How do you get a literary agent? The path to publication can seem mysterious and impenetrable to aspiring writers, especially in our quickly shifting publishing landscape. Novelist and former acquisitions editor Ashley Shelby offers local writers a two-hour seminar on the ins and outs of the publishing world, including how to write a compelling query letter that hooks a literary agent. Writers of all interests and skill levels are invited to participate in this free event. Sunday, November 5th *Ashley is the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board grant that made this event possible. She’s received the Red Hen Press Short Fiction Award, the Enizagam Short Story Award, the Third Coast Fiction Prize, and was recently named a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her debut novel, South Pole Station, published in July, has received praise from The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Public Radio, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Time, Library Journal, LitHub, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and Bookpage. It was also named a New York Times Editor’s Pick and an Indie Next Pick. Visit www.ashleyshelby.com for more information
Sunday Nov 5, 2017
November 5th Hutchinson Center for the Arts FREE
Haley Jacobsen
What is a slush pile and how can you get of it?
What does it take to get a book deal?
2:00pm
Q&A session to follow
at Hutchinson Center for the Arts
Date and Time
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM CST
2:00-4:30pmLocation
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ABOUT ASHLEY
Ashley Shelby is a prize-winning writer whose fiction and essays have appeared in Slate, The Seattle Review, The Portland Review, Los Angeles Review, J Journal: New Writings on Social Justice, LitHub, Sonora Review, Post Road, Southeast Review, Third Coast, and other literary outlets.
