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You’ve got a few pieces you’re proud of, but how do you get started in the world of submissions? What are the mistakes you want to avoid? In this 2-hour workshop, you’ll learn where to find publications that are looking for work, proper manuscript format, and submission etiquette. You’ll also draft a cover letter bio appropriate for submissions. And we’ll even talk about those dreaded rejections. You’ll walk out with all the basics to get started submitting — plus a cover letter you can continue to build on.

This class is best suited for writers submitting short stories, essays, poetry, creative nonfiction, and other genres that do not require a query/pitch letter for submissions.

Get ready for the wild world of submissions! 

Tina Tocco is a Pushcart Prize nominee for fiction. Her work has appeared or is pending in The MacGuffin, New Ohio Review, Potomac Review, River Styx, Portland Review, South Dakota Review, Italian Americana, and other journals, as well as many children's publications, including Highlights, Cricket, and Humpty Dumpty. Her story “The Unknown Soldier” represents New York State in the middle grade horror anthology The Haunted States of America (Macmillan Publishers/Godwin Books, July 2024). She earned her MFA from Manhattanville University, where she was editor-in-chief of Inkwell, the university's national literary journal. She has taught for GrubStreet, Hugo House, Literary Cleveland, Hudson Valley Writers Center, Westport Writers' Workshop, and other organizations.