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Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest

February 20, 2020Contests, Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAdult Short Topics, Agents, Authors, books, Chpater Book, Critiques, Editors, Feedback, Fiction, Finalists, First Place, Guidelines, Historical, Literary contest, Mainstream, Manuscripts, Memoir, Middle Grade, Monetary Prize, Mystery, Non-Fiction, novels, Opportunity, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Paranormal, Picture Book, PNWA, Poetry, Romance, Sci-Fi, Second Place, Short Story, Storytelling, Third Place, Thriller, Unpublished, Winners, Women's Fiction, Workshops, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

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The deadline for Pacific Northwest Writers Association Literary Contest is approaching. All unpublished entries must be received by March 1, 2020 (online entries) or March 27, 2020 (paper entries by 6pm). This is also a chance to get feedback on your work. There are twelve categories:

Mainstream
Historical
Romance/Women’s fiction
Mystery/Thriller
Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal
Young adult
Middle grade
Nonfiction/Memoir
Short story
Children’s picture/Chapter book
Adult short topics (articles/essays/memoir)
Screenwriting/TV pilots

There are three monetary prizes:

FIRST PLACE: $600
SECOND PLACE: $250
THIRD PLACE: $150

Eight finalist will receive two critiques on their submissions. The agents and editors participating in the PNWA‘s summer conference will pick winners out of the finalists. Go here for contest details. As always, good luck!

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

#WriteOnCon is Almost Here!

February 19, 2020Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAdmission, Agency, Agents, Alyssa Eisner Henkin, Alyssa Hollingsworth, Authors, Axie Oh, BookEnds Literary, books, Bradford Literary Agency, Charlie N. Holmberg, Childrens Books, Conference, Corvisiero Literary Agency, Dee Romito, Editors, Feedback, Fiction, Forum, Fuse Literary, Gail Shepard, Hannah Carmona Dias, Jeni Chappelle, Jennifer De Chiara Literary, Joy McCullough, Kat Enright, Kidlit, Laura Dail Literary Agency, Learning, Literary Agents, Liza Dawson Associates, MG, Middle Grade, New Leaf Literary & Media Inc., Non-Fiction, Opportunity, P.S. Literary, Pitch, Pitching, Published Authors, Registration, Skylark Literary, Stories, Superheroes, The Rights Factory, WriteOnCon, Writers, YA, Young Adultpdpabst

WriteOnCon

The WriteOnCon creators of this marvelous online gathering say this is “A writing conference you don’t even have to wear pants to. (Please wear pants, though.)” And yep, this is my favorite line! The conference isn’t just an opportunity to attend a writing workshop, but it’ll be the cheapest (aside from being free, of course) and closest conference you’ll ever attend. Seriously, you can participate from your home! And while you might have missed the raffles and perks to buy critiques, there is still time to sign up to join. Admission is either $10 (General Admission), $15 (Full Admission), $20 (Extended Admission) or $25 (Time Traveler Admission). You can’t go wrong with any choice!

WriteOnCon is an online conference for kidlit writers and illustrators. Connect with writers, authors, and agents in this event. There will even be SUPERHEREOS (agents and authors) sneaking around the forum to give you feedback on your queries and manuscripts. This year’s heroes are:

SuperAgents:

Amber J. Caraveo, agent at Skylark Literary Agency
Caitie Flum, agent at Liza Dawson Associates
Devin Ross, agent at New Leaf Literary and Media
Elana Roth Parker, agent at Laura Dail Literary Agency
Emily S. Keyes, agent at Fuse Literary
Eric Smith, agent at P.S. Literary Agency
Erin Clyburn, agent at Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Hannah VanVels, agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency
Joanna Moult, agent at Skylark Literary Agency
Katherine Wessbecher, agent at Bradford Literary Agency
Lindsay Leggett, agent at The Rights Factory
Natascha Morris, agent at BookEnds Literary Agency
Tara Gilbert, agent at Corvisiero Literary Agency

SuperAuthors and Editors:

