Young Adult Fiction First Pages with Foyinsi Adegbonmire
March 6th, 2023 - March 30th, 2023
with Emily M. Bailey
You'll submit your pages at the group start, then spend the next weeks critiquing peer stories. Foyinsi will submit her notes near the critique deadline. After critiques are complete, we host a 2-hour group debrief, in which each writer gets 15 minutes of individual time with Foyinsi to dig into feedback, brainstorm next steps, and discuss any writing questions.
Our goal with these events is to help writers become stronger storytellers. That said, each opening pages event we offer also comes with a submission opportunity.
Notes
Who this workshop is for: This workshop is a high-level educational event, best suited to agented writers and advanced writers who are querying or preparing to query.
Focus: Children's - Young Adult - Contemporary fiction - Children'…
Group size: 7 writers
Submissions: There will be one submission of your first 3750 words (approximately 15 pages) at the workshop start. Participants should also plan to share their pitch/short summary with their pages. Your pitch is not included in the word count and will not be critiqued.
Fee
Members: $105; Non-members: $127
We are pleased to offer a spot free of charge to a writer from a historically marginalized group. Applications for this scholarship have closed.
About Emily M. Bailey
Foyinsi Adegbonmire is an Associate Editor at Feiwel & Friends, under the Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. She acquires Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction, from contemporary to grounded science-fiction, and enjoys stories with lighthearted and/or conversational narrative voices. She's in love with romance and forever searching for fluffy YA contemporary romances. When not reading or thinking about her very large TBR pile, she can be found watching Black sitcoms from the 90s/early 2000s and crime shows like Criminal Minds, or obsessing over sunglasses and bullet journaling.
Schedule:
- Mon, March 6th - Writers Submit
- Thurs, March 24th - Critiques due
Mon, March 27th, 4-6 pm ET - Debrief call- Thurs, March 30th - Group closes