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Pitch Wars Query and First Page Workshop

August 12, 2020Contests, Critiques, Literary, Webinar/WorkshopAdult, Author, สำคัญ, Critice, Criticiúil, Critico, Critigol, Deadline, Критических, Критични, Критичних, Entry, 重要, 關鍵., Feedback, First Page, Inspiration, Κρίσιμη, 중요, Kritické, Kritieke, Kritik, Kritikal, Kritikus, Kritinių, Kritis, Kritiska, Kritična, Krytyczne, Life, Manuscript, Mentor, Middle Grade, Mikilvægt, New Adult, Pitch Wars, Quan trọng, Query, Rafflecopter, Story, Submission, Taua, Winners, Writer, Young Adult, 关键, بحرانیpdpabst

Pitch Wars is offering a critique workshop for your query and first page. That’s right, both will get critiqued this year! They have mentors lined up, and ready to give you feedback. So, if you are entering Pitch Wars, or just need extra eyes on your material, you can enter the Rafflecopter for a chance to win.

Available age categories are:

Middle Grade
Young Adult
New Adult
Adult

Deadline for entry is August 16, 2020 at 11:59pm EST. Winners will be announced on August 17, 2020 at 10am EST. As always, good luck!

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

San Francisco Writing Workshop

August 4, 2020Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAdult, agent, Andrea Brown Literary, Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Authors, BookEnds, books, Books & Such, California, Feedback, Fiction, Fuse Literary, How To Get Published, Industry, Instrution, Kimberley Cameron & Associates, Kimberley Cameron Literary, Ladderbird Literary, Manuscripts, MG, Middle Grade, Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Management, Non-Fiction, Pitch, Pitching, Prospect Agency, Publishing, San Francisco, San Francisco Writing Workshop, Stories, Veritas Literary, Writers, Writing, YApdpabst

Per the website, the San Francisco Writing Workshop is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that there are limited seats at the event (200 total). This workshop is a full-day “How to Get Published” writing event in San Francisco, CA on October 3, 2020.

Literary agent Laurie McLean of Fuse Literary
literary agent Rachel Kent (Books & Such)
Literary agent Emma Sector of Prospect Agency
Literary agent Michael Carr of Veritas Literary
Literary agent Jennifer March Soloway of Andrea Brown Literary
Literary agent Lisa Abellera of Kimberley Cameron & Associates
literary agent Michele Crim (Miller Bowers Griffin Literary Management)
literary agent Em Lysaght (Ladderbird Literary)
more agent & editor faculty forthcoming

For those attending, this sounds like a great day of learning and marketing yourself. (Of course, if the pandemic worsens, they may go online like some of the past workshops. Keep an eye on their website,) Good luck!

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

Philadelphia Writing Workshop

July 1, 2020Literary, Webinar/Workshop, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAdult, Advice, Agents, Authors, DONALD MAASS LITERARY AGENCY, Editors, Ethan Ellenberg Literary, Falculty, Feedback, Frances Collin Literary, Manuscripts, Marketing, Middle Grade, November, P.S. Literary, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Writing Workshop, Pitch, Professional, Q&A, Raven Quill Literary Agency, Rees Literary, Running Press Kids, The Book Group, Trident Media Group, Wordwise Media Services, Writers, Youngs Adultpdpabst

Philadephia Writing Workshop

Writing workshops are great to get professional advise on writing, marketing, and how to land an agent. The Philadelphia Writing Workshop will be held on November 14, 2020 and is now ONLINE. This year’s faculty so far includes:

Literary agent Sarah Yake (Frances Collin Literary)
Literary agent Eric Smith (P.S. Literary)
Literary agent Dana Murphy (The Book Group)
Literary agent Jacqueline Lipton (Raven Quill Literary Agency)
Literary agent Bibi Lewis (Ethan Ellenberg Literary)
Literary agent Megan Manzano (D4EO Literary)
Literary agent Leah Pierre (Ladderbird Literary)
Literary agent Alyssa Eisner Henkin (TridenTriet Media)
Editor Allison Cohen (Running Press Kids)
Literary agent Kelly Peterson (Rees Literary)
Literary agent Caitlin McDonald (Donald Maass Literary)
Literary agent Michelle Lazurek (Wordwise Media Services)
and more to come

As always, book your virtual seat right away because seats they are limited.

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

Secret Agent Contest

April 3, 2020Contests, Literaryagent, Authoress, Authors, コンテスト, ประกวด, books, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Contemporary, Critique, Cuộc thi, конкурс, 경연 대회, Fantasy, Feedback, Fiction, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, High-Concept, Hint of Magic, Historical, Hitstorical, Διαγωνισμό, Jillian Boehme, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Magical Realism, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Miss Snark's First Victim, Mystery, Natjecanje, Opportunity, paligsahan, Rom-com, Secret Agent Contest, Soutěž, Stories, Submissions, Tävling, Thriller, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Women's Fiction, Writers, Yarışması, Young Adult, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

Authoress (aka Jillian Boehme) is hosting a round of Secret Agent on her popular Miss Snark’s First Victim site. If you’ve followed Authoress for several years, then you know that she unveiled herself because she got her first book deal, which is out in the world today! (And this was her one condition she had promised herself before unveiling her true identity.) And many of us are so excited for her because she has given back to the community for so-so-so long! (Thank you Jillian!)

