Middle Grade Fiction First Pages with Anna Parsons
January 8th, 2024 - February 5th, 2024
with Anna Parsons
You'll submit your pages at the group start, then spend the next weeks critiquing peer stories. Anna 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 Anna 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: <p>This workshop is a high-level educational event, best suited to agented writers and advanced writers who are querying and recieving requests for their fulls.<br></p>
Focus: Children's - Middle Grade - Contemporary fiction - Children'…
Group size: 7 writers
Submissions: <p>There will be one submission of up to 3750 words 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.</p><p><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">Changes and Withdrawals Policy: </span></p><ul><li>2 months or more ahead of a workshop start: you will be credited the full amount of the workshop, less a $15 change fee.</li><li>Under 2 months to 15 days ahead of a workshop start: you will be credited for the full workshop cost less a $15 charge if we are able to replace you. If we can't replace you, you will receive a credit for 50% of the workshop cost.</li><li>Withdrawals within 2 weeks of a workshop start will not be credited even if you are able to be replaced. Your payment will go towards our scholarship program. </li></ul>
Fee
Members: $120; Non-members: $145
About Anna Parsons
Anna Parsons is an associate editor at the Aladdin imprint of Simon & Schuster, where she acquires commercial chapter books and middle grade novels with an emphasis on speculative fiction. Anna joined the Aladdin team in 2018 after interning at The Overlook Press, Open Road Integrated Media, Holloway Literary Agency, and Tor. She received an MS in Publishing from New York University and has bachelor’s degrees in history and Spanish from Auburn University. When she isn’t reading, you can find her playing piano, watching shows on Netflix or Broadway, hosting game nights, or dreaming of traveling the world.