Middle Grade Query Fest
Virtual, free event, but limited to WL Members Only.
WIN A MG MANUSCRIPT REQUEST FROM CHARLESBRIDGE EDITOR KAREN BOSS!
October 13-26, virtually in our community corner.
- Grab your membership today and write a query for your middle grade novelÂ
- Log in at www.thewritersloft.org and click on the community button.
- October 13th: Click on the Middle Grade Query Fest thread. Introduce yourself. Post your initial query, using the subject line Initial: (Name of your project).
- October 13-15: Critique five queries.
- October 16-18: Revise your query and resubmit it. Use the subject line: Revised: (Name of your project)
- October 19-20: Critique five queries.Â
- October 21: Revise your query.
- October 22: Repost your query. Use the subject line: Final: (Name of your project)
- October 23-25: Relax and celebrate! You did it!
- October 26: Join us in a live meetup to hear who won a request from Karen Boss!Â
Middle Grade StoryQuest
In person, boutique middle grade writers & writer/illustrators conference.
JOIN US IN HUDSON MA, FOR THIS UNIQUE EXPERIENCE!
November 21-22, time TBA, $229
- Polish your middle grade novel then head to Hudson MA for a two-day boutique conference (make sure you have a great query ready too--at the end we'll submit to an industry professional)
- Keynote Workshops: Anna Staniszewski (Structure) and Janet Costa Bates (Characters)
- Other Workshops:
- Don't Reinvent the MG Wheel: Finding and Utilizing Mentor TextsÂ
- Adding Icing to Bake Stories Readers Crave
- Small Group Critiques: Your First Pages & Your Story Climax PagesÂ
- Access to an Industry Professional (TBA)
- The better your story is when you come, the better you can make it during the weekend!
- Coming in from out of town or want to stay local? Two closest hotel options:Â
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Boston-Marlboro by IHG or Residence Inn by Marriott Boston Marlborough
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Lunch provided both days
- Â Find your Middle Grade writing community!
- Sign up as soon as the event opens on September 15. Space limited.
Free Writing Coach!
If you are starting a new middle grade novel and would like to be connected with a free writing coach, email Heather at hegkelly (at) gmail (dot) com and one lucky person will get connected with an up-and-coming writing coach FOR FREE!Â
The coach will coach from start of your novel through editing over the course of six months or so.
Reach out quickly, as there is only one spot!
