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Practical teaching and editorial insight from Litro Magazine for writers ready to strengthen their work and take a clearer next step.
Find the right support
Choose your next step
Start with the problem you are trying to solve. Learn live with an experienced tutor, get a clearer editorial view of your work, or understand how to move towards submission and publication.
01 · Live teaching
Develop your writing in a live class
Work directly with authors, editors and publishing professionals in a focused small group.
Browse live masterclasses02 · Editorial support
Get a clearer view of your work
Understand what is working, what is holding the piece back and what to revise before submitting.
Explore editorial feedback03 · Publishing direction
Prepare for the publishing path
Build a practical approach to pitching, agents, submissions and the decisions that come next.
View publishing guidanceNot sure where to begin? Start with a live masterclass. Each session is built around a defined writing or publishing problem and a practical next step.
A. M. Dassu · Award-winning children’s author
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From idea to submission
Writing and Pitching a Children’s Book
A practical live session for writers with a children’s book idea, draft or manuscript who want to understand how to shape their work, prepare a submission package and navigate the publishing process.
Self-paced
Learn at your own pace
Practical Litro courses you can work through in your own time.
Flash Fiction: From First Line to Submission
Self-paced · Instant access
Four modules from opening line to submission-ready draft, a downloadable workbook, and immediate access — built the Litro way.
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Introduction to Prose Poetry
Self-paced · Instant access
Read the masters, write across three registers, finish a revised portfolio — with immediate access.
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Litro Masterclasses · 2027
New for 2027
New live courses are being added now. Join the priority list and we’ll let you know first when dates open.
Two masterclasses with Ursula Brunetti
Writing Sideways
A live masterclass on approaching your material at an angle — dates to be announced.
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Read Yourself Better
A live masterclass on reading your own drafts the way an editor would — dates to be announced.
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Participant feedback
Trusted by writers, editors and course participants
Selected feedback from writers and participants who have used Litro’s editorial reports, masterclasses and submission support.
“A few craft points have finally clicked into place for me, so I’m feeling a surge of enthusiasm.”
Nicky Torode
June Submission Sprint student
“The sprint has been incredibly useful and a little humbling as well. I will try to get the story as clean as possible.”
Eline Tuijn
June Submission Sprint student
“It’s been absolutely brilliant and very inspirational. The administration supporting it has also been timely and business-like.”
Belinda Naylor-Stables
Litro Masterclass participant
Read around the work
Craft essays, author conversations and publishing ideas to keep the work moving.
Gaby Wood on the future of short fiction
The Booker Prize Foundation director discusses readership, visibility and the cultural place of short-form writing.
Translating Taiwan Travelogue
Yang Shuang-zi and Lin King discuss language, history, narrative structure and carrying a work across cultures.
Future Archives — London
Yimin Xiang, Paul Majek and Makiko Harris — new fiction and conversations on memory, archives and what a city leaves behind.
Choose the right level of attention for the work
Start with a focused editorial diagnosis, or work intensively on one piece and its route towards submission.
Editorial 1:1
Work on your writing one-to-one
A focused editorial conversation for a writer who wants to work through a specific story, draft or submission problem.
1:1 participants receive a reduced-price FastTrack read on the piece they revise after the session.
FastTrack Editorial Feedback
A serious editorial read for short fiction, essays or poetry when you need to understand what is working, what is blocking the piece and what to revise next.
- Clear editorial diagnosis
- Prioritised revision notes
- Submission-readiness assessment
1:1 Weekend Submission Weekender
Work closely on one short piece: sharpen the reader contract, strengthen structure and momentum, refine the language and build a realistic submission route.
- Prep-read and two focused sessions
- Written revision priorities
- Cover-note direction and submission targets
Practical decisions for publishers and cultural teams
Focused small-cohort programmes for organisations working through questions of AI, publishing workflows, catalogue visibility, rights signals and creative value.
AI Readiness Sprint for Publishers & Cultural Leaders
Move from general AI anxiety to a practical map of where AI touches editorial work, rights, archives, metadata, governance and internal decision-making.
Leave with an AI-use map, governance priorities and a practical action plan.Publisher Visibility & Rights Audit Sprint
Identify where titles, authors and catalogue material are losing visibility or rights clarity across search, metadata, publisher pages and AI-led discovery.
Leave with a visibility scorecard, prioritised fixes and clear ownership of next steps.Executive labs provide strategic education and decision support. They do not provide legal advice or guarantee commercial outcomes.
