Write at CPL: Editing and Publishing, Demystified

About this event

Adults: 18 and up. Join other aspiring authors this fall for Write at CPL, a series of workshops presented by our partners at Story Studio. This workshop will focus on building Editing and Publishing, Demystified and is led by Cynthia Pelayo. Bram Stoker Award-winning author and anthology editor Cynthia Pelayo walks you through revising your work like an editor and navigating publishing's many paths, with practical guidance you can apply immediately. Cynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award–winning and International Latino Book Award–winning author and poet - the first Latina and the first Puerto Rican to win the Bram Stoker Award. She writes fairy tales that blend genre and explore grief, mourning, and cycles of violence. Chicago is not her setting. Chicago is her cosmology. She holds a Master of Science from Roosevelt University and an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is pursuing a PhD in English. In 2026 she completed the Odyssey Writing Workshop and was in residence at Ragdale. She is the author of Lotería, Poems of My Night, Into the Forest and All the Way Through, Children of Chicago, Crime Scene, The Shoemaker's Magician, Forgotten Sisters, Vanishing Daughters, and It Came From Neverland, as well as dozens of standalone stories and poems. Due to limited space, registration is required. Accessibility Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email [email protected] to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event. Photo credit: courtesy of the author