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Breaking into Anthology Writing

How to compile, publish, and publicize your anthology

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Breaking into Anthology Writing

WHEN Monday, April 7, 6:30-9:30 pm

WHERE mediabistro.com, 494 Broadway (Spring & Broome), New York, NY 10012

DIRECTIONS subway directions, map

PRICE
$65 ($50 for )
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Course Details

Anthologies are among the most powerful and poignant records of the times in which we live. As a writer, anthologies are also a superb way to break into the business, learn the ropes , and get your name on the book. Publishers are more likely to take a chance on your proposal because you've got the weight of other established writers behind you. But with so many currently on the shelves, the market for selling anthologies has become highly competitive. You may have a great, funny, important, and original idea for a collection of essays that has an obvious audience, but what do you need to do to make your anthology stand out?

In this seminar, you will learn how to:

  • Write a proposal
  • Find contributors
  • Manage and edit submissions
  • Work with purchasing editors
  • Make the best use of your in-house publicist
  • Self-publicize

Participants will leave with a timeline in hand detailing the process by which they could reasonably expect to complete a salable anthology.

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Deborah Siegel and Daphne Uviller
Deborah Siegel, PhD is the author of Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild and co-founder of the webjournal The Scholar & Feminist Online. She writes about women, sex, feminism, contemporary families, and popular culture for a range of venues, including The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The American Prospect, More, Psychology Today, The Progressive, The Mothers Movement Online, and on her blog, Girl with Pen (http://www.girlwithpen.blogspot.com).


Daphne Uviller is the author of the forthcoming novel Supergirl. A former books and poetry editor for Time Out New York, her reviews, profiles, and articles have been published in The Washington Post, The New York Times, New York, The Forward, Newsday, Allure, and Self, for which she used to write an ethics column. Her website is www.daphneuviller.com.

Deborah and Daphne are the editors of Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo.

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