The submission process for publishing short fiction is daunting and often obfuscated to new writers. Marguerite Sheffer, a prolific and award-winning short fiction writer (and a Third Lantern Lit founder!), is demystifying short fiction publication for emerging and published writers alike.

In this workshop, Marguerite will cover:

• Researching publications

• The query letter

• The submission process

• Tracking responses

If you’ve ever had a question about the submission process or need a crash course in how to take your short story off your hard drive and to the public, join us on Saturday July 6th..

This event is free, but RSVP only due to limited space.

Attendance has been filled. All further RSVPs will be put on the waitlist.

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About Marguerite

Marguerite (Maggie) Sheffer is a writer who lives in New Orleans. She is a Professor of Practice at Tulane University, where she teaches courses in design thinking and speculative fiction as tools for social change. Maggie is a founding member of Third Lantern Lit and the Nautilus and Wildcat Writing Groups. She received her MFA from Randolph College. She was a 2023 Veasna So Scholar in Fiction at The Adroit Journal, and was selected as a top-twenty-five finalist for Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers. Her debut short story collection, The Man in the Banana Trees, was selected for the Iowa Short Fiction Award, and will be published this Fall.

Her position on semicolons (for) is noted in an Australian grammar textbook (pg 16).