An online, seven-week craft and critique workshop,
March 12–April 30, 2022
The LDSPMA Nonfiction Workshop is for YOU if
- you are developing a nonfiction manuscript that you plan to publish or self-publish
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- you are brand new to writing nonfiction and want to learn how to get started
Early Bird Price (Feb 1–Mar 5): $400
Full Price (Mar 6–Mar 11): $450
What is the Nonfiction Workshop?
The Nonfiction Workshop is a two-month intensive program that provides participants with instruction in the craft of nonfiction writing, along with activities and assignments, the time to write and revise, and professional feedback on their manuscripts.
What’s included?
- One genre-specific, seven-week Craft and Critique class that meets for two hours over Zoom each week
- Personalized feedback and critique on your book project from an expert instructor
- Five pre-recorded Topics in Nonfiction classes on how to edit, publish, and market your book
- Five live-over-Zoom Q&As with the teacher of each Topics in Nonfiction class
- A “get out of the slush pile free” card from Shadow Mountain Publishing
Choose one of our Craft and Critique Classes:
Gospel Topics / Spirituality
Memoir
The Personal Essay
Family History
I Have an Idea—Where Do I Start?
Keynote Speaker: Connie Sokol
Your Story Matters: 3 Steps to Changing the World through Words
Connie is a speaker, bestselling author, media personality, the host for Called to Create: An LDSPMA Podcast, and program founder (not all at once, and not without chocolate . . .). But at the core most days she’s a keeping-it-real mother of seven. #thegoodthebadtheugly
Topics in Nonfiction Classes
You’ll get all five of these classes:
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Audience and Genre: Your Unique Marketing Angle
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Foundational Book Marketing
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Self-Publishing
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All About Editing
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Traditional Publishing—Pros and Cons
And Skip the Slush Pile!
Participants of the LDSPMA Spring Nonfiction Workshop 2022 will also receive a “get out of the slush pile free” card from Shadow Mountain Publishing. The “free pass” will allow authors to submit to Shadow Mountain at any point during 2022 as well as move to the front of the review queue. Manuscripts with Latter-day Saint religious content will be passed along to Deseret Book for review.