Young Adult Fiction First Pages with Rena Rossner
February 2nd, 2024 - February 28th, 2024
with Rena Rossner
You'll submit your pages at the group start, then spend the next weeks critiquing peer stories. Rena 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 Rena 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 or preparing to do so.<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
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 Rena Rossner
Rena Rossner hails from Miami Beach, Florida. She is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University's Writing Seminars program, Trinity College, Dublin, and she holds a MA in history from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She currently lives in Israel, where she works as a Literary Agent at The Deborah Harris Agency. Her debut novel, THE SISTERS OF THE WINTER WOOD, was listed as "One of the 100 Best Books" of the year by Publisher's Weekly. Her sophomore novel, THE LIGHT OF THE MIDNIGHT STARS, released in 2021 from Redhook/Orbit Books. Her grandparents and great grandparents immigrated to the USA from Hungary, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, and Moldova - their stories, together with her love of Jewish mythology and fantasy, inspire her work.