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New Writing Contest: Fall Fiction Fest

October 17, 2018Contests, Literary#amediting, #amquerying, #amwriting, Adult, Agents, Amy Trueblood, Authors, contest, Deadline, dreams, Enter, Fall Fiction Fest, Fiction, Genres, Guidelines, Hosted, Manuscripts, Marty Mayberry, Michelle Hauck, Middle Grade, New Adult, New Contest, October, Opportunity, Pages, Polished, Selections, Stories, Submissions, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

Oh, how I love the creation of new writerly contests to help writers polish their work and get in front of agents! Fall Fiction Fest will be hosted by Michelle Hauck, Marty Mayberry, and Amy Trueblood. They will pick ten selections each to mentor. Manuscripts can be middle grade, young adult, new adult, or adult fiction. All genres are allowed except for erotica.

This contest requires a query and first 250 pages of a polished manuscript to enter. Submissions will only be open for 24 hours, so make sure you don’t miss the window of opportunity on October 31, 2018! And as always, good luck!

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

Happy Father’s Day

June 17, 2018Holiday, LiteraryAppreciated, Awesome, Ayah, お父さん, Beach, Bike, Bungee Jump, Burgers, Car, Cave Exploring, Caves, Cha, Clothes, 爸爸, Dad, dreams, Пап, Папа, Far, Father, Fix, Fixer of things, Flowers, Greatest, Grill, Happy Father's Day, Hike, 아빠, Μπαμπά, Knitting, Love, Mowing, Pai, Papa, Pappa, Pop, Proud, Read, Relax, Repel, Russel Crowe, Scarf, Sleep, Spontaneous, Strong, Tad, Tati, پدر, Vader, Vater, Wonderful, ابيpdpabst

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Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful fathers in the world. For all the times you kept going when everyone else became ill, good job! For all the troubled times you were strong and everyone around you crumbled, I’m proud of you! For every dream you set aside to help another achieve theirs…you are awesome! For every person you tucked into bed to chase nightmares away and lost your own sleep, go you!

But this is YOUR day! It’s okay to sit, sleep, read a book, let the grass not get mowed, not pick up your clothes, let someone else fix the car, or have another grill the burgers. Rest, because you deserve it! And it’s okay if you want to seize life and do something spontaneous or out of character, or simply be yourself. Take a hike, explore a cave, go fishing, bungee jump, repel, ride a motorcycle near a beach, pick some flowers, or maybe knit a scarf (like Russel Crowe). Take the kids or don’t take the kids. Seize your day because you are DAD and you are APPRECIATED!

Love to you all!
P.D. Pabst

DC Comics Talent Development Workshop 2018

February 24, 2018Literary, Webinar/WorkshopAuthor, awdur, écrivain, Comic Book Series, Comics, DC Comics, dreams, писател, писатель, escritor, Fantasy, författare, Feedback, Fiction, forfatter, Inspiration, 작가, Mentoring, Opportunity, Particpant, Published, Schrift, scrittore, Skilled, spisovatel, Stories, Storytelling, Submissions, Superhero, Talent, Talented, Upload, نویسنده, Villains, Workshop, Writer, Writing, Written Workspdpabst

Wow! If you’ve ever dreamed of writing for DC Comics, this is your chance. But please note, this is for writer’s who’ve been published. However, the written work does not have to be a comic. They’ll also accept up to two published fiction works that’ll highlight an authors skill as a possible DC writer. By end of the workshop, the participant(s) may obtain a position writing on one of the DC Comic book series.

Submissions open March 1st, 2018 and ends March 31, 2018. They express on the website that files can be large to upload, so don’t wait until the last minute to try. They will not accept resubmission or changes after the deadline. No exceptions.

For complete information on how to enter and the dates of when the workshop will start, go (Link Removed). As always, good luck!

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

2018 Laura Crawford Memorial Mentorship

November 25, 2017Contests, Literary, Mentor ProgramApplications, Art, Authors, books, Children's Fiction, Chilidren, Critique, Development, dreams, Editing, Experience, Feedback, Fiction, Genre, Illustrator, Inspiration, Julia Durango, Kids, Laura Crawford Memorial Mentorship, Manuscripts, Memborship, Mentorship, Opportunity, Picture Book, Published, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Stories, Writers, Writingpdpabst

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators will open for applications to the Laura Crawford Memorial Mentorship. The mentorship was established in memory of picture book author Laura Crawford.

This year’s mentor will be author Julia Durango, who will help with one picture book manuscript for a six month period.

