Publishing Your First Story Collection

(Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry,Matthew Lansburgh,Caroline Kim,Rachel Swearingen,Jen Fawkes)

Finding a publisher for a collection of short stories continues to be a daunting task. Five prize-winning authors lead a discussion detailing their journeys to publishing their first books. They will talk about how they landed their first publications, how they developed and shaped their short story collections, how they began to look for publishers, and other related topics such as submitting fiction to journals and national contests, querying agents, and overcoming rejection.

Day: Thursday, March 24, 2022
Time: 9:00 AM–10:15 AM ET
Scheduled Room: 119AB, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 100 Level