Lower Middle Grade and Chapter Book Fiction First Pages with Alison Weiss

<p>You may take one middle grade workshop per season. Spring season includes workshops beginning April 15 -Aug 14, 2024.&nbsp;<br></p>

Submissions: <p>There will be one submission of your first 3750 words of prose&nbsp;(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.</p><p><span style="font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">Changes and Withdrawals Policy:&nbsp;</span></p><ul><li>2 months or more&nbsp;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&nbsp;of a workshop start will not be credited even if you are able to be replaced. Your payment will go towards our scholarship program.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Members: $120; Non-members: $145

About Alison Weiss

Alison Weiss has been in publishing for more than fifteen years. She is currently acquisitions editor at Pixel+Ink (part of the Trustbridge Media Group), a publisher focused exclusively on series publishing with transmedia potential. Her series include The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves by Tom Phillips (Beehive nominee, Missouri Mark Twain Book Award nominee), Plotting the Stars by Michelle A. Barry (Texas Lone Star Reading List, Indiana Young Hoosiers Book Award Nominee, Read Aloud Indiana Middle Grade List, Words Great Books List (Official Book List of the Scripps National Spelling Bee)), The Winterton Deception by Janet Sumner Johnson (Kirkus Best Book, Whitney Award nominee), Clara Poole by Taylor Tyng (Crown Book Award nominee), Drag and Rex by Susan Lubner, illustrated by Blythe Russo (Kirkus Best Book) Shiver-by-the-Sea by Erin Dionne, illustrated by Jenn Harney, and Sky & Ty by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Steve Breen. Alison ran her own editorial consultancy, working with publishers including Simon & Schuster, Audible, and Arctis, as well as private clients, and was editorial director at Sky Pony Press, where her list included William C. Morris Finalist Devils Within by S.F. Henson, the Project Droid series by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Krulik and Amanda Burwasser, illustrated by Mike Moran, the Timekeeper trilogy by Tara Sim, and the Mahabharata-inspired Celestial Trilogy by Sangu Mandanna. You can follow her on Twitter @alioop7 and learn more about Pixel+Ink at www.pixelandinkbooks.com.