Writing isn’t just an art form, it’s an industry – an industry that can be confusing when you’re starting out.

In this FREE six-week course for residents of Newfoundland and Labrador ages 18 to 30, you'll learn how to:

• • Submit your short fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to magazines and web publications.

  • Pitch a book to an agent or publisher.

  • Apply for grant funding.

  • Access royalties from the public use of your work.

  • Promote yourself and your writing.

  • …and more!

Instructor Ainsley Hawthorn, PhD, is an author and cultural historian originally from Steady Brook, NL, and now based in St. John's. She writes for CBC, blogs for Psychology Today, and edited the critically acclaimed anthology Land of Many Shores: Perspectives from a Diverse Newfoundland and Labrador (Breakwater Books 2021). She is President of WritersNL, the sectoral organization for writers in the province.