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2022 Florida Writing Workshop

March 30, 2022Webinar/Workshopagent, Authors, books, editor, Edits, Feedback, Fiction, Learning, Literary Advise, Manuscript, Non-Fiction, Online, Opportunity, Publishing, Register, The Florida Writing Workshop, Writers, Writing, Writing Workshoppdpabst

Per the Florida Writing Workshop website, this online writing event (July 8-9, 2022) is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of the conference, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Writers can join from anywhere. However, there are still a limit of 200 seats for attendance, so hurry!

Here are a few of this year’s faculty that will be in attendance:

Literary agent Analieze Cervantes (Harvey Klinger Literary Agency)
Literary agent Maria Napolitano (Bookcase Literary Agency)
Literary agent Rebecca Eskildsen (Writers House)
Literary agent Rachel Beck (Liza Dawson Associates)
Literary agent Ken Sherman (Ken Sherman & Associates)
Literary agent Paul Levine (Paul S. Levine Literary)
Literary agent Eric Smith (P.S. Literary)
Literary agent Leticia Gomez (Savvy Literary)
Literary agent Rach Crawford (Wolf Literary Services)
Literary agent Debbie Alsdorf (Books & Such Literary Management)
Literary agent Amy Stern (Sheldon Fogelman Literary)
Literary agent Dan Milaschewski (United Talent Agency)
Literary agent Amaryah Orenstein (Go Literary)
Literary agent Laurel Symonds (The Bent Agency)
Literary agent Zoe Bodzas (McIntosh & Otis)
Literary agent Annie Bomke (Annie Bomke Literary)
Literary agent Eva Scalzo (Speilburg Literary)
Literary agent Carlie Webber (Fuse Literary)
Literary agent Julia Byers (Sheldon Fogelman Literary)
Literary agent James Mustelier (The Bent Agency)
Literary agent Eloy Bleifuss (Janklow & Nesbit)
Literary agent Ian Shea (Maximus Literary)
Literary agent Susan Nystoriak (Golden Wheat Literary)
Literary agent Kelly Peterson (Rees Literary)
and possibly more to come.

Since the seats are limited, don’t delay in registering. Have fun and learn lots!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

San Francisco Virtual Writing Workshop

July 27, 2021Literary, Webinar/Workshop#A, Adult, agent, amuiraa, Andrea Brown Literary, Annie Bomke Literary, Art + Deco Agency, Authors, Azantian Litererary, จัดการ ประชุม, Book Wyrm Litereray, books, Brower Literary & Management, California, comhdháil, Conférence, Conferência, Conferencia, Conferentie, Conferenza, Conferinţă, DeFiore and Company, Конференции, Конференция, Конференції, Feedback, Fiction, Folio Literary Management, Go Literary, Golden Wheat Literary, Gynhadledd, Harvey Klinger Inc, Harvey Klinger Literary Agency, Hội nghị, How To Get Published, Industry, Instrution, Διάσκεψη, 회의, Jennifer De Chiara Literary, Joelle Delbourgo Associates, konafesi, Konferans, Konferansen, Konference, Konferencia, Konferencija, Konferencji, Konferens, Konferensi, Konferensie, Konferenssi, Konferenz, Konferenza, KT Literary Agency, kumperensya, Ladderbird Literary, Manuscripts, Martin Literary Management, MG, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Online, P.S. Literary, Paul S. Levine Literary, Persidangan, Pitch, Pitching, Prentis Literary, Publishing, Rainbow Nerds Literary, Ráðstefnu, San Francisco, San Francisco Writing Workshop, Savvy Literary, Speilburg Literary, Sterling Lord Literistic, Stimola Literary, Stories, Storm Literary, The Bent Agency, The Friedrich Agency, The Seymour Agency, Transatlantic Agency, Transatlantic Litereary, کنفرانس, Virtual, Writers, Writers House, Writing, YA, Young Adult, 會議, 会議, 会议, المؤتمرpdpabst

Per the website, the San Francisco Writing Workshop is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of two days, pitch a literary agent (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that this is a virtual workshop, so anyone can attend from anywhere. This workshop is a full-day “How to Get Published” writing event in San Francisco, CA on October 8-9, 2021

