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Teacher Feature: Shannon Curtin

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Join Shannon Curtin for How to Submit Your Work to Magazines and Journals on Sunday, August 22 and August 29 at 1pm EST.

This two-session seminar will guide you through the world of submitting to literary journals and magazines from start to finish. By the end of this two-session seminar you will have learned everything you need to know to confidently send your work into the world! 

You’ve done the hard work of writing, now you want to share your work and add some publication credits to your resume. But, where do you even start? You start with taking my class: How to Submit Your Work to Magazines and Journals. I’ll walk you through the process and arm you with the tools you need to start sending out your work (and give you tips for embracing rejection). -Shannon Curtin

Remember: Rejection means you’re doing the work.

About Shannon Curtin

Shannon J. Curtin is a poet, essayist, and ever-aspiring fiction writer. She is the author of two collections of poetry, Motherland (Anchor and Plume Press), and File Cabinet Heart (ELJ Publications) and the mother of two human collections of stardust and biomatter. Her poems and essays have been featured on McSweeney’s, Mothers Always Writer, Scary Mommy, Sammiches and Psych Meds, The Muddy River Review, Vox Poetica, and MamaLode. She holds an MBA, competitive shooting records, and her liquor. She would probably like you.

Who are Shannon Curtin’s favorite authors?

  • Jeanann Verlee
  • Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Curtis Sittenfeld
  • Madeline Miller
  • Megan Falley
  • Sharon Olds
  • L.M. Montgomery

Read more about Shannon Curtin here. Find a list of her work here. Find Shannon on Twitter and Instagram.

See a full catalog of our Summer classes, workshops, and seminars and register HERE.

***Tuition assistance and flexibility is available to all who request it, no questions asked. Just select the “I want to talk about tuition assistance” box when checking out!