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This 4-hour session will cover everything from the basics of finding a literary agent through the process of signing with one, taught by one! We'll look into finding beta readers, how to write a query/proposal, and what all to ask when you're considering representation, culminating with a general publishing Q&A. Students should have a fully realized idea for their novel-length work (including collections and nonfiction) but don't need to have a finalized project.

Savannah Brooks earned her MFA in creative writing from Hamline University and spent the first decade of her career working in publishing, first as an editor and then as a literary agent. After contracting a debilitating illness, she left the field to focus on writing and teaching. Her work has been featured in the Guardian, Hobart, and Inscape, among other publications; is forthcoming from Bridge Eight Press, Prime Number Magazine, and New Plains Review; and has been nominated for a Best of the Net Award. A disabled writer suffering from the most literal of broken hearts (and stomachs), she lives in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, with her two black cats, Eggs Benedict and Toaster Strudel.