Workshops & Submissions

Workshops

A valuable part of Scriptoria is your chance to receive and give comments on works-in-progress. You'll begin by submitting 10-15 pages from a solid draft of non-published writing before Scriptoria begins. Then your facilitator and classmates will give you feedback on its strengths and growing edges. Each participant will have a turn.

Workshops are an excellent way to get helpful feedback on your writing. Yes, it'll feel scary at first, but soon you'll notice how much it helps your ideas and writing quality.

(Note: Being nervous is human. You’ll be in good company. See this page about workshop nerves.)

Workshop Assignments

Participants will be assigned to a workshop class based on genre, and the classes will run daily for two hours—except our first day, which runs for 90 minutes. 

Scriptoria faculty will lead the groups and will contact their assigned participants with precisely how they’ll run the workshop. 

Workshop Submissions & Formatting

Please ready the following amount of your writing, depending on your genre:

• Fiction Writers: Up to 15 pages, double-spaced. This may be chapters from a novel or short stories. If the section you are sending occurs mid-story, include a one-paragraph story summary, so the other readers know the context.

• Nonfiction Writers: Up to 15 pages, double-spaced. This may be chapters or separate essays. 

• Poetry Writers: Up to 8 poems.
  
  

Compile your submission as one continuous Word document (PDFs don't work) with your name and page numbers on every page.

NAME your submission file in this manner: 

LastName_Genre.doc

For genre, please specify Fiction, Young Adult, Poetry, or Nonfiction

Examples:

Smith_YoungAdult.doc        Jones_Nonfiction.doc       Jones_Fiction.doc        Smith_Poetry.doc

Email your document by June 10, 2026 to ScriptoriaWorkshop@gmail.com

Workshopping is a wonderful way to strengthen your craft and writing community.