Oh yes, another wonderful contest to connect writers with literary agents! SUH-WEET! Please get familiar with these important dates:

Submission Window Opens: October 15th 4:00 pm EST
Final Picks are Announced: October 20th undecided time
Mentors Go to Work: October 21th – 26th
Revised Entries Due Back: October 26th at 8 pm
Agent round: October 29th – 30th

The contest is hosted by Michelle Hauck and Michael Anthony. So far there are twenty agents signed up, but Michelle hasn’t posted them yet. However, she has revealed the mentors that will help winners perfect their query and first 250 words. They are:

1. Colleen McCoy
2. Kathleen Allen
3. Jamie Zakian
4. Rena Olsen
5. Amy Trueblood
6. Tracy Townsend
7. Wade Albert White
8. Ashley Hearn
9. Jessica Kapp
10. Melissa Caruso
11. Judi Lauren
12. Amanda Heger
13.  Marty Mayberry
14. Michelle Hazen
15. Christina Dalcher
16. Heather Van Fleet
17. Richard Pearson
18. Kim Long
19. Judy Clemens
20. Betsy Aldredge
21. LS Hawker
22. Wendy Nikel
23. Erika David
24. Nicole Tone

To learn brief bios on all the mentors you can visit half of them on Michelle’s site and the other half on Mike’s site. There is also a FREE PASS contest on Michelle’s site to go straight to the agent round! And don’t forget to watch for the list of participating agents, as well as pay attention to rules and formatting.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction