The SoonerCon Writers Workshop is a two-day intensive session for creators. It is led by a professional clinician from the speculative fiction industry, and designed for new and established writers who are ready to sell their work for publication. Workshop participants benefit from:

• Critiques of submitted work by the workshop clinician, including review of story structure, character development, world-building, narrative, research, and format
• Discussions on the various publishing markets for genre fiction and nonfiction works
• Tips for shopping manuscripts to publishers
• Learning how to market and promote new written works
• Review of current issues related to the writing business
• Networking with industry peers and pros

Workshop Details

SoonerCon Writers Workshop participants must purchase a convention membership for both days of the workshop event, in addition to purchasing their spot in the workshop. Space in the workshop is limited to 12 participants, first-come, first-served. Pre-registration is required. Cost is $50.00 per person + Eventbrite fee.

The workshop will take place on Friday, June 7, and Saturday, June 8, 2019, in a closed conference room at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Norman, OK. The workshop runs four hours each day during the morning to mid-afternoon.

Each participant will submit a manuscript of up to 4,500 words of either a completed short story or partial novel. It is helpful for any partial novel submissions to include a brief novel synopsis (separate from the word count of the submission). Submissions will be due by April 21, 2019.

All manuscripts will be emailed to the SoonerCon Writers Workshop Coordinator, who will send to the workshop clinician. These must be typed with pages numbered. No handwritten manuscripts will be accepted. Acceptable file types for manuscript submissions are .doc, .docx, or .rtf. Authors should include a cover page on the manuscript with their name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number.

All participants will be notified via email by SoonerCon of their acceptance to the workshop, then provided instructions for completing their submission. Participants will need to bring pen and paper, or laptop, for taking notes during the workshop. Videos of the workshop are not permitted.

For questions, please email writersworkshop@soonercon.com.