"Sharpen Your Submitting Strategies" with Ali Seegar

Date: Thursday, January 23

Time: 8:00 PM (Amsterdam time)

Duration: 1 hour

Where: Zoom

Price: Free for members; non-members $10

During this informal session, Ali will share her experience of querying agents and her tips on navigating the minefield of available information.

• What is expected in a query letter?
• Hook line, pitch and synopsis - are they all necessary?
• How do you look for the right agent, or find those comparative titles?
• How best to keep track of your submissions?

This is an open session and everyone is welcome to add their own experiences and suggestions.

The event will be recorded for the participants who can’t attend live and will be available for a limited period of time.

Registration closes Wednesday January 22nd at midnight, no exceptions.

Questions? Email Fanely at benelux-ra@scbwi.org or Mayra at benelux-ara@scbwi.org

Ali Seegar writes fiction, non-fiction and poetry for all age groups. 

In 2016 she self-published her first middle-grade book Tommy Turner’s Tremendous Travels which was a finalist in the Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Her second book in the series Tommy Turner’s Battle for Yorintown was published in 2019. In 2022 she won the London Independent Story Prize with her short story ‘Nothing Happens Until Something Moves’. Her work has been published in various online and print magazines. 

Ali started her professional life as a dancer until a knee injury forced her to stop. She now lives in Luxembourg, where she regularly visits schools and libraries to give creative writing workshops, after graduating from the University of Oxford’s Creative Writing diploma with distinction. She is currently working on the second book of a YA fantasy series, as well as a YA contemporary romantasy.