Submitting Work for Publication

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The course combines a workshop with practical instruction for publishing creative writing. Each student will workshop one essay, short story, or three poems; these pieces must be works previously workshopped in the program. They should be well-edited but need final polishing to meet the standard of publication. Students in this course must have workshopped a short piece of prose writing–fiction (short story or flash fiction), creative nonfiction (personal essay, lyric essay, or flash nonfiction), or prose poem (paragraph format with no line breaks or stanzas)–in a previous MFA class that is ready to be polished for submission to literary journals. Coursework includes researching journals, workshopping from an editor’s perspective, final proofreading and polishing to prepare work for publication, writing an author’s bio, and submitting work to at least one literary journal. Share this Page Facebook this Page (opens a new window) Tweet this Page (opens a new window) Print (opens a new window) Help (opens a new window)