Description
This two-day workshop, taught by adjunct professor Victoria Blanco (MFA in Creative Writing), offers a clear, practical roadmap for building a sustainable career in nonfiction. We’ll begin with the foundations of publishing in magazines and journals, including how to identify the right outlets for your work, prepare submissions, pitch editors, and track opportunities. From there, we’ll explore the path to book publication, including developing a compelling book proposal, finding and working with a literary agent, and understanding how acquisitions, contracts, and marketing actually work. Through candid discussion and real-world examples, participants will gain insight into the full ecosystem of contemporary nonfiction publishing.
About the Instructor: Victoria Blanco’s first book, Out of the Sierra: A Story of Rarámuri Resistance, was published by Coffee House Press. Research and writing for Out of the Sierra has been supported by a Fulbright Award, research fellowships from the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Arts Board Grant, a Bakeless Scholarship from Breadloaf Orion, a writing residency at St. Paul's East Side Freedom Library from Coffee House Press In-the-Stacks, and the 2018 Roxane Gay Fellowship in Creative Nonfiction for the Jack Jones Literary Arts writers' retreat. Her field research on Rarámuri resistance is ongoing, supported by the Community Development Action Fund (CDAF) from the U.S. Department of State.
She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Minnesota, where she taught creative writing and composition courses. She is also the recipient of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award, the Digital Borderlands grant from the University of Arizona, and the Minnesota Regional Arts Council grant. She was a Fellow in the 2019 Culture, Too Conference, hosted by Jack Jones Literary Arts, and a Fellow in the 2017-2018 Loft Mentor Series. Victoria’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, Guernica, Literary Hub, and Catapult, among others. She is currently an adjunct professor in Hamline University's MFA in Creative Writing program.
Location
Creative Writing House (Hamline University)
1500 Englewood Ave
St Paul, MN 55104
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Cost
$350