New York Writers Workshop Non-fiction Pitch Conference
New York Writers Workshop Non-Fiction Pitch Conference
October 10-12, 2008 • New York, NY
New York Writers Workshop hosts a three-day Pitch Conference for writers of non-fiction. At this unique conference, participants meet with and pitch book proposals to three different editors from major New York publishing houses (including Viking, Penguin, Random House, Scribners, Simon and Schuster, and others). Before the conference begins, participants boil the essence of their manuscript down to a three-minute synopsis.
Workshop Leaders Richard Goodman is the author of French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France. He has written on a variety of subjects in The New York Times, Harvard Review, and Vanity Fair. He teaches Creative Nonfiction at Spalding University's Brief Residency MFA in Writing Program in Louisville, Kentucky.
Sally Koslow is the author of the novel Little Pink Slips and former editor-in-chief of both McCall's and Lifetime Magazine. Currently, she teaches non-fiction writing at the New York Writers Workshop and Sarah Lawrence College's Writing Institute and consults and writes for various magazines and publishing companies.
Charles Salzberg is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in Esquire, New York Magazine, GQ, Elle, and The New York Times. He has been a Visiting Professor of magazine at S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and now teaches advanced non-fiction at Sarah Lawrence College.
Writers with completed non-fiction manuscripts meet with instructors, develop a pitch, then meet with editors from New York City publishing houses (including Random House, Simon and Schuster) to pitch their book proposal.
Number of Programs/Year
2
Program Length
3 days
Group Size or S:T Ratio
15:1
Program Focus
Non-fiction
Faculty
2008: Includes Charles Salzberg, Sally Koslow, Richard Goodman, Marci Alboher, Doug Garr, Alix Strauss, Tim Tomlinson.
Costs
$395
U.S. Locations
New York (New York City)
Months
February, October
Contact
Tim Tomlinson
President New York Writers Workshop
United States
E-Mail:
Charles Salzberg
HOKE5@aol.com
