Short Fiction: How to Create, Write For, & Edit a Good Anthology
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Interested in how anthologies get created and sold? Want to write for one but don't know how to get an invite? I'll answer any question based on the fifteen anthologies I've done over the past decade.
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I've successfully sold fifteen anthologies to traditional and small press publishing. I also know multiple anthologists and am willing to share our secrets and strategies for creating a selling pitch. Or perhaps you want to write for an anthology and you just don't know how to get on an invite list. maybe you didn't know you needed an invite? What about those open call anthologies? Perhaps you've been invited to one but you don't understand the process of having your story edited? What's up with those contracts? Does my editor hate me? Anthologies are a tough market and rarely make money but it doesn't need to be scary. Come to the anthology workshop and i'll do my best to answer all your various questions.
Find out what to do with that fantastic short story once you’ve finished it. Contrary to some reports, a market for short fiction still exists, and we’ll shed some light on your options.
Explore the difference between a true short story and a simple vignette, and learn why it’s so important to understand the distinction. Plus, get tips that will help you to avoid getting it wrong!
Short Fiction: The Short Fiction Submissions Process from Inspiration to Celebration
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Learn what it's really like to submit short fiction as one man breaks down his sales and demystifies the process from choosing the right market to collecting rejections...and the eventual acceptance!
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Learn what it's really like to submit short fiction as one man breaks down his sales and demystifies the process from choosing the right market to collecting rejections...and the eventual acceptance! This presentation will include hard data and even harder jokes.
With so few words to tell your tale in a short story, it is vitally important to start in the right place, and in this panel we’ll help you to figure out where that is.
A group of Symposium panelists play Storium, the online storytelling game, live for the audience! Proceeds will go to charity.
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Storium (storium.com) turns creative writing into an online multiplayer game, using mechanics inspired by role-playing games, story games, and card games. In this session, Symposium panelists will play Storium live on stage, for you, the audience! Your admission fee will go to support charity (the exact organization to be decided prior to the event). What's more, you'll be able to influence the story by making donations during the game session itself! Join us for laughs, absurdity, and a great story told by amazing writers, all for a great cause.
Join the team from Baen Books as they announce the winner of the 2016 Baen Fantasy Adventure award and give a preview of some of the great new books coming from Baen in the coming year.
Join O&F Podcast for their annual LIVE mega-cast! It’s an epic blend of snarky fun, awesome prizes, and Yoda-like writing wisdom with Robin Hobb, Steve Bein, Scott Lynch, Mur Lafferty and more!
If you’ve dreamed of writing for your favorite video game, we’ll teach you how to get into the industry, how to build a portfolio, what the job actually entails, how to interact with a team, and more.