Now, for a few basic details of the contest:

Submissions open between Noon to 6pm EDT, April 13, 2020
This is a lottery. The BOT will draw 50 random names.
Only the First 250 words will be submitted.
Only completed and polished manuscripts may be entered.
Only ONE entry per person!

As always, there is no fee to enter the contest. This month’s contest will include the following genres only:

ADULT

High-concept women’s fiction
Rom-com
Mainstream with a hint of magic

Fantasy
Magical Realism
Historical
Contemporary
Thriller
Mystery

Contemporary
Mystery
Light fantasy
Light magical realism

For complete guidelines and entry form, go here. Also, keep an eye on her blog because she’ll post more details a week before submissions, especially the brief time the window for entries will be open. As always, good luck!

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

Florida Writing Workshop

March 16, 2020Literary, Webinar/Workshopagent, Authors, Belcastro Agency, books, Corvisiero Literary, D4EO Literary, editor, Edits, Feedback, Fiction, Ladderbird Literary, Learning, Literary Advise, Manuscript, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Publishing, Register, Spencerhill Associates, Storm Literary, Stringer Literary Agency, The Florida Writing Workshop, The Knight Agency, The Seymour Agency, Writers, Writing, Writing Workshoppdpabst

Chicago Writing Workshop

Per the Florida Writing Workshop website, this writing event (May 16, 2020) 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. Note that there are limited seats at the event (200 total). They will inform everyone directly on the website when seats are closed.

Here are a few of this years faculty that will be in attendance:

Literary agent Vicki Selvaggio (Storm Literary)
Literary agent Saritza Hernandez (Corvisiero Literary)
Literary agent Marlene Stringer (Stringer Literary Agency)
Literary agent Sharon Belcastro (Belcastro Agency)
Literary agent Amanda Leuck (Spencerhill Associates)
Literary agent Michael L Joy (The Seymour Agency)
Literary agent Kaitlyn Johnson (Corvisiero Agency)
Literary agent Bob DiForio (D4E0 Literary)
Literary agent Lucienne Diver (The Knight Agency)
Literary agent Beth Marshea (Ladderbird Literary)
and possibly more to come.

Since the seats are limited, don’t delay in registering. Have fun and learn lots!

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

Ireland Writer Tours

March 7, 2020Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAdult, Ancient, Authors, Award Winning Author, books, Castle, Conference, Creepy, Critiques, Donna Russo Morin, Editing, Editors, Edits, Eerie, Enchantment, Feedback, Fiction, Folklore, Forensic Specialist, Forest, Ghosts, Inspiration, Instructor, Ireland, Ireland Writer Tours, Jennifer Dornbush, Jill Marr, Lake, Literary Getaway, Manuscripts, Marsal Lyon LIterary, Middle Grade, Mysterious, Myths, Non-Fiction, Passports, Patricia Nelson, Sandra Dijkstra & Associates, Screenwriter, Spark, Tours, Writer's Digest, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

The Emerald Forest

Oh my gosh in chocolate heaven! There is an Ireland Writer Tours not just once this year but several times! How can someone choose which one to attend?

June 28-July 5, 2020

The tour will be hosted by author, screenwriter, and forensic specialist JENNIFER DORNBUSH and literary agent from Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency JILL MARR.

July 12-19, 2020

This tour will be hosted by multi-published & award-winning author & Writers’ Digest instructor Donna Russo Morin and agent & editor with Marsal, Lyon Literary Patricia Nelson

The tours are mini-writers’ conferences that help get your manuscript ready for publication. With dinner in a haunted castle and visits to a mysterious lake, ancient forest and a cave with eerie true stories, the tour is filled with enchantment and enough creepy to spark your writing juices. Combine this with professional critiques and editing advise and you’ve got one helluva trip! And don’t forget you can write this off at tax time since it’s a learning event.

Get your passports ready! And happy day writing.

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

Chicago Writing Workshop

March 6, 2020Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAdult, agent, Albert Whitman & Co, Allium Press, Authors, books, Chicago, Chicago Writing Workshop, CYCLE Literary, D4EO Literary, editor, Entangled Publishing, Falculty, Feedback, Fiction, Flannery Literary, Instructions, Jennifer De Chiara Literary, June, Ladderbird Literary, Lake Union/Amazon, Learning, Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency, Manuscripts, Metamorphosis Literary, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Pitch, Publishing, Q&A, Sourcebooks, Speilburg Literary, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Per the Chicago Writing Workshop website, this writing event (June 27, 2020) 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. Note that there are limited seats at the event (200 total). They will inform everyone directly on the website when seats are closed.