Julia Durango

In order to apply, you must be a SCBWI member with an application dated between December 1-7, 2017. Applicants must never have had a picture book traditionally published. For complete details, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

Entangled Publishing Submissions

November 17, 2017Literary, Publishing OpportunityAdult Fiction, Amara, August, Authors, Bliss, Blog, books, Brazen, Comedy, Comtemporary, dreams, Editors, Embrace, Entangled Publishing, Entangled Teen, Erotic Fiction, Fantasy, Genre, Historical, Humor, Indulgence, Love Story, Lovestruck, Manuscripts, Novellas, novels, Opportunity, Paranormal, publisher, Romance, Scandalous, Scorched, Stories, Submissions, Sweet, Teen Crave, Teen Crush, Writers, Writing, Young-adult fictionpdpabst

Have you just finished writing a steamy romance novel, or maybe a teen novel sprinkled with some love? Entangled Publishing doesn’t require writers to have agents to submit to them. That’s right! Polish that manuscript and send it to one of their imprints that best fits your story.

Amara – 70k-120k word single title adult romance novels.
August – 20k-70k word category romance featuring Gen-X characters.
Bliss – 20k-60k sweet category romance.
Brazen – 20k-60k erotic category romance.
Embrace – New Adult romance novels or novels with romantic elements.
Entangled Teen – 70k-120k word romance novels or novels with romantic elements.
Indulgence – 45k-60k contemporary category romance.
Lovestruck – 20k-60k contemporary, romantic comedy category romance.
Scandalous – 20k-65k historical category romance.
Scorched – 15k-65k novellas, serialized novellas, and full-length novels, all with erotic romance elements.
Teen Crave – 20k-60k paranormal/scifi/fantasy YA category romance.
Teen Crush – 20k-60k contemporary YA category romance.

They even blog about special submission requests. Check them out here! So, if you haven’t written the novel that’s been nagging to leave your brain, get going! After all, it is NaNoWriMo!

Best of luck on your writing journey!

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

Twitter #KidPit Pitch Event is Coming!

November 6, 2017Contests, Literary#KidPit, 140 Characters, Agents, Art, Artists, Authors, Board Books, books, Chapter Books, dreams, Easy Reader, Editors, Fiction, Genre, Hashtag, Heidi Norrod, Illustrators, Kidlit, Literary Agents, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, novels, November, Opportunity, Picture Books, Pictures, Pitch Event, Pitching, Publishers, Publishing Industry, Stories, Twitter, Words, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

Heidi Norrod is hosting another fabulous twitter pitch event for writers called KidPit! In order to participate, authors need to have a finished manuscript and tweet their 140 character pitch using the hashtag #KidPit on twitter. The contest will be between 9am-3pm CST (Chicago time) on November 8, 2017. You will allowed to pitch six times over the course of the event. (That’s once every hour, as the event is six hours long.)

This event is open to BOARD BOOKS, PICTURE BOOKS, EASY READER/CHAPTER BOOKS, MIDDLE GRADE, and/or YOUNG ADULT COMPLETED novel, fiction and non-fiction books. When typing your pitch, be sure to include either #BB (Board Book), #PB (Picture Books), #CB (Chapter Books and Early Readers), #MG (Middle Grade), or #YA (Young Adult) and tag with the genre. And don’t forget to add the hashtag #KidPit so it will show up in the feed.

Also, I’d like to remind everyone that twitter pitch parties are open to everyone, meaning anyone can trawl the feed! Be sure to research before you send any submissions from a favored pitch. As always, good luck!

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

Twitter #AdPit Pitch Party is Coming!

November 6, 2017Contests, Literary#Adpit, 140 Characters, Adult, Agents, Authors, books, Central Time, dreams, Editors, Fiction, Genre, Heidi Norrod, Literary Agents, Manuscripts, New Adult, Non-Fiction, November, Opportunity, Pitch Party, Pitching, Publishers, Sub-Genre, Tweets, Twitter, Writerspdpabst

Heidi Norrod is hosting another fabulous twitter pitch event for writers called AdPit. In order to participate, authors need to have a finished manuscript and tweet their 140 character pitch using the hashtag #AdPit on November 8, 2017. The contest will be between 9am-3pm CST (Chicago time). Writer’s will be allowed to pitch six times over the course of the event. (That’s once every hour, as the event is six hours long.)

This contest is open to ADULT and NEW ADULT COMPLETED, fiction and non-fiction books. And remember, be sure to research the LITERARY AGENTS and EDITORS before submissions. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Writer and blogger of MG/YA fiction.

YA Novel Discovery Contest

October 28, 2017Contests, LiteraryAbram Books, agent, Authors, Bloomsbury, Candlewick, Competition, Contract, dreams, Entries, Fiction, First 250, Grand Prize, Guidelines, JIMMY Patterson Books, Little Brown, Penguin, Pitching, Prizes, Publishing, Query, Random House, Regina Brooks, Scholastic, Serendipity Literary Agency, Simon and Schuster, Stories, Submissions, Writers, Writing, Young Adult, Young Adult Novel Discoverypdpabst

Serendipity Literary Agency is hosting the eighth annual Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition. If writers are having trouble pitching ideas, no worries with this contest because they won’t even need a query! Seriously, only the first 250 words will be needed to submit.

