Dissertation planning and writing can be considered a great beginning for academic careers while simultaneously provide an experience for breaking into the publishing arena. Many graduates of educational leadership programs are eager to publish while some are relieved that it’s finally behind them and oftentimes consider reworking a dissertation for publication to be anticlimactic. Others have good intentions to publish their dissertations but allow their final product to collect dust on a shelf, and pack everything into storage. With this in mind the workshop facilitators will provide graduate students a hands-on writing experience while learning about: the reasons for publishing; general principles of scholarly writing and “do’s” and “don’ts”; effective ways to plan and manage time for writing; the process of dissertation conversion for publication in a peer-reviewed journal; how to target appropriate journals; how to determine the content of an abstract, key words, and title; the conundrum of credit and authorship (e.g., who takes lead authorship, and why); the purpose of writing styles (e.g., APA, Harvard, and Chicago); the role of  journal editorial teams (e.g., editors, reviewers, advisory boards); how to deal with acceptance, revise/resubmit, and rejection letters, and a host of other elements intended to help emerging scholars unpack the mystery of scholarly writing.