

Date: Thursdays, April 10 - May 15
Format: Hybrid, the first and last class are in person at the Ramsdell Theatre, with the remaining classes online via Zoom.
Time: 4-5:30 PM
Class Size: 8-10
Grade Level: Grades 7-12
This course is designed to empower aspiring student authors by guiding them through the publishing process. Over six/seven weeks, students will:
- Build their confidence by sharing and refining their writing.
- Learn how to navigate submission platforms and craft professional cover letters.
- Gain experience working with feedback and preparing their work for publication.
- Celebrate their journey with a public reading and publishing party at somewhere like the library or local bookstore.
Each class balances critique sessions, practical workshops, and creative free writing with optional prompts to keep students inspired. By the end of the course, students will have the tools and knowledge to submit their work to real publications.
All students will have the opportunity to publish work in the NWS Literary Journal.
About: 'Cole Birkette
(Ni)Cole Bernadette Birkett (she/her) graduated with a BA in English from Michigan State University. She works supporting organizing and membership efforts for public school unions, raises sheep and goats with her husband, leads the Ludington Writers, and is editor in chief of Making Waves: A West Michigan Review. Her work has appeared in publications such as Transformational: Stories of NoMI Arts & Culture, Peninsula Poets, Variety Pack, and MSU’s Offbeat and OATS. Learn more at LudingtonWriters.org or @nbbirkett.

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