Literary agent Elisa Houot of The Seymour Agency
Literary agent Paige Terlip of Andrea Brown Literary
literary agent Sandy Lu (Book Wyrm Literary)
literary agent Amanda Orozco (Transatlantic Literary)
literary agent Leah Pierre (Ladderbird Literary)
literary agent Allison Hellegers (Stimola Literary Studio)
literary agent Kimberly Brower (Brower Literary)
literary agent Amaryah Orenstein (Go Literary)
literary agent Jeff Silberman (Folio Literary Management)
literary agent Stefanie Molina (Ladderbird Literary)
literary agent Lindsay Auld (Writers House)
literary agent Alexandra Weiss (Azantian Literary)
literary agent Hannah Brattesani (The Friedrich Agency)
literary agent Stephanie Winter (P.S. Literary)
literary agent Nicole Payne (Golden Wheat Literary)
literary agent Jennifer Herrington (Harvey Klinger Literary)
literary agent Jamie Vankirk (Rainbow Nerds Literary)
literary agent Leticia Gomez (Savvy Literary)
literary agent Brenna English-Loeb (Transatlantic Agency)
literary agent Kelly Van Sant (KT Literary)
literary agent Leslie Varney (Prentis Literary)
literary agent Reiko Davis (Defiore and Company)
literary agent Lynnette Novak (The Seymour Agency)
literary agent James Mustelier (The Bent Agency)
literary agent Erin Clyburn (Jennifer De Chiara Literary)
literary agent Chris Combemale (Sterling Lord Literistic)
literary agent Sera Rivers (Martin Literary Management)
literary agent Felice Laverne (Art + Deco Agency)
literary agent Joelle Delbourgo (Joelle Delbourgo Associates)
literary agent Devon Halliday (Transatlantic Literary)
literary agent Julie Gwinn (The Seymour Agency)
literary agent Vicki Selvaggio (Storm Literary)
literary agent Analieze Cervantes (Harvey Klinger Literary Agency)
literary agent Paul S. Levine (Paul S. Levine Literary)
literary agent Annie Bomke (Annie Bomke Literary)
literary agent Cecilia Lyra (P.S. Literary)
literary agent Eva Scalzo (Speilburg Literary)
and possibly more to come.

For those partcipating, this sounds like a great day of learning and marketing yourself. Good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest

March 22, 2019Contests, LiteraryAuthors, Deadline, Entry, Free, Funny, Humorous, Judges, Laugh, Monetary Prize, Money, Online, Poems, Poetry, Poets, Prize, Published, Submission, Unpublished, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, Winning Writers, Writers, Writingpdpabst

Winning Writers

Winning Writers is sponsoring the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest , which ends April 1, 2019. This contest seeks today’s best humorous poems. There isn’t a fee to enter, and even better, it’s for published or unpublished work! That’s right, even if the authors works was already published, it’s still eligible.

The judges will award a first prize of $1,000 and a second prize of $250. Ten Honorable Mentions will receive $100 each. The top 12 entries will be published online. To enter, submit a funny poem of no more than 250 lines. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

The Last BINC/SFWF Charity Auction

June 3, 2018Critiques, LiteraryAdult, Ann Patchett, Auction, Authors, Beneficiary, Bid, BINC Foundation, books, Booksellers, Consultations, Critique, Donations, Feedback, Fiction, Film Makers, Hardship, James Patterson, Literary Agent, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Natural Disasters, Non-Fiction, Online, Opportunity, PR Professionals, Proposals, Queries, San Francisco, Skype, Stories, Support, Twitter, Writer's Conference, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

This auction is online with 30 items donated by best-selling authors, literary agents, publishers, PR professionals, and others. Get critiques on queries, Skype or phone consultations on manuscripts or proposals, and so much more. It’s a great opportunity for feed back while donating to a great foundation.

The San Francisco Writers Foundation has chosen as its co-beneficiary the Binc Foundation, which acts as a safety net for independent booksellers experiencing sudden, otherwise insurmountable hardship. Binc helped 24 booksellers through 5 natural disasters last year and has provided $6.5 million to 7,300 families since its inception. Some authors that support Binc are James Patterson and Ann Patchett because they understand it’s a worthy cause! If you are a writer, you might want to help the cause and get a nice benefit of a critique in return.

Bid here and follow @SFWC on Twitter for updates. Some auctions close in 6 days, while others are closing in 7 days.

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Inked Voices Workshop

April 17, 2017Contests, Literary, Mentor ProgramAdult, Cultural, Diversity, Don Congdon Associates, Ethnic Backgrounds, Fiction, First Pages, Gender Diversity, Inked Voices, Katie Grimm, LGBTQIA, Native People, Online, People of Color, People with Disabilities, Religious Minorities, We Need Diverse Books, Workshoppdpabst

Inked Voices

Inked Voices is giving away a spot in their upcoming Online First Pages Workshop with Katie Grimm of Don Congdon Associates. The spot is for a writer of a diverse background novel related to their experience, frequently shorthanded on Twitter as #ownvoices. Submissions should be literary or upmarket adult fiction.

Diverse experiences include, but are not limited to: LGBTQIA, Native, people of color, gender diversity, people with disabilities, and ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities (learn more about We Need Diverse Books in children’s literature: http://weneeddiversebooks.org/mission-statement/).

If you’re interested, fill out the submission form before April 23rd, 2017. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

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