Chuck Sambuchino
By day, Chuck Sambuchino is an editor for Writer's Digest Books (an imprint of F+W Media). He is the editor of two annual resource books: Guide to Literary Agents, as well as Screenwriter's & Playwright's Market. He also assists in editing Writer's Market (www.writersmarket.com). He is currently preparing the third edition of Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript (a WD trade book) for a 2009 release. Chuck is a former staffer of several newspapers and magazines - most notably Writer's Digest. During his tenure as a newspaper staffer, he won awards from both the Kentucky Press Association and the Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalists.
By night, Chuck is a writer and freelance editor. He is a produced playwright, with both original and commissioned works produced. He is a magazine freelancer, with recent articles appearing in Watercolor Artist, Pennsylvania Magazine, The Pastel Journal, Cincinnati Magazine and New Mexico Magazine. During the past decade, more than 500 of his articles have appeared in newspapers, magazines and books. Chuck also teaches online instructional courses through Writers Online Workshops (www.writersonlineworkshops.com). Sorche Fairbank of Fairbank Literary Representation (fairbankliterary.com) is Chuck's literary agent. To read his blog, visit www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog.
Upcoming speaking engagements:
2009 Engagements
March 14, 2009
Reno Writers Conference at Truckee Meadows Community College
Reno, NV
Two speeches and one-on-one meetings
www.tmcc.edu/wdce/conferences/writers/
April 16-18, 2009
Las Vegas Writers Conference
Las Vegas, NV
www.lasvegaswritersconference.com
April 24-26, 2009
Muse and the Marketplace: Grub Street Writers
Boston, MA
www.grubstreet.org/index.php?id=26
May 27, 2009
Writers Digest Books Writers Conference / Book Expo America
New York, NY
www.writersdigest.com/bea
June 5-7, 2009
Wyoming Writers Summer Conference
Casper, WY
www.www.wyowriters.org/
June 21-25, 2009
Southeastern Writers Conference
St. Simons Island, GA
http://southeasternwriters.com/highlight.htm
June 25-27, 2009
Jackson Hole Writers Conference
Jackson Hole, WY
www.jacksonholewritersconference.com
Sept. 18-20, 2009
Writer's Digest Conference: The Business of Getting Published
New York, NY
www.writersdigestconference.com
Oct. 23-25, 2009
South Carolina Writers' Workshop
Myrtle Beach, SC
www.myscww.org
2008 Engagements
Jan. 25-26, 2008
Space Coast Writers' Conference
Cocoa Beach, FL
www.scwg.org/conference.asp
Feb. 15-17, 2008
San Francisco Writers' Conference
San Francisco. CA
"Writing for Magazines and Newspapers," "Writing Queries to Agents"
www.sfwriters.org
March 14-15, 2008
Christopher Newport University Writers' Conference
Newport News, VA
"Everything You Need to Know About Agents," "Publishing Panel"
http://writers.cnu.edu
April 4-5, 2008
Northern Colorado Writers' Conference
Fort Collins, CO
"Keynote Speech," "Writing Queries to Agents"
www.ncwc.biz
April 19, 2008
League of Vermont Writers' Spring Session
Rutland, VT
"Everything You Need to Know About Agents," "Pitch Perfect"
www.leaguevtwriters.org
April 24-25, 2008
Northeast Texas Writers Roundup
Camp Shiloh, TX
www.netwo.org
May 27-31, 2008
BookExpo America / Writer's Digest Writers' Conference
Los Angeles, CA
"Ask the Editors"
"Ask the Agents" (moderator): a Q&A with top representatives to show what agents really think of query letters, what they look for in sample chapters, and what they do — and don't — like to hear during a live pitch.
www.writersdigest.com/bea
June 20-22, 2008
Agents and Editors Conference (Writers League of Texas)
Austin, TX
"Everything You Need to Know About Agents," "Pitch Perfect," "Writing for Magazines"
www.writersleague.org/events/2008-agent-conf.html
July 2, 2008
Smith Mountain Lake Writers Summer Session
Smith Mountain Lake, VA
"Everything You Need to Know About Agents"
www.smithmountainartscouncil.com/LiteraryArts.html
Aug. 20 and Aug. 27, 2008
Market Books Local Tour
Cincinnati, OH on Aug. 20; Dayton, OH on Aug. 27.
Joseph-Beth Booksellers and Books & Company, respectively
Sept. 25-28, 2008
The International Womens Fiction Festival
Matera, Italy
www.womensfictionfestival.com
2007 Engagements
April 20-22, 2007
Trinity Writers' Workshop/Tarrant County College Writers' Conference
Hurst, TX
www.TrinityWritersWorkshop.com
May 30, 2007
BookExpo America / Writer's Digest Writers' Conference
New York, NY
www.writersdigest.com/bea
June 4-5, 2007
International Mystery Writers' Festival
Owensboro, KY
www.newmysteries.org
June 8-9, 2007
Tennessee Writers Alliance Writers' Conference
Franklin, TN
Battle Ground Academy
"What Editors Want" "Playwriting: Writing and Selling"
www.tn-writers.org
June 9, 2007
Clarksville Writers' Conference
Clarksville, TN
"Everything You Need to Know About Agents"
www.artsandheritage.us/writers/
July 20-21, 2007
Harriette Austin Writers' Conference
Athens, GA
"Building Your Freelance Portfolio" "What You Need to Know About Agents"
http://harrietteaustin.org/default.aspx
August - October 2007
Writer's Digest Books' Market Books Tour: Lexington, Dayton, Cincinnati
www.writersmarket.com www.writersdigest.com
Aug. 13-17, 2007
Writers' Conference at Ocean Park
Ocean Park, ME
"How to Get Your Writing Published" "Writing for Magazines"
www.oceanpark.org/programs/events/writers/writers.html
Aug. 17-19, 2007
Killer Nashville
Nashville, TN
"Writing the Killer Query" "Playwriting" or "Screenwriting" (TBA)
www.killernashville.com
Oct. 3-4, 2007
Midwest Literary Festival
Aurora, IL
"Selecting a Literary Agent" "Structuring Query Letters"
www.midwestliteraryfestival.com
Nov. 2-4, 2007
La Jolla Writers' Conference
San Diego, CA
"Playwriting" "Writing for Magazines" "Query Letters to Agents"
www.lajollawritersconference.com
2006 Engagements
October, 2006
Ozark Creative Writers Conference
Eureka Springs, AR
www.ozarkcreativewriters.org/
October, 2006
Midwest Literary Festival
Aurora, IL
www.midwestliteraryfestival.com
Conference Speaker Request:
If you'd like Chuck to speak at your conference, please send an e-mail to literaryagent@fwpubs.com and provide the following details:
- When is the conference?
- Where will it be held?
- Who else is attending? (E.g. agents, editors, authors...)
- Do you have a Web site that can provide more information about the conference?
- What will my responsibilities be? Sessions? Panels? Workshops? If you'd like me to run two workshops, for example, how long are the workshops expected to be? What topics did you have in mind?
- Though Writer's Digest Books is sometimes asked to "sponsor" sessions, they usually do not. However, WDB speakers can usually bring many copies of Writer's Digest to pass out the eventgoers.
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