The 2016 Las Vegas Writing Workshop

October 30, 2016Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAgents, Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Annie Bomke Literary, Authors, Chuck Sambuchino, CK Webber Associates, Editors, Embassy Suties by Hilton, Inklings Literary, Las Vegas, Manuscripts, Marsal Lyon LIterary, November, Paul S. Levine Literary, Pitch, Sandra Dijkstra & Associates, Writing Workshoppdpabst

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The one day Las Vegas Writing Workshop is held on November 19, 2016 at the Embassy Suites. This writing event is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. This year’s faculty so far includes:

literary agent Jennifer March Soloway (Andrea Brown Literary Agency)
literary agent Carlie Webber (CK Webber Associates Literary)
literary agent Thao Le (Sandra Dijkstra Literary)
literary agent Patricia Nelson (Marsal Lyon Literary Agency)
literary agent Paul S. Levine (Paul S. Levine Literary)
literary agent Jill Marr (Sandra Dijkstra Literary)
literary agent Jamie Bodnar Drowley (Inklings Literary)
literary agent Annie Bomke (Annie Bomke Literary)

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There are limited seats, so you need to hurry if you want to attend. For registration or info on how to pitch one of the agents, go here. Of course, you might want to stay an extra day or two because it’s Las Vegas Baby! For those attending, have fun!

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

New Vision Award via Lee & Low Books

October 28, 2016Literarycontest, editor, Lee & Low Books, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Monetary Prize, New Visions Award, Publishing, Tu Books, Unagented, Underrepresented, United States, Writers, Writers of Color, Young Adultpdpabst

Lee & Low Books

TU BOOKS, the middle grade and young adult imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS, award-winning publisher of children’s books, announced the fourth New Visions Award a few months ago. The award will be given for a middle grade or young adult novel by a writer of color. Established in 2012, the NEW VISIONS AWARD encourages writers of color to submit their work to a publisher that takes pride in nurturing new talent. Winning submissions include Ink and Ashes by Valynne Maetani, published in 2015 and the recipient of an honor citation from the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Award for Literature, and The Amaterasu Project by Axie Oh, due for publication in 2017.

Eligibility:

The contest is open to writers of color who are residents of the United States, 18 years of age or older at the time of entry, and who have not previously had a middle grade or young adult novel published.
Writers who have published work in other venues such as children’s magazines or picture books, or adult fiction or nonfiction, are eligible. Only unagented manuscripts will be accepted.
Work that has been published in its entirety in any format (including online and self publishing as well as other countries) is not eligible.
Manuscripts previously submitted for this award or to TU BOOKS will not be considered.

Submissions will be accepted through October 31, 2016. Since the window is closing, y’all better scoot on over here for complete guidelines!

As always, good luck!

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

#PitchCB In October

October 27, 2016Contests, Literary#PitchCB, Authors, contest, Conville & Walsh, Curtis Brown Literary Literary and Talent Agency, Historical Fiction, Manuscripts, Rachard Pike, Rebecca Ritchie, Twitterpdpabst

#PitchCB is Curtis Brown and Conville & Walsh’s own monthly Twitter novel pitching party, hosted by Rebecca Ritchie and Richard Pike of Curtis Brown. And it’s tomorrow!

On each #PitchCB day, writers searching for an agent can tweet a one-line pitch for their work. The pitch must be 140 characters or less, using the hashtag #PitchCB. Their book agents will be online for each event to read each pitch and will be inviting successful authors to submit directly to them.

This months interest is historical fiction on October 28, 2016. The window will be open for 24 hours, but only pitch once during that time! For complete rules, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

The Bent Agency Generalist Internship

October 26, 2016Internship, LiteraryBent On Books, books, Celia Rivenbark, Eleanor Brown, Elin Hilderbrand, Erin Morgenstern, Generalist, Gillian Flynn, Humor, Internship, Jacqueline Sheehan, Jeanette Walls, Jodi Picoult, Kate Atkinson, Kristin Hannah, Laurie Notaro, Literary Suspense, Lori Roy, Memoir, New York, Readers, Remote, Tana French, The Bent Agency, Upmarket Women's fiction, Writerspdpabst

The Bent Agency

The Bent Agency is looking for an intern reader for generalist fiction. You don’t have to have any kind of publishing experience, but they’re looking for someone who enjoys books by authors such as:

Erin Morgenstern
Tana French
Eleanor Brown
Jacqueline Sheehan
Jodi Picoult
Gillian Flynn
Lori Roy
Laurie Notaro
Celia Rivenbark
Elin Hilderbrand
Kristin Hannah
Jeannette Walls
Kate Atkinson

You don’t need to like everyone on the list but should like at least two of the following genres: humor, memoir, upmarket women’s fiction and literary suspense. And even cooler, you don’t have to live in New York because this is a remote internship! How’s that for awesomeness?

For complete details of how to apply, go here. And as always, good luck!

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

Do You Have An Amazing Real-Life Story? Glamour Wants to Know!

October 25, 2016Contests, LiteraryAmazing Real-Life Story, Changing Moments, Glamour, Life Moments, Literary Agent, Magazine, Monetary Prize, Nonfiction, publisher, Short Story, Women, Writingpdpabst

Glamour is sponsoring a writing contest because they believe every woman has a moment in her life that changes everything. Oh, so true! If you’ve had one of these moments, Glamour wants to know. To enter, you need to write an essay of no more than 3500 words by November 2, 2016. The winner could win $5000, have story published in Glamour, and speak with a top New York literary agent.

Go here for complete rules and here for the submission form. As always, good luck!

