How to Submit to Literary Magazines and Small Presses

Wherever you are in the writing process, submitting your work can be a helpful light at the end of the tunnel. But the world of literary magazines and small publishers is so expansive and diverse, it’s hard to know where and how to send your work out for publication.

In this virtual workshop with Dennis James Sweeney, author of "How to Submit: Getting Your Writing Published with Literary Magazines and Small Presses," we’ll talk about the landscape of literary magazines and small presses, strategies for achieving your publication goals and how to navigate the vulnerability of sending out the writing you’ve worked so hard on.

You’ll leave the class with next steps for submitting your latest piece of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction or hybrid work. This informational class will also include written reflection, group discussion and Q&A time. Join us if you’d like company in the exciting but daunting process of sending out your writing.

Tickets:

Early bird tickets are $55 until Feb. 27.

General admission is $65.

Writing Room members receive 20% with their member code.

Bonus! All attendees will be entered in a raffle to receive a copy of "How to Submit: Getting Your Writing Published with Literary Magazines and Small Presses."

Tickets are nonrefundable. A Zoom link will be sent the day of the workshop. Anyone who purchases a ticket will receive a video recap. Registration closes at 5 p.m. EST on March 27.

Dennis James Sweeney is the author of "How to Submit: Getting Your Writing Published with Literary Magazines and Small Presses," a guide for writers. His first book, "In the Antarctic Circle," won the Autumn House Rising Writer Prize and was a Debut Poetry Book of 2021 in Poets & Writers. "You’re the Woods Too," his second book, was a Small Press Distribution bestseller and a finalist for the Deborah Tall Lyric Essay Prize. Most recently, "The Rolodex Happenings" won the Stillhouse Press Novella Prize.

His fiction, nonfiction and poetry have appeared in Ecotone, Ninth Letter, The New York Times, The Southern Review and Witness, among others. Formerly a Small Press Editor at Entropy and Assistant Editor at Denver Quarterly, he has an MFA from Oregon State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Denver. Originally from Cincinnati, he lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he teaches at Amherst College.

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