Picture Books, with Talia Benamy, Cohort 2

March 15th, 2021 - April 5th, 2021

with Brooke McIntyre

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Preparing your work for submission? In this intimate workshop, you'll receive market and editorial feedback on a picture book manuscript from Talia Benamy, Associate Editor at Philomel Books/Penguin Young Readers, and you will exchange critiques with a small group of peers.  

This workshop is geared towards writers who are getting ready to query, agented and/or published.

You'll submit a single manuscript at the group start, then spend the next weeks critiquing peer stories. Talia Benamy will submit her notes near the critique deadline. After critiques are complete, we will have a debrief call where each writer gets individual time with Talia to address key feedback themes and brainstorm next steps for their manuscript.

The group workshop format accelerates learning because, not only will you receive feedback on your own work, you will also be able to see and hear Talia's feedback on the group's stories, which you will have read and critiqued. 

Each agent and editor event we offer also comes with a submission opportunity.

Talia Benamy and Inked Voices are pleased to offer a spot free of charge to a diverse writer. Apply by Feb 18th (takes under 5 min!): https://inkedvoices.typeform.com/to/Gx5t28kR

Notes

Who this workshop is for: This workshop is best suited for agented writers and writers who are querying or preparing to do so

Focus: Children's - Picture Books - Fiction - Children's - Picture…

Group size: 8 writers

Submissions: Submit one picture book. Fiction submissions should be under 900 words; nonfiction should be under 1500 words.

Fee

Members: $86; Non-members: $100

About Brooke McIntyre

Talia Benamy is an associate editor at Philomel Books/Penguin Young Readers, where she focuses on everything from picture books to middle grade and young adult novels. She has worked on books by Chelsea Clinton, Sonia Sotomayor, Temple Grandin, Jane Yolen, Abigail Harrison, Lisa Graff, Ruta Sepetys, Dev Petty, Sarah Brannen, and Terry Border. She sees books as having the amazing power to shape the way kids see the world around them and their place in it, and she looks for manuscripts that have the potential to do just that.

Schedule:

Monday, March 15th - Submissions due
Monday, March 29th - Critiques due
Thursday, April 1st, 8-9:30pm ET - Debrief call
Monday, April 5th - Group officially closes