Free Publishing Workshop:
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Free 7-Week Creative Writing Course for Christian Storytellers
Write a short story you'll be proud to share, discover the power of storytelling rooted in faith, and experience a welcoming community of fellow writers.
Whether you're looking for a meaningful summer writing project, a creative activity for your kids or young adults, or simply a chance to explore what we're all about, this course is the perfect place to start.
Best of all, it's completely free.
No live sessions. No complicated schedules. Just weekly lessons delivered straight to your inbox, so you can participate whenever it works for you.
Create & Worship
Why We Host This Event:
Great stories can entertain, but the best stories do even more—they nourish the soul.
By publishing as many submitted stories as possible, we seek to cultivate a vibrant community of Christian storytellers and readers, share stories that reflect truth, beauty, and goodness, and encourage the body of Christ through meaningful fiction.
Together, we're helping stories that matter reach the people who need them.
Our Prayer for This Event is That:
That Christian writers would find the courage to share their stories (imagined and/or lived)!
That busy creatives would rediscover the joy of writing as worship.
And that through every short story written, shared and published, readers would be encouraged, challenged, and reminded of the hope found in Christ.
Whether you publish your story or simply spend some time growing as a writer, we pray this event helps you use the gifts God has given you to bless others!
What We Publish: Short stories (5 pages or less) from diverse Christian voices, ages, styles, and perspectives that are united around themes that showcase light in the darkness and unshakeable hope! Anistemi Publishing primarily serves young authors (ages 8 and up), so we do ask that content be appropriate for family story time (more on what that means later). Visit our Open Access Library to read previously published work. The library is a free source of worthy story! We publish every story we possibly can; they're ranked by clarity of theme and authentic voice.
What You Recieve: Publication!
+ notification if a story has been selected for publication
+ one round of high-level editorial feedback
+ formatting services
+ an illustrated cover
+ digital publication hosted in our free Open Access Library (visit to read examples)
+ a special feature in our Anistemi Newsletter for lovers of Christian story
+ formal recognition of you as the copyright owner (included in the front matter of all published works)
+ a customized direct link to your work that you may use in your writing portfolio, website, resume, etc.
+ the opportunity to share a link to your website, blog, or online presence where fans can connect with you
Who Is Eligible: All Christian creative writers. All ages. We love family participation! Parents can submit on their own—or use the content for an at-home writing activity (emails are written for young adult writers & instructors; we include a simple, downloadable worksheet young writers can complete each week).
How You Participate: It's simple. After signing up, you'll receive a series of emails that deliver workshop content, instruction, & inspiration... plus a weekly writing prompt designed to help you process your ideas and shape them into a story (the content makes a great starting point for first time writers but also reflects on story elements in ways that help even seasoned authors). Then, you'll receive a private invitation to submit your work for publication in our Open Access Library.
How We Protect Your Rights: Your copyright is your own; you retain full rights to your story. You may share previously published stories if you have permission from previous publishers to do so, and you may publish our story elsewhere (as long as the other publishers don't require exclusive rights). If you wish us to remove your story from the library, we ask that you provide us written notice (email is fine) to remove your story from our library and 6 months to make that happen. See detailed terms and conditions, and contact us with questions.
What We Own: The cover art and the specifical digital format we create for our library. That's it! We give you a custom link to your work for use in writing portfolios, websites, etc.
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Past Participants Say
A.D. from WA
"I needed the accountability of a deadline, and purpose for writing beyond just another story in my own files!"
Bekah from UT
"I loved how simple and fun the publishing part actually was. It was so nice to be able to just write a story, get feedback, and within only a few weeks have it published."
Jedidiah from TX
"I appreciated the process of starting with an idea and finishing a complete, published story that was enjoyable, including watching ideas come together... and putting together a meaningful final product."
Ruth from ME
"The workshop taught me how to publish and make my stories more creative. I like that it was Christian-based and centered on God, and being able to publish my own story helped me share imaginative ideas more clearly."
More Insights
Katherine
Instead of receiving an unbending formula of how a story must mathematically hold together, the Workshop was carefully crafted to aid every writer in his or her own writing journey through any genre of story they wishe to pursue.
Ellie
There's always more to learn regarding how to write more effectively, so I was hoping for increased guidance on that, which I certainly received! I also wanted to try out the publishing experience and consider publishing through Anistemi.
Addie
I've always enjoyed writing, but somewhere in the back of mind, I've had the wish to see some of my work published. The Summer Publishing Workshop was the first time I ever got to see a bit of my goal accomplished.
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