Here are a few of this years faculty that will be in attendance:

Literary agent Beth Marshea (Ladderbird Literary)
Literary agent Kerry Sparks (Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency)
Editor Alicia Clancy (Lake Union / Amazon)
Literary agent Lindsey Smith (Speilburg Literary)
Literary agent Chrysa Keenon (CYLE Literary)
Editor Emma Hintzen (Sourcebooks)
Literary agent Dan Cramer (Flannery Literary)
Literary agent Kerstin Wolf (D4EO Literary)
Editor Jonathan Westmark (Albert Whitman & Co.)
Literary agent Alice Speilburg (Speilburg Literary)
Editor Stacy Abrams (Entangled Publishing)
Literary agent Alexandra Weiss (Jennifer De Chiara Literary)
Editor Emily Clark Victorson (Allium Press)
Editor Anna Michels (Sourcebooks)
Literary agent Alyssa Roat (CYLE Literary)
Literary scout Mark William Norby (Metamorphosis Literary)
and more to come

Since the seats are limited, don’t delay in registering. Have fun and learn lots!

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

Pass or Pages Contest

March 4, 2020Contests, Literaryagent, Authors, コンテスト, ประกวด, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Critique, Cuộc thi, конкурс, Entry, 경연 대회, Feedback, Fiction, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Manuscript, Middle Grade, Natjecanje, Operation Awesome, Opportunity, paligsahan, Pass or Pages, Query, Requests, Rules, Scary, Soutěž, Stories, Submissions, Tävling, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Writers, Writing, Yarışması, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

PASSORPAGES

Operation Awesome is hosting a Pass or Pages this month. For this round, the category is for Adult Suspense/Thiller genre. Submissions open between March 9 (6am EST) to March 13 (6pm EST), 2020. This is an opportunity to get feedback from an agent on your query and first 250 words of your manuscript. Peeps, this is priceless! And as a possible bonus, the agent reserves the right to request your FULL.

The participating agents:

Stephanie Winter from P.S. Literary
Amy Bishop from Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Samantha Fabien from Laura Dail Literary Agency

There will be a form for submissions on Operation Awesome when the entry window opens. For complete rules and previous feedback reveals, go here. As always, good luck!

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

Virginia Festival of the Book

March 2, 2020Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAuthor Readings, Authors, books, Charles Wright, Children's Program, David Baldacci, David McCullough, Edward Ayers, Feedback, Fiction, Inspiration, John Gisham, Jon Scieszka, Literary Culture, Manuscripts, Marketing, Non-Fiction, Rick Atkinson, Vacation, Virginia, Virginia Festival of the Book, Workshops, Writers, Writingpdpabst

The Virginia Festival of the Book brings readers and writers together for a five-day celebration of books, reading, literacy, and literary culture. The Annual Festival will be held March 18-22, 2020. Programs range from traditional author readings and book signings to children’s programs and hands-on workshops. All programs are open to the public and, with the exception of a few ticketed events, the majority of Festival programs are free to attend.

An abbreviated list of past participants includes Rick Atkinson, Edward Ayers, David Baldacci, Maureen Corrigan, Edwidge Danticat, Kate DiCamillo, Rita Dove, Alan Furst, John Grisham, Jan Karon, Jim Lehrer, Frances Mayes, Colum McCann, David McCullough, Alice McDermott, Katherine Paterson, Jon Scieszka, Lisa Scottoline, Pete Seeger, Karin Slaughter, Alexander McCall Smith, Lee Smith, Bryan Stevenson, Elizabeth Strout, Judith Viorst, and Charles Wright. For a current listing, go here.

As always, have fun and learn lots!

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

Alabama Writing Workshop

February 21, 2020Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAevitas Creative Management, Agency, Agents, Alabama, Alabama Writing Workshop, Authors, Book, Editing, Editors, Faculty, Feedback, Fiction, Harvey Klinger Inc, Hilton Birmingham, Inspiration, Jennifer De Chiara Literary, Ladderbird Literary, Literary Agent, Manuscript, Music, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Pitch, Registration, Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency, Stories, Wordcrafts Press, Writerspdpabst

The Alabama Writing Workshop 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. Note that there are limited seats at the event, so don’t delay. Here are current faculty:

literary agent Erin Clyburn (Jennifer De Chiara Literary)
literary agent Erica Bauman (Aevitas Creative Management)
literary agent Leah Pierre (Ladderbird Literary)
literary agent Katharine Sands (Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency)
literary agent Cate Hart (Harvey Klinger Inc)
literary agent Beth Marshea (Ladderbird Literary)
editor Mike Parker (Wordcrafts Press)
and possibly more to come.

The event will take place March 6, 2020 from 9:30am-5pm at Embassy Suites by Hilton Birmingham, 2300 Woodcrest Pl, Birmingham, AL 35209. (205)879-7400.

Learn lots and have fun!

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

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