Query Letter Master Class

Your novel is complete. Now what?

This class teaches authors how to prepare the necessary materials to query your novel to literary agents and publishers. Through four weeks, we will cover the elements and format of a strong query letter, how to write a synopsis, as well as go over the opening pages of your novel.

Dates:

Mondays 2/3-2/24

(4 weeks)

Time/Location:

Zoom

6:00-8:00pm

Price: $250

(20% off through Jan 31! Discount code: NEWYEAR)

Feedback:

• 2 rounds of feedback on a query letter

• 1 round of feedback on synopsis

• 1 round of feedback on 1st page

"Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Agents"
with Zach Honey

Saturday, January 18, 2025 | 10 a.m. to 12 noon EST

On Zoom

​Registration Opens Dec. 1

WSW Members: FREE

Nonmembers:    $25

Deadline to Register: Jan. 15, Midnight

Limited to 40 Participants

Zach Honey will talk about his journey to the literary world and into agenting. We will get into the nuts and bolts of the agenting process, learn what an agent does for a writer, and talk querying. Bring your questions.

Sign up: Winston Salem Writers Workshop

Roundtable Critique Group

Fall 2024

Join a small group of writers to exchange and workshop manuscripts.

Dates:

Tuesdays 10/1-11/5

(8 weeks)

Time/Location:

Joymongers Brewing Co.

6:00-8:00pm

Price: $75

Submissions: 2 manuscripts up to 30 pages.

Ask an Agent Anything

How do I write a query letter?

What does a literary agent to for authors?

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladened swallow?

Greensboro based literary agent Zach Honey is available for these and any other questions you have about the publishing industry and beyond. Whether you have a book ready to send to agents or editors, or you are just starting out on your writing journey, come talk about the exciting, overwhelming, and often opaque world of publishing.

Zach is North Carolina-born and Montana-raised with an equal love for sweet tea and waist-deep snow. He joined Fine Print Literary in 2020 and became an Associate Agent in 2022. He entered the writing world from the side of an author, publishing several short stories and maintaining a close connection with the craft as a member of writing groups in Boston and New York. Zach represents thrillers and adult fiction, especially those set in rural places, mountainous regions, or other hard-to-reach corners of the world.