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, August 8, 2026 at 10:00am Pacific for “Pitching in a Fishbowl” with Midwives of Invention, Jade Change. 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-2
SCHEDULE (all times PACIFIC):
10:00am-11:15am: “Pitching in a Fishbowl” with Jade Chang
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
– Snack and/or literary journals to share
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP: “In this one-hour fishbowl session Jade Chang, along with participants, will workshop three pitches from members of the Women Who Submit community, with a focus on shaping pitches that are clear and timely, with a strong point of view. Sign up to be one of the workshopped pitches, or join as part of an active audience! To submit your pitch for workshop, you must register by July 27, 2026.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR: Jade Chang’s debut novel, The Wangs vs. the World, won the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and has been published in a dozen countries. Her new novel, What a Time to Be Alive, is now out from Ecco and her journalism and essays have recently appeared in The Best American Food Writing, the New York Times Magazine and Los Angeles Times Magazine. She also writes for film and TV.
UPCOMING IN 2026:
November 14, 2026 – Paper Bag Journals with Olga GarcÃa EcheverrÃa at Avenue 50 Studio
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/