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“The Business of Writing”: The Path to Traditional Publishing for Fiction with Johnnie Bernhard

Online via Zoom

Want to demystify the path to traditional publishing but don’t have the time and money to attend a full-scale writing conference? Learn about traditional publishing through sequential steps beginning with vetting a literary agent and a publisher, writing the query letter, mastering the synopsis, and formatting a manuscript to industry standards. This hands-on approach to traditional publishing, including the university press system, will guide you through industry standards, ensuring better opportunities for your manuscript or future writing projects. Bring your questions and projects to class and take that next step in your writing journey!

$125

Poetry Reboot 2022 with Edward Vidaurre

Online via Zoom

Work with award-winning poet Edward Vidaurre to dismantle the obstacles that stop your creative process. By welcoming pain and allowing the beauty of the same pain to flow in your writing, you will learn to write without reserve. In week two, we will focus on practical aspects of the poetry publishing process.

$135

Tame the Submission Process with Chibbi Orduña

Trying to get your work published? Overwhelmed with the entire submission process? We are too!  This workshop will provide a 360° view of the publication process, from understanding your own writing to finding places to submit your work. Writers will gain familiarity with the ins and outs of the literary journal world and chapbook/manuscript contests while learning practical ways to submit work and track submissions. Participants will walk away feeling confident they can manage the beast that is the submission process.  

$100

The Creative Writer’s Professional Toolkit with Lyzette Wanzer

Online via Zoom

Are you ready to take the leap from writing hobbyist to professional writer? If so, gain the tools every professional writer needs to make it in a competitive field. This intensive hands-on workshop will provide you with the career savvy you need to stand out from the crowd of writers who, though they may be talented, lack the marketplace acumen they need to boost their opportunities from good to great.

$150

Start and Run Your Own Publishing Business with Maria Maloney

Do you want to run your own press or independent publishing house, but don’t know where to begin or take your current press to the next level? In this course, we will walk through the steps of starting or growing a small press, and discuss mission statements, resources, operating budgets, customer profiles, and distribution options. We will use these elements to build a business plan that will help you execute your vision. This course is for anyone who has dreamed of starting their own publishing endeavor or any established publishers looking for new business ideas.

$125

Breaking Through: A Conversation on Pathways to Publication for Latinx Writers

Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, United States

Join Gemini Ink on Friday, October 6th, to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 with a timely and intimate literary discussion about current publishing trends and Latinx representation in books.
This event features Latinx authors and publishers and provides a space to discuss how to break barriers and create pathways toward publication in a literary landscape where Latinx writers account for only 7% of published authors. Our guests will talk about how they navigated the publishing industry and illuminate how Latinx writers can forge a path toward sharing their own stories.  

Free

The Art of Zine Making with Caesar Morales

Gemini Ink 1111 Navarro St, San Antonio, TX, United States

Saturdays, February 3 & 10, 2024, 10am-12pm CST, in-person at Gemini Ink Instructor: Caesar Morales...

$100