGA Award-nominated writer from "The Morning Show" will introduce you to all the tools you need for a strong adaptation.
*This workshop will be recorded if you can’t attend live!