The ONLY LIVE Hay House Writer's Workshop in 2025!
Learn how to get published PLUS one participant is guaranteed an £8,000 advance and a publishing contract with Hay House!
Are you a writer with a great book idea with a strong desire to be published? Do you just need the inside scoop on how to perfect and publish your book? Then this is the workshop for you!
This is also your chance to publish a book with Hay House UK and become a bestselling author – one participant will be awarded a publishing contract with Hay House and an £8,000 advance!
Join us for a very special two-day workshop with some of Hay House’s finest speakers and authors. The Writer's Workshop will give you the combined wisdom of more than 50 years of writing and publishing experience, including workshops with:
Reid Tracy, Hay House CEO , who transformed Hay House from a publisher of three books in 1988 to one of the largest independent publishing companies in the world and the leading publisher in the self-help industry.
Michelle Pilley, the Managing Director and Publisher of Hay House UK, who will offer key advice as she brings you her 30 years of successful publishing experience and expert knowledge of how to nail a publishing deal.
Kelly Notaras, a 20-year publishing veteran, is the founder of kn literary arts and the author of The Book You Were Born to Write.
PLUS best-selling Hay House authors, including Kyle Gray, Rebecca Campbell and Will Harlow, will share their tips and expertise for writing and publishing your book.
You’ll get inside information and discover everything that you've always wanted to know about writing and publishing your book. You’ll learn:
How to organize your thoughts into a book
How to rewrite and refine your work
How to manifest the determination to publish your book
How to get a publisher’s attention
How to find an agent
How to write a book proposal
How to handle rejections from publishers
How to choose between self-publishing and traditional publishing
How to make a business out of being a writer/author
You’ll also be taken through interactive writing exercises to get your creative juices flowing, and will leave with the tools and techniques you need to write your book!
Contest Details
This could be YOUR chance to publish a book with Hay House UK and become a bestselling author! One participant is guaranteed an £8,000 advance and a publishing contract with Hay House!
Those participants interested in qualifying for the £8,000 advance and publishing contract are required to submit a book proposal.
Participants will learn how to put together a book proposal and will leave the workshop with a manual that details best practices and sample book proposals.
The deadline to submit will be after the Workshop (date TBC 2025), the deadline and full details will be explained at the Workshop. Attendees must attend the full Workshop in-person in order to submit their book proposal to the contest.
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