Picture Books, with Rachel Orr (Nonfiction Focus)
April 27th, 2023 - May 26th, 2023
with Rachel Orr
You'll submit your pages at the group start, then spend the next weeks critiquing peer stories. The agent will submit their notes near the critique deadline. After critiques are complete, we host a live group debrief over Zoom, in which each writer gets individual time with the agent 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, this workshop also comes with a submission opportunity.
<p>You may participate in up to one picture book workshop per season.<br></p>
Notes
Who this workshop is for: Writers are expected to be at an intermediate level of picture book writing craft or above. Writers may have achieved this through self-study of books and exercises, or organized instruction such as classes, workshops, or webinars. Writers should be familiar with elements of craft such as characterization, plot, internal arc, and pacing, in order to offer craft-rooted feedback to their peers.
Focus: Children's - Picture Books - Nonfiction
Group size: 9 writers
Submissions: Submit one picture book. Fiction submissions should be under 900 words; nonfiction should be under 1500 words.
Fee
Members: $101; Non-members: $121
We are pleased to offer a spot free of charge to one of our winter agent workshops for a writer from a historically marginalized group. Applications for this scholarship have closed.
About Rachel Orr
Rachel Orr is celebrating her fifteenth year at Prospect Agency, where she represents both authors and illustrators in projects ranging from picture books through YA. She previously worked for eight rewarding years at HarperCollins Children’s Books and uses those editorial skills to help prepare her clients’ work for submission. Her clients include Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen (THE UNITED STATES VS, JACKIE ROBINSON), Mike Ciccotello (illustrator of Bridget Heos’s TREEMENDOUS), Claudia Friddell (GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SPIES), Jenn Harney (illustrator of Ann Marie Stephens’ CATASTROPHE), Leeza Hernandez (illustrator of April Pulley Sayres’ DID YOU BURP?), Rebecca Huang (illustrator of Teresa Robeson’s QUEEN OF PHYSICS), and Todd Tarpley (WOULD YOU, COULD YOU PLANT A TREE?). Rachel is also the author of TIME FOR KIDS: ABIGAIL ADAMS. A native of Pittsburgh and a graduate of Kenyon College, she currently lives in Hoboken, New Jersey, with her husband and two children, where she enjoys dancing, running and reading, of course.
Schedule:
Thurs, Apr 27th- submissions due
Thurs, May 18th- critiques due
Wed, May 24th, 12-2:15pm ET - debrief call
Fri, May 26th - group closes