Are you into STEM or SF/F—or both? No matter where your interests lie, the EFA can help you sharpen your skills. Kathryn Jepsen’s Developing Effective Science Communication: Lessons from Journalism, Fiction, and Academia (six weeks, starting February 26) will show you how to keep the reader’s attention even while delivering complex technical information. Then check out Shannon Winton’s Editing Science Fiction and Fantasy (six weeks, starting April 9) to learn everything you need to start editing these popular genres.

If you’re just getting started with science editing, then the EFA’s bundle Paths to Freelance Editing Careers: Breaking into Academic, Scientific, or Medical Editing is exactly what you need. Pick three or more courses and webinars and save 10% on all of them! 

Whether you want to study at your own pace or learn with an instructor’s direct feedback, the EFA’s education program has everything you need to broaden your skill set and client base. As always, our library of recorded webinars is available for immediate viewing, so be sure to check it out for dozens of helpful sessions. 

EFA members get 20% off all our courses, and get many webinars for free. Not a member? Join today.

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FREE: Get Started Teaching for the EFA
Webinar takes place live on February 20.

In this free 90-minute session, you’ll learn how the EFA’s education program works for instructors, from your initial inquiry through teaching the class—and, of course, getting paid! You’ll leave inspired and ready to work up and send us your pitch.

Price: FREE for all!
For more information and to register, click here.

FREE FOR MEMBERS: Radical Copyediting: Prioritizing Care Over Correctness
Webinar takes place live on March 13.

If you want to respect all identities but worry about keeping up with an ever-changing list of “good” and “bad” words, or if you feel obligated to make text bland or vague in order to avoid causing offense, this webinar will show you a new approach rooted in context and care.

Price: $60 for Guests, FREE for Members
For more information and to register, click here.

NEW: Editorial Tools to Counter Sexism and Transphobia
Webinar takes place live on May 8.

This 90-minute webinar will go over best practices for using editing as a tool for promoting gender equity. You’ll learn concrete ways to identify and counter language that harms and erases women and trans people, and to make space in text for the whole world of gender expression, gender identity, and gendered bodies.

Price: $60 for Guests, $48 for Members
For more information and to register, click here.