This workshop will teach participants the basic components of an effective pitch, how to find outlets to pitch, how to navigate the writing & editing process when your pitch is accepted, and how to promote your piece once it’s published. Participants will also have space to workshop pitch ideas.
Our facilitator: KB Brookins (they/them), writer, educator, cultural worker & award-winning author of Pretty: A Memoir.
Objectives
Learn the basics of how to pitch a magazine with a creative nonfiction (i.e., personal essay, op-ed) idea
Learn what to expect in a writer-editor relationship
Gain feedback on a pitch idea from the facilitator