Women Who Submit facilitates free quarterly workshops and panels on writing, publishing, career building, and community. These workshops and panels are 75 minutes long and are led by local professional women and nonbinary writers, editors, publishers, agents, and other leaders in literary publishing.
WWS workshops and panels are archived on our YouTube channel.
WWS workshops and panels are followed by an in-person new member orientation. Interested writers must attend a new member orientation in order to become a member of WWS-Los Angeles. There are no membership fees to join. Registration is required and opens one month prior to the event.
If you are not in Los Angeles, please visit our Join Us page to find a chapter in your area.
JOIN US: Saturday, May 16, 2026 at 10:00am Pacific for “Writing a Memorable Artist Statement” with WeHo Poet Laureate, Jen Cheng. This is an in person event at Plummer Park Community Center (7377 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 900460) with a Zoom option for WWS members. We thank WeHo Arts for sponsoring this event.
TO REGISTER: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/wws-literary-workshop-in-weho
SCHEDULE (all times PACIFIC):
10:00am-11:15am: “Writing a Memorable Artist Statement” with Jen Cheng
11:15am-11:30am: Snack Break
11:30am-1:00pm:In person New Member Orientation with TBD
11:30am-1:00pm: In person Submission Party with TBD
NECESSARY MATERIALS:
– Laptop for orientation, research, and online submissions
– Crafted poems/essay/short story: something submission ready
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: Whether we are applying to fellowships or grants, we need to find ways to honor our individuality and be memorable. In this workshop, we will have exercises to generate freewriting responses to frequently asked questions that helps a reviewer understand who are you as an applicant and why are you a match for their program. We will consider values, themes, tone, and context questions to clarify your personal statement.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR: Jen Cheng (she/ella/kir) is the fifth West Hollywood City Poet Laureate (2023-2026), a Poet Laureate Fellow with the Academy of American Poets, a California Arts Council Fellow, and a Tin House Writers Workshop alumni. She is a teaching artist at UCLA Extension, The Loft Literary, and other writing centers. She has a background in nonprofit management, and recently served as a grants reviewer for a variety of artist grants and a judge for literary projects. Jen’s writing is published in Passengers Journal, Colossus:Current, and elsewhere. To connect with her, please visit JenCvoice.com or on social media @JenCvoice.
UPCOMING IN 2026:
August 8, 2026 – The Art of the Pitch with Jade Chang at Plummer Park and Sponsored by WeHo Arts
November 14, 2026 – Paper Bag Journals with Olga GarcÃa EcheverrÃa at an Eastside location TBD
PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS are archived on our YouTube Channel.
I would like to join WWS as I am in the midst of the arduous process of submitting query letters for my first novel. I heard about WWS through Lisbeth Coiman and it sounds like a group of would very much benefit from. I plan to attend the April orientation in Los Angeles and would like to receive any emails from WWS
Hello Ronnnie! So glad to hear you’ll be attending in April. At that time, you’ll get more information about signing up to receive emails from us. In the meantime, you find any up-to-date info on Twitter (@WomenWhoSubmit) and Facebook (Facebook.com/WomenWhoSubmit). This is Ramona. I have short black hair. Come say “hi” at the Orientation!
looking forward to meeting you all
I am interested in starting a group in the Reno and Sparks areas of Northern Nevada, where would I begin, please?
You can reach out to the Chapter Liason https://womenwhosubmitlit.org/join-us/