SINCLAIRVILLE — A free class is being offered at the Sinclairville Free Library on the four Fridays of September from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each week. You may attend in person or online.

Each week will focus on a different aspect of building your career. Class will be taught by John Brantingham.

— Week one will be focused on goal setting and the basics of getting your poetry, fiction, memoir, and creative nonfiction into magazines and to publishers.

— Week two will be about platform building to ensure that your writing is getting to the right audience.

— Week three will be a discussion of obtaining grants and literary citizenship (ways to increase your brand by connecting to the literary community).

— Week four will be a submission marathon where you will be given direction on the places to send your work.

The event is open to everyone, and it is completely free. Come to one week or to all of them.

John Brantingham is the recipient of a New York State Arts Council grant and was Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks’ first poet laureate. His work has been in hundreds of magazines and The Best Small Fictions 2016 and 2022. He has published twenty-two books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. He has taught creative writing at MFAs and college programs across the world in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and Canada, and at Mt. San Antonio College where he was a professor and director of the creative writing program for 25 years. He has specialized in helping students develop their creative writing, and he has helped hundreds to publish their stories, poems, essays, and books.

Write to Beth Hadley, Library Director at director@sinclairvillelibrary.org to register for either in-person participation or to receive the link to attend online.