This workshop focuses on pitching your non-fiction work for publication, including books, journals, and a range of digital content. The first part will explore general submission guidelines, and best practices and tips on submitting your work, including sample inquiries and full proposal packages. The second part focuses on knowing your work’s potential–including theme mapping, targeted markets and readers, personal goals for the work, etc., researching the right platform and publisher, organizing and repurposing your submissions, and finding avenues like conferences and other venues for pitching. We’ll end the class with a Q and A and any follow-up discussion.
Presenter: Pam McClanahan (she/her)
Bio: Pam McClanahan is an award-winning publisher, editor, and writer for print, digital, and broadcast, with over 35 years of publishing in the Twin Cities, most recently at the Minnesota Historical Society Press. Pam also acquired documentaries and film shorts for Twin Cities-PBS for six years. Her mission is to connect people, places, and ideas by supporting writing, art, scholarship, and creative collaboration. As an Air Force kid, she moved frequently through the Southwest and Plains states but embraces Minnesota as home, including an off-grid cabin near the Boundary Waters, which she and her family recently built together in the wilderness.
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