Fall Fiction

09/15/10 06:30 pm

273 Bowery, New York, NY 10002 - View on a Map

We Who Write Fiction Workshop

Slice Literary is thrilled to announce the We Who Write series! Slice aims to bridge the gap between emerging writers and the professional publishing world, and starting this Fall 2010, we’re literally taking that mission off the page. In a new series of classes and workshops developed exclusively by Slice, aspiring writers will have a chance to work directly with leading literary agents and editors. Writers will develop their own work and gain an insider’s view of the book world. We’re launching the series with a fiction workshop this Fall led by Kate McKean, a renowned agent from the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency who has represented both fiction and nonfiction such as New York Times bestseller I Can Has Cheezeburger and The Blind Contessa’s New Machine, a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick.

The We Who Write Fiction Workshop will take place during eight intensive three-hour sessions. A small group of writers will work with Kate McKean to develop their personal fiction projects and sharpen their writing skills, with a particular eye toward the professional publishing world. Writers are asked to submit a sample of their work to apply. To apply for the workshop, click here.

If you have any questions, please contact us at editors@slicemagazine.org.

Details

What: 8 three-hour classes to workshop your fiction with literary agent Kate McKean

Cost: $300

When: Every Wednesday, from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, from September 15th to November 3rd

Where: University Settlement
273 Bowery (near Houston)
New York, NY 10002

Please note: The workshop is limited to 14 participants.

About Kate McKean

Kate McKean is an agent at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency, a boutique agency in Brooklyn Heights, New York. She represents a wide variety of clients in fiction and non-fiction from the New York Times bestselling I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER to the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick THE BLIND CONTESSA'S NEW MACHINE by Carey Wallace. She received her Masters in Fiction Writing from the University of Southern Mississippi, studying with Frederick Barthelme, Steven Barthleme and Mary Robison. Kate lives in Brooklyn.

About Slice

Slice magazine was launched in 2007 and has since garnered rave reviews from some of today’s leading authors, editors, and agents. Pulitzer prize-winning author Junot Diaz praises, “Beautiful, compelling, irresistible: Slice will knock you right out. In the best way possible.” At the core, Slice aims to bridge the gap between emerging and established authors by offering a space where both are published side-by-side. Slice has had tremendous success, with a steadily growing circulation, from the local literary community to readers worldwide. We have published interviews with bestselling and prize-winning authors including Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth Strout, Kathryn Stockett, Tana French, Lisa See, Paul Auster, Jonathan Lethem, and A. J. Jacobs, among many others. The magazine is run by two book editors at major publishing houses (Penguin and the Hachette Book Group), along with a team of publishing professionals. Many of our first-time authors have connected with agents and then landed book deals as a result of being published in the magazine.