1st 5 Pages Writing Workshop: February 2018 Workshop

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

February 2018 Workshop

Our February Workshop kicked off on Saturday, February 3rd at noon EST. New this year, we're hosting a Twitter chat the Wednesday before our submission window opens. Our a our mentors and agents will be on the #1st5pages hashtag to answer your questions January 31st from 8 - 9 P.M.

The First Five Pages Workshop is here to help writers find their manuscript's best possible opening with the help of two of our permanent author mentors and a featured guest author. The Workshop runs over the course of three consecutive weeks. In the final week, a literary agent will review the pitch and final draft of the pages. Not only will the agent provide notes, they will also offer a partial request and critique for at least one selected winner.

And that's not all! The workshop is not just for the writers who have submitted manuscripts. For any writer, seeing how each manuscript evolves with the help of our mentoring authors and literary agent can be an unparalleled learning experience in how publishing really works and how professionals and readers read.

Once our participants are selected, the links below will be updated throughout the workshop to let you read the comments and see the transformation on each of the workshop manuscripts: what worked, what didn't work, and why. This page will always have the most recent workshop displayed with additional workshops linked below. Follow along with the workshop! Additional workshops are also available in chronological order on the site sidebar.

Guest Mentors

Author: Kelley Armstrong,
#1 New York Times Bestselling author of:
RITUALS

Literary Agent: Laura Crockett
of TridaUS

Workshop Entries

Painted Scars by Dawn Elize
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Mentors: Kelley Armstrong, Christina June, and Stasia Kehoe
Original Submission with Comments
First Revision with Comments
Final Revision with Comments
Agent's Comments

Fearless by Britney Shae
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary
Mentors: Kelley Armstrong, Shannon Parker, and Heather Petty
  Original Submission with Comments
  First Revision with Comments
  Final Revision with Comments
Agent's Comments

Of Wings by Rochele Smit
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Mentors: Kelley Armstrong, Heather Cashman, and Beth Turley
Original Submission with Comments
First Revision with Comments
Final Revision with Comments
Agent Comments

Dreams of Flying by Michelle Walsh
Genre: Middle Grade Realistic
Mentors: Kelley Armstrong, Rob Vlock, and Kimberley Griffiths Little
Original Submission with Comments
First Revision with Comments
Final Revision with Comments
Agent Comments

Extrasensory by Larysia Woropay
Genre: Young Adult Paranormal
Mentors: Kelley Armstrong, Erin Cashman, and Ron Smith
  Original Submission with Comments
  First Revision with Comments
  Final Revision with Comments
  Agent's Comments

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ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

The first five pages of a manuscript may be all that agents, editors, and readers read, so the First Five Pages Workshop for young adult and middle grade fiction is here to help young adult and middle grade writers off to an unputdownable start with the help of three published authors and a literary agent over the course of three weeks.

We have a fabulous list of permanent workshop mentors including award-winners and NYT bestselling authors, two of whom are assigned to every manuscript in the workshop. In addition, we have a guest author each month who mentors all the workshop participants. During the third week, our guest literary agent also critiques not only the pages but also the pitch for the book and picks an overall workshop winner. The agent also chooses the strongest manuscript (or manuscripts) and awards a partial critique to an overall winner with potential priority submission opportunities for other selected participants, so not only is this a great learning opportunity, it's a great chance to get your novel published.

To see the workshop in progress, click here.