YA literary agent Regina Brooks and her team will read all of the entries and determine the top 20 submissions. (There will 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, JIMMY Patterson Books, and Abram Books. Judges will whittle the top 20 down to five winners, including a Grand Prize Winner.

Submissions open on November 1, 2017 at 12:01am (ET) and close on November 30, 2017 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!

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

Inked Voices First Page Workshop with Eric Smith GIVEAWAY!

September 29, 2017Contests, Literary, Webinar/Workshop#OwnVoices, Authors, Critique, Diversity, dreams, Eric Smith, Fantasy, Feedback, Free, Giveaway, Inked Voices, Manuscripts, Marginalized Voices, Members, Non-Members, Opportunity, P.S. Literary, Pages, People of Color, Science Fiction, Stories, Workshop, Writers, Writing Community, Young Adultpdpabst

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Here’s a chance to win a spot in Inked Voices’ upcoming Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy First Pages Workshop with Eric Smith of P.S. Literary, which normally costs $82 for members and $99 for non-members. That’s right, you could get in for FREE!!!

Who this workshop is for: YA SFF writers ready for agent feedback and interested in meeting writers at a similar stage.
Focus: fantasy – Young Adult – Science fiction
Group size: 8 writers
Submissions: Writers will submit their first 3750 words (about 15 pages) at the workshop start.

To submit for your chance to win a spot in this great workshop, go here. Submissions close after October 5th, 2017. As always, good luck!

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

Pitch America for Lantinx Voices

August 27, 2017Contests, LiteraryAdult, Agents, Authors, books, Creativity, Culture, Diversity, dreams, Editors, Fiction, Genre, Guidelines, Lantinx, Latinx Authors, Literary Agency, Marginalized Voices, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Pitch, Pitch America, Publishing, Stories, We Need Diverse Books, Words, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

Pitch América

This contest will feature the first 500 words and the 35 word pitch of completed and polished manuscripts written by Latinx authors. This is a diversity contest with many well known agents and editors participating.

Ammi-Joan Paquette with Erin Murphy Literary Agency
Amy Elizabeth Bishop with Dystel, Goderich & Bourret, LLC
Andrea Somberg with Harvey Klinger Literary Agency
Ashley Hearn with Page Street Publishing
Ayesha Pande with Pande Literary Agency
Becky Lejeune with Bond Literary Agency
Beth Phelan with The Bent Agency
Bridget Smith with Dunham Literary, Inc
Brooks Sherman with Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Caitie Flum with Liza Dawson Associates
Caitlin McDonald with Donald Maas Literary Agency
Dorian Maffei with Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Eric Smith with P.S. Literary
Erica Bauman with Aevitas Creative
Hannah Fergesen with KT Literary
Hillary Jacobson with ICM Partners
Hilary Harwell with KT Literary
Jaida Temperly with New Leaf Literary & Media Inc.
Jessie Devine with D4EO Literary Agency
Jessica Sinsheimer with Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency
Jim McCarthy with Dystel, Goderich & Bourret, LLC
Joanna Volpe with New Leaf Literary & Media Inc.
Kate Brauning with Entangled Publishing
Kelly Van Sant with D4EO Literary Agency
Kirsten Carleton with Prospect Agency
Kurestin Armada with P.S. Literary
Lana Popovic with Chalberg & Sussman
Laura Zats with Red Sofa Literary
Lauren Spieller with TriadaUS Literary Agency
Linda Camacho with Prospect Agency
Lindsay Mealing with Emerald City Literary Agency
Lisa Abellera with Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Madelyn Burt with Stonesong Literary Agency
Maria Vicente with P.S. Literary
Mary C. Moore with Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Melissa Edwards with Stonesong Literary Agency
Natascha Morris with BookEnds Literary Agency
Patricia Nelson with Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Quressa Robinson with D4EO Literary Agency
Rachel Brooks with BookEnds Literary Agency
Rachel Stark with Sky Pony Press
Rebecca Podos with Rees Literary Agency
Rena Rossner with The Deborah Harris Agency
Roseanne Wells with The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Sandy Lu with L. Perkins Agency
Sarah LaPolla with Bradford Literary Agency
Serene Hakim with Pande Literary Agency
Stefanie Von Borstel with Full Circle Literary
Taylor Martindale Kean with Full Circle Literary
Thao Le with Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Whitley Abell with Inklings Literary Agency

Submissions open at midnight on August 30, 2017 and close on September 3, 2017 at 11:59 EDT. Please check out the website for complete guidelines. As always, good luck!

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

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