Description
You wrote something. And then you rewrote it and rewrote it and polished it to a high sheen. You’d like to submit it for publication–but how? In this workshop, we will explore research strategies, publication etiquette, submission preparation, and record keeping. We’ll also talk about how to deal with rejection—and success.
Here is what an IWC participant has say about the workshop:
“Several years ago I asked IWC’s Barb Shoup if she would offer a workshop for Luddites like myself who were trying to place poetry in 21st century markets. IWC promptly scheduled such a workshop, and Liz Whiteacre was the instructor. At the time, Liz was an award-winning creative writing teacher at Ball State. With the emphasis on teaching. Beyond being thoughtful and thorough and well-prepared and organized, all of which she was to the nth degree, she prepared lessons that I could use. In my Luddite life. Four-and-a-half years after taking Liz Whiteacre’s workshop, I have placed almost 100 poems in various journals, locally, nationally, and internationally. I’ve also had success placing my work in a variety of anthologies.
The bottom line is this: When a book of my poems is published, the Acknowledgements chapter will include a glowing endorsement of and over-the-top appreciation for the help and advise Liz Whiteacre gave me when I didn’t know the difference between an attachment and Submittable. A workshop with Liz Whiteacre is the workshop you’ve been waiting for.” – Michael Brockley
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS:
Liz Whiteacre teaches writing at the University of Indianapolis. She was awarded an Excellence in Teaching Award from Ball State University in 2015. Her poems have appeared in Wordgathering, Disability Studies Quarterly, Disabled World, and other magazines. She is the author of Hit the Ground (Finishing Line Press) and co-editor of Monday Coffee & Other Stories of Mothering Children with Special Needs (INwords Press). Learn more at whiteacrehitstheground.wordpress.com.
Bryan Furuness is the author of a couple of novels, The Lost Episodes of Revie Bryson and Do Not Go On. He is the editor of the anthology My Name was Never Frankenstein: And Other Classic Adventure Tales Remixed, and the co-editor (with Michael Martone) of Winesburg, Indiana. His stories have appeared in New Stories from the Midwest and Best American Nonrequired Reading, and elsewhere. He lives in Indianapolis, where he teaches at Butler University.
