Workshop: How to Submit Short Fiction for Publication w/ Evangeline Giaconia

This two-hour workshop with Evangeline Giaconia introduces writers to the process of submitting short fiction for publication. The session covers how to prepare work, locate appropriate literary markets, understand pay rates, write cover letters, review contracts, and recognize warning signs. Writers at every experience level are welcome.

Giaconia is a DMV-based writer of queer speculative fiction whose work spans science fiction and fantasy. Her writing explores gender expansiveness, sentience and sapience, decolonial futures, disability, and queer approaches to historical narratives. Her fiction has appeared in *Utopia Science Fiction*, *The Submission Pit*, and *Trans/Port: Trans Speculative Fiction for a Queer Future*, among other publications.

When: Saturday, November 21st 2026

Showtimes: 12:00 pm

Run time: Two hours

Program: Preparing fiction for submission, finding literary markets, understanding pay scales, writing cover letters, reviewing contracts, identifying red flags, and related submission guidance

Instructor: Evangeline Giaconia

Ages: Writers of all experience levels are welcome

Tickets: Price not available

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Venue: Red Emma’s, Free School Classroom

Location: 3128 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore, MD