September 18, 2026
Your registration is now confirmed. Join Zoom Webinar Webinar ID: 883 9958 8330 Lauren Oertel is a writer, editor, and community organizer based in Austin, Texas. Her work has been published in Black Fox Literary, The Westchester Review, The Sun Magazine, and more. She has been a winner or finalist in contests with The Letter…
August 28, 2026
View the Slides Here Stefanie Leigh is a poet and professional ballet dancer based in Toronto. A graduate of Columbia University, she danced with American Ballet Theatre and recently returned to the stage after many years away. She leads generative writing workshops and speaks about artistic voice across disciplines. Her poems have appeared in Rust…
July 17, 2026
Jocelyn Jane Cox is the author of the award-winning memoir MOTION DAZZLE (Vine Leaves Press, 2025). She has taught memoir, nonfiction, and fiction classes and workshops at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence, All Ways Writing Collective, Lafayette Writers’ Studio, Gotham Writers Workshop, and Big Red Books in Nyack, NY, among others. She also helps…
May 1, 2026
View the Slides Calvin Gimpelevich is a fiction writer, essayist, and grant writer. He was a 2022 NEA Fellow in Literature, the recipient of a Lambda Literary Award, and the author of Invasions (Instar 2018). His work has been recognized by Artist Trust, Jack Straw Cultural Center, 4Culture, CODEX/Writer’s Block and the Kimmel Harding Nelson…
April 2, 2026
Bill Garvey is the author of the book Leaning in the same direction, published by Darkwinter Press this April. He’s written three collections of poetry, and has been published in a variety of literary journals. He lives in Toronto. Get a copy of Bill’s book here.
March 20, 2026
David Rocklin is the author of the novels The Luminist and Foreword award-winning The Night Language. His latest novel, The Electric Love Song of Fleischl Berger, was published in May 2024. He also runs the Los Angeles-based reading series, Roar Shack, which is one of the city’s longest running reading series’ and is considered an inclusive…
February 1, 2026
Lindsay Marie Morris is a novelist and journalist based in Los Angeles, bringing a dynamic storytelling voice to both her historical fiction and her nonfiction work. Inspired by her Sicilian-American roots, her debut novel, The Last Letter from Sicily (Storm Publishing, January 2025), traces a World War II-era story of love, resilience, and family secrets…
January 16, 2026
View the Slides You can also watch on Youtube Kindall Gant is a Senior Publicist at Phaidon. Prior to her current role, Kindall held a variety of positions at Hachette Book Group, Oxford University Press, Poets & Writers, and Artbook D.A.P. In addition to her full-time roles with trade, academic, and independent publishers, she…
November 12, 2025
Download the Handout (PDF) Sera Rivers is a Literary Agent at Speilburg Literary, an AALA member, and a writer. She represents books for the children’s and adult markets. She holds an MFA in writing for children from Simmons University. Prior to agenting, Sera worked as an editor in educational publishing for seven years. Sera lives…
October 15, 2025
Download the Slides (PDF) Watch Ley’s talk on Act One, and Act Two. Ley Taylor Johnson is a freelance fiction editor and writing coach. Having spent all their life in the rainy PNW, they know the value of spending time inside with a good book, and have channeled their passion for storytelling into a career helping indie authors…
August 15, 2025
View the Slides Emily Harstone is an author, poet, editor and writing instructor. She is well known for her books Submit, Publish Repeat: How to Publish Your Creative Writing in Literary Journals and The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript Submissions and The Authors Publish Guide to Manuscript Publishers.
August 13, 2025
View the Slides Ángela Álvarez Vélez is a Colombian journalist, writer, educator, and podcast host with over 25 years of experience in storytelling, communication, and cultural education. Her work spans newspapers, classrooms, international media, and community spaces. Through her workshops, editorial work, and bilingual podcast When Home is a Foreign Word, she helps people find, craft, and…
June 20, 2025
If you have a few minutes before watching, feel free to do this warmup exercise. You can also download Erin’s takeaway notes and the exercises here and view the slides here. Erin Swann is a writing teacher and author. She’s been published in a wide variety of magazines, including Fiction Online, Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, and Factor Four Magazine. Erin…
June 7, 2025
Cat Rambo is the Nebula award winning author of science fiction and fantasy. Their sci-fi series You Sexy Thing was published by Tor Macmillan. Cat has been widely published in Asimov’s, Clarkesworld, and Tor.com, among many other places. Cat was also a two term president of the SFWA. You can learn more on their…
May 28, 2025
Download the PDF Summary of the Talk Jessica Brody is the author of the #1 bestselling Save the Cat! Writes a Novel plotting guides. She has also written over 20 novels for teens, tweens, and adults including The Chaos of Standing Still, A Week of Mondays, Amelia Gray is Almost Okay, the Unremembered trilogy, and…