You've Finished Writing It...Now What?! with Najya Williams — June 22

You’ve finished writing your magnum opus! The words dance across your page and sparkle in your eyes – you’ve finally popped that bottle of bubbly in celebration of this huge accomplishment! Yet, once the excitement wears off, you’re left with an humbling question: where do I go from here?

This workshop is an interactive experience that will teach you the ins and outs of pitching vs. querying your project, strategies for contests, building an online presence, and solidifying your consumer base before your project actually hits the shelves. You will have the opportunity to draft your own materials using instructor provided templates and by the workshop’s end, have compiled a personalized toolkit built for your success and longevity.

What you will learn

Participants will participate in a rigorous workshop designed to equip them with the materials necessary to successfully pitch, query, establish an online presence and solidify their consumer base.

Workshop takeaways

• Customized templates for pitching and querying agents, presses, and other entities

• Strategy for submission to contests within the field

• Techniques to establish and expand their online presence

• Techniques to clarify and engage with your established consumer base

Additional info

This workshop will be recorded for the convenience of those unable to attend live. The recorded session will be emailed to participants the following day.

About the Instructor

Najya A. Williams (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist who floats along the U.S. East Coast. She graduated from Harvard College and is a 2025 M.D. and Narrative Medicine Program Graduate from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine (Temple University). Najya is devoted to the liberation and healing of all oppressed peoples, and this passion is reflected in many of her projects, service efforts and literary works. Her poetry, essays, and other writings have been accepted and/or published by a number of organizations, including POETRY Magazine, Button Poetry, Black Youth Project and Healing Points. Currently, she is a Managing Editor for the Katz Journal of Medicine, Editor for Querencia Press, Poetry Faculty for Pocket MFA, and Board Member for Girls Health Ed, Inc. Her 2024 TEDx Dilworth Park talk, “The Pulsing in Our Spirits and Our Blood” is now available for public viewing via the national conference website. Looking ahead, Najya hopes to continue inspiring full-body wellness across the world, one word and patient visit at a time.