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

#PBPitch Will Be Soon!

October 24, 2016Contests, LiteraryAgents, Authors, BookEnds Literary, Booker Albert Literary Agency, contest, Corvisiero Literary Agency, Editors, Fiction, Illustrators, Jean V. Nagger Literary, Jennifer De Chiara Literary, Liza Royce Agency, Nonfiction, PBPitch, Red Fox Literary, Stimola Literary, Subgenre, The Thompson Agency, Transatlantic Agency, Twitter, Zachary Shuster Harmsworthpdpabst

In just a few days, #PBPitch will begin for picture book authors and illustrators. The event will be Thursday, October 27th, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST. For those wanting to participate, here are the rules:

*Pitch your PBs on twitter using #PBPitch.
*Pitch manuscripts only ONCE in the morning and ONCE in the Evening. (Once before 2pm and once after.)
*If you are an author/illustrator, you can attach an image to your PB manuscript pitch.
*Include Subgenre # if it applies.
#F=Funny
#CD = Character Driven
#NF = Nonfiction
#C= Concept
#L= Lyrical
#I= Interactive
#FT=Fairy Tale/Folk Tale

Only agents and editors should favorite a pitch. If they do, be sure to do your research before submitting (as anyone can trawl the feed). But here are a few legitimate agents that have said they’ll be stopping by:

For complete details, go here. And as always, good luck!

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

YA Discovery Contest

October 21, 2016Contests, LiteraryAbrams Books, Agents, Authors, Bloomsbury, Brown, Candlewick, Little, Manuscripts, No Pitch, No Query, Penguin, Prizes, Publishers, Random House, Regina Brooks, Scholastic, Serendipity Literary Agency, Simon and Schuster, Sourcebooks, YA Discovery Contest, Young Adult Novel Discovery Competitionpdpabst

Serendipity Literary Agency in conjunction with Sourcebooks Inc. is hosting their seventh annual Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition. If you’ve had trouble pitching your ideas in the past, no worries with this contest. You won’t even need a query!

YA literary agent Regina Brooks and her team will read all of the entries and determine the top 20 submissions. (There are supposed to be great prizes for the top winners!) These submissions will then be read by editors from many of the major publishing houses. Past judges include editors from Scholastic, Random House/Penguin, Little, Brown, Candlewick, Bloomsbury, Simon and Schuster, and Abram Books. Judges will whittle the top 20 down to five winners, including a Grand Prize Winner.

Submissions open on November 1, 2016 at 12:01am (ET) and close on November 30, 2016 at 12:59pm (ET). Only one entry per person with a $15 entry fee. The contest is open to U.S. and Canada residents only.

For complete guidelines and submission rules, or to watch for their upcoming post about prizes, go here.

As always, good luck!

The Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award

October 19, 2016Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysFiction, Financial Support, Funding, Getaway, Iceland, Inspiration, Manuscripts, Nonfiction, Places to Write, Retreat, Reykjavik, Scenic Views, The Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award, Writerspdpabst

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A writer’s retreat in Iceland? Can I get a woot-woot? The Iceland Writers Retreat Alumni Award offers talented writers in need of financial support an opportunity to attend the Iceland Writers Retreat in Reykjavík, Iceland in April, 2017. Per their website, entrants can apply for either full or partial funding. Full funding covers all participation in the Iceland Writers Retreat. The scholarship includes round-trip flights to Iceland and accommodations. Partial funding covers the participant fee only, and neither accommodation nor round trip flights.

Deadline for applications: Monday, 31 October, 2016. Midnight, PST. For complete details on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

Pitch To Publication Is Coming

October 17, 2016Contests, Literary#P2P16, Agents, Authors, contest, Editors, Free Editing, Manuscripts, Pitch to Publication, Samantha Fountain, Submissions, Twitter, Writingpdpabst

Hard to believe it’s almost time for another Pitch To Publication, aka #P2P16, created by agency intern Samantha Fountain. Writers can follow along on twitter for announcements at the above hashtag (or Samantha’s account), but submissions for the contest will be on the P2P website via a form on October 22, 2016.

This contest is for finished and polished manuscripts only. Writers need to submit a query letter and five pages of their manuscript. The submission window will open at noon EST and last for 24 hours. Authors should peruse the participating freelance editors to know which one to submit their story to because only 3 can be chosen (plus a 4th as backup incase their selections “cap out”). Editors can only receive 100 queries. So authors, do the research necessary to prevent getting deleted because an editor isn’t interested in the genre or age category you submitted.

If chosen, the editor will work with the author for five weeks to hone the story before the agent round begins on December 5, 2016. Requests for fulls will be announced on twitter on December 9, 2016.

As always, good luck!

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

The Bent Agency Internship

October 16, 2016Internship, Literaryagent, Internship, Literary, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Molly Ker Hawn, New York TImes Best Sellers, Publishing Experience, The Bent Agency, Young Adultpdpabst

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Molly Ker Hawn of The Bent Agency is looking for an intern to read young adult and middle grade fiction for her. This is a remote and unpaid internship. Her expectations are that the intern reads and reports on an manuscript every two weeks. Applicants should be familiar with all sorts of YA & MG, especially literary-commercial. Molly would like someone with knowledge of New York Time Best Sellers and has interests in authors like Katherine Rundell, John Corey Whaley, Stephanie Kuehn, Margo Lanagan, Jack Gantos, Marie Rutkoski, Naomi Novik, Jacqueline Woodson, E Lockhart, Gene Luen Yang, Libba Bray…and, of course, her own clients.

For guidelines and how to apply, go here. As always, good luck!

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

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