Advanced Picture Books (Nonfiction), with Kristin Zelazko
February 15th, 2023 - March 17th, 2023
with Brooke McIntyre
You'll submit your pages at the group start, then spend the next weeks critiquing peer stories. The editor 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 editor 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 one picture book workshop per season (winter season includes start dates Jan-Apr).<br></p>
Notes
Who this workshop is for: This workshop is an advanced group. You must be an Inked Voices member, and you must meet one of the following for this advanced group: 1) traditionally published or under contract; 2) agented (or previously agented in the past 2 years); or 3) querying and getting requests for additional manuscripts.
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 1600 words.
Fee
Members: $101; Non-members: $121
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 Brooke McIntyre
Kristin Zelazko is an editor at MIT Kids, an imprint of Candlewick Press, where she works with astrophysicists, mathematicians, teachers, and all kinds of experts to create books that answer curious kids’ questions about bugs, space, and everything in between. Previously, she’s made nonfiction and fiction books for young readers at Sourcebooks, Albert Whitman & Co., Little Bee, and Marvel.
Schedule:
Wed, Feb 15th - Writers submit
Mon, Mar 6th - Critiques due
Mon, Mar 13th, 4-6:15 pm ET - Debrief call
Fri, Mar 17th- Group closes