GETTING TO YES: PITCHING AND SUBMITTING TO MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS

1 – 2:15 PM—Literary Discussion

GETTING TO YES: PITCHING AND SUBMITTING TO MAGAZINES AND JOURNALS

How do you know when a piece—or an idea—is ready to go out into the world? And how do you decide where to send it? Editors from journals publishing everything from poetry and fiction to graphic narrative and long-form essays will share the ins and outs of getting your work accepted, edited, and into readers’ hands. Authors themselves, they know the struggle. Miah Jeffra, co-founder of Foglifter Press, professor, and author of The Violence Almanac, will share advice on pitching essays and CNF with Boyce Upholt, founding editor of Southlands and author of The Great River. In addition, Denne Michelle Norris, editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and author of When The Harvest Comes, and Timothy Schaffert, editor-in-chief of Prairie Schooner and author of The Titanic Survivors’ Book Club, will share what makes a submission stand out from the slush. Jack B. Bedell, editor of Louisiana Literature and former Louisiana poet laureate, will moderate.

Hotel Monteleone, Lobby Level, Royal Salon. $10 or LitPass or VIP Pass.