Submit Your Work

Are you longing for a real deadline?

A lot of writers (us included) need the push of a deadline to finish our work and send it out into the world. But finding the right one, and getting ourselves organized to select, polish, and submit something — oh dear. That’s where things get tangled.

In this workshop, we’ll use the momentum of a group, and a little structure, to select the work that we’re most excited to let go of, find the right place(s) to submit to, and then to polish and hit send together.

Here’s how it works:

In the first two weeks, we’ll talk about what we want from this process, and search out the pieces that feel ready, or close to ready, for submission. Then we’ll look for the journals, magazines, submission calls, contests, anthologies, and any other places that might be a perfect fit.

In the next three sessions, we’ll polish our own work, exploring editing techniques and sharing our work with the group for feedback.

In week six, we’ll do our final polish, make sure we’ve matched all those pesky submission requirements, and all hit “submit” together. Week seven, we’ll share and celebrate all that we’ve made, whether or not it “wins.”

- Are ready to send their own into the world, but need a little structure and support to make it happen.
- Are hungry to co-create creative community.
- Are invested in the ideas and perspectives of others, and want to listen and share in conversations about the creative process, knowing that there’s never one way or one answer.
- Have some kind of writing goal or project and don’t need a ton of guidance to get going.
- Want their writing to be swept forward by a guided process and community.
- Feel aligned with our fundamental beliefs.
- At least one piece out in the world!
- Editing techniques and practice moving through the “polishing” phase of writing.
- Lots of information about places to submit writing, and a spreadsheet to track progress.
- Writing peers whose processes you are invested in.
- Momentum.

Details for Winter 2027:

On Zoom with Kim (she/her)
7 sessions, weekly
Tuesdays, 10am–12:30pm ET
January 26 – March 9

Cost:

The Total Workshop Fee is $585 plus applicable taxes. If you prefer, you can pay in 4 monthly installments of $146.25. There is no extra fee for this service.

Kindly note that since this workshop is for a small group, deposits are non-refundable. One week before the workshop starts, the full fee is non-refundable. See our financial policies here.

If money is a barrier, check out our financial aid program, which we open up four times a year.

If you don’t have a credit card, let us know and we’ll gladly find a way to make it work.