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Summer 2019 Roundtable: The Agent Search

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

You have a finished manuscript. You have no idea what else to do to it. You want to see it between two covers. It’s time to seek an agent. But where do you find them? How do you know if they are right for you? As a group, we’ll discuss the agent search process, including the search tools available and approaches, as well as manuscript contests. Good for prose writers with a complete or near-complete manuscript. Laura Lampton Scott’s work has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, Tin House, and the Guardian online, Electric Literature, Monkeybicycle, Okey-Panky, and No Tokens Journal. She has served as assistant and managing editor on books in the McSweeney’s Voice of Witness series, and she’s a MacDowell Colony fellow. Laura has…

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SFWA Portland Publishing Happy Hour – October 2019

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Calling Portland-area publishing professionals, including writers (any genre), freelancers, editors, agents, publishers, designers, artists, and anyone interested in books and storytelling! Please join us for the 4th Portland Publishing Happy Hour. Held at rotating venues in and around Portland, the PPHH is an informal gathering of the diverse creative interests that make up Portland's publishing and writing landscape. The meetups are sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), but you don't need to be a member to attend. The happy hours are intended as purely a social time with no fixed agenda, but a great place to meet fellow creatives in publishing fields in an informal atmosphere. Please register to join us at the Rose City Book Pub; SPACE IS LIMITED.…

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Oregon BIPOC Writers Publishing Event

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Literary Arts, Ooligan Press, and Portland State University’s English Department partner to present the Oregon BIPOC Writers Publishing Event. This event is designed to connect Oregon’s most talented, diverse writers to the publishers and authors seeking to hear their voices. Pitching a Book 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (PST) Distilling the important elements of a book into a concise and gripping pitch is a true art. In this presentation, seasoned literary agent Fiona Kenshole lays out the fundamentals of good pitching. This webinar is intended to aid writers in preparing for a pitching session with a publisher or agent later on in the day. Demystifying Book Publishing Panel 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (PST) So much of the process of getting published, finding an agent,…

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