Sign-Ups
Please note: Advanced sign-ups are closed for many of our sessions. Please check the registration desk at the con to see if we have open spots!
Pitch Sessions
Sign up to pitch your work to an industry professional.
Jen Albert - FULL
Selena Middleton - FULL
Arley Sorg - FULL
Ask An Expert
Have questions about editing, query letters, or other aspects of the publishing industry? This is your chance for a one-on-one chat with one of our experts.
Jennifer Brozek - FULL
Diana M. Pho - FULL
Kaffeeklatsches
Join one of our Guests of Honour for a low-key, small group chat! This is a great opportunity to bring industry questions, meet new people or geek out about shared interests.
Jennifer Brozek
Sarah Gailey
Diana M. Pho - FULL
dave ring
BIPOC Hangout!
Arley Sorg's hosting a hangout! Join him in the executive boardroom for a casual chat with other BIPOC attendees on Saturday November 2nd, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Refreshments and light snacks will be served. Please sign up in advance, as this helps avoid stressing out our tireless volunteers!
BIPOC Hangout - FULL
Short Story Book Club
Do you love short fiction? Do you also love digging into them with a group of fellow short fiction fans? Sign up for a book-club style chat with longtime editor and critic (and our Agent GoH) Arley Sorg. You'll receive 2 short stories to read ahead of time, and take part in a deep dive about each author's work, with guiding questions from Arley. No particular experience needed - just a love of short fiction and discovering new works!
Short Story Book Club - FULL
Short Story Submissions 101
Presented by Y.M. Pang, this workshop is targeted towards writers who wish to publish their short stories in magazines/anthologies, but either have not taken the leap towards submission or still have questions around the process. Short story submissions will be broken down into concrete steps. The workshop will cover: how to use market search databases, standard manuscript format, cover letters, tracking submissions, submission etiquette, dealing with rejections/rewrite requests, and what eventual publication will look like. Workshop will include a segment where attendees are guided through a short story submission; attendees are encouraged (though not required) to bring a finished short story and a laptop or other electronic device on which a story submission can be completed.
Short Story Submissions 101
Infernal Salon
Join us for a fun and creative Infernal Salon with returning Special Guest C.S.E. Cooney! The Infernal Salon is a fun, low-stakes writing workshop, high on community, ix-nay on the essure-pray. Each participant is given a prompt of one or more cards from the very spooky deck that C. S. E. Cooney, Carlos Hernandez, and artist Rebecca Huston invented for the TTRPG “Negocios Infernales.” Once every writer has their prompt, we set a timer for 25 minutes. Everyone makes something: poetry, story, bit of novel, short play, art, whatever! When the timer dings, those who want to will share their infernally-inspired works with all of us. If you’re looking for your next story idea or a way to shatter writer’s bloc, have we got a salon for you! You can learn more about the game Negocios Infernales here and check out the deck via Outland Entertainment’s website here.
Infernal Salon - FULL
Blue Pencil Café
Want feedback from a pro writer or editor on your work? Bring 2-3 pages of writing and get real-time, in-person feedback from one of our expert critiquers. Or, sit down for a one-on-one Q&A about the writing industry.
Ashley Hisson - FULL
Ed Willett - FULL