Marketing Your Short Stories

Creative writers must become salesmen when marketing their short stories. This may seem overwhelming at first, but when you take it step-by-step, the process can become simple. You can present your short stories to potential publishers in the best, most up-to-date way to increase your odds of publication.

Course Level:  Intermediate / Advanced

Required Book:  Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market by Alice Pope

Workshop Length:  4 weeks

Tuition:  $150.00 ($135 for VIP)

Start Date: View Marketing Your Short Stories Course Schedule

You will learn:

  • How to make sure your story is ready for submission and publication
  • How to identify markets for your short story
  • How to prepare a cover letter (if it’s necessary) and your manuscript

Who should take this course:

  • Writers who aren’t used to selling their work and want to learn all the necessary components to marketing their stories
  • Short story writers who are looking for insights and guidance from a Published Short Story Writer to help them get more of their work published
  • Graduates of Focus on the Short Story or Extended Short Story writing workshops

Register for Marketing Your Short Stories Workshop

Course Outline

In this class, we’ll take marketing your story step by step. From making sure that your story is truly ready to the actual writing of the cover letter to the discovery of a market, we will cover it all. By the end of this class, you will have your short story in the mail, ready to be read.

Session 1: Is My Story Ready?

Session 2: The Market Search

Session 3: Cover Letter and Manuscript Format

Session 4: So What Happens Next?