Jeni Chappelle, freelance editor
Kat Enright, freelance editor
L.M. Klein, freelance editor
Monica Hay, freelance editor
Adalyn Grace, YA author
Alexa Donne, YA author
Alyssa Hollingsworth, MG author
Amanda Sellet, YA author
Amy Efaw, YA author
Dee Romito, MG author
Emily Suvada, YA author
Halli Gomez, MG author
Hannah Carmona, PB author
Henry Herz, PB author
J. Elle, YA author
Julia Ember, YA author
June CL Tan, YA author
Katya de Becerra, YA author
Kim Smejkal, YA author
Kristine Asselin, MG author
Lindsay Lackey, MG author
Lisa A. Koosis, YA author
Olivia Hinebaugh, YA author
Rachel Sullivan, YA author
Rebecca J. Allen, MG & YA author
Ronni Davis, YA author
Rosiee Thor, YA author
Ryan Dalton, YA author
Ryan La Sala, YA author
Shari Simpson, MG author
Susan Kralovansky, PB author
Taylor B. Barton, YA author

Check their disguises out here. There will also be live pitch sessions! Check the schedule for all 3 days and who the speakers will be. But hurry to get registered because it’ll take place Friday-Sunday, February 21-23, 2020.

As always, good luck!

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

Author Mentor Match #AMM Round 7

February 15, 2020Contests, Literary, Mentor ProgramAge Category, Agent Ready, Alexa Donne, Author Mentor Match, Authors, Critique Partners, Feedback, Fiction, Genre, Heather Kaczynski, Manuscript, Mentoring, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Publishing, Query, Stories, Submissions, Synopsis, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Author Mentor Match was created by Heather Kaczynski and Alexa Donne. The object is to match new writers with authors further along in the publishing process and gain invaluable mentoring! That’s right, this is an opportunity to get your manuscript critiqued (for free) before submitting to agents!

Authors can select up to four mentors during the submission window which is already opened! Submissions close tomorrow February 16, 2020. Watch for the mentor BIOS to be posted to learn what age groups and genres they wish to see in their inbox!

Please note there is a two-step process for entering:

Fill out the submission form. (I believe the form will appear during the sub window period.)
Email the proper information to authormentormatch@gmail.com:

A query (pasted in the body of the email!)
The first 50 pages/3 chapters of your novel (whichever is longer & can be attached)
A synopsis

Be sure to include in the subject line the manuscripts Age Category +Genre + Title. (ie: YA Sci-Fi – Mars Plants are the Bomb) on the email submission. And check out the site in order to know how to select the mentors you wish to submit because it isn’t clear quite yet. (I’m guessing this might be part of the submission form.) As always, good luck!

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

#Pitmad is Almost Here!

November 25, 2019Contests, Literary#OwnVoices, #Pitmad, Adult, Age Category, Agents, コンテスト, ประกวด, Brenda Drake, Committee, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Contemporary, Cuộc thi, Disabilities, Diversity, конкурс, Editors, Event, 경연 대회, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, Hashtag, Horror, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, LGBTQIA, Managing Director, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Mystery, Natjecanje, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, paligsahan, Paranormal Romance, Person of Color, Picture Book, Pitch, Pitching, POC, research, Romance, Rules, Sarah Nicolas, Science Fiction, Soutěž, Speculative, Submissions, Submitting, Tävling, Twitter, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Yarışması, Young Adult, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

Nothing soothes the writerly soul than a good twitter pitch party! This Thursday on December 5, 2019 is the infamous #PitMad founded by Brenda Drake, ran now by Managing Director Sarah Nicolas, and a full committee (yeah, it’s grown that much!). This event will run between the hours of 8am-8pm (EDT). Common age category and genre hashtags are below.

Age Categories:
#PB = Picture Book
#C = Children’s
#CB = Chapter Book
#CL = Children’s Lit
#MG = Middle Grade
#YA = Young Adult
#NA = New Adult
#A = Adult

Genres/Sub-genres:
#AA = African American
#AD = Adventure
#CF = Christian Fiction
#CON = Contemporary
#CR = Contemporary Romance
#DIS = Disabilities
#DV = Diversity
#E = Erotica
#ER = Erotic Romance
#ES = Erotica Suspense
#F = Fantasy
#H = Horror
#HA = Humor
#HF = Historical Fiction
#HR = Historical Romance
#INSP = Inspirational
#IRMC = Interracial/Multicultural
#MR = Magical Realism
#M = Mystery
#Mem = Memoir
#LF = Literary Fiction
#NF = Non-fiction
#R = Romance
#P = Paranormal
#PR = Paranormal Romance
#RS = Romantic Suspense
#S = Suspense
#SF = SciFi
#SPF = Speculative Fiction
#T = Thriller
#UF = Urban Fantasy
#W = Westerns
#WF = Woman’s Fiction

Additional hashtags (optional):
#POC = Author is a Person of Color
#OWN = Own Voices
#IMM = Immigrant
#LGBT = LGBTQIA+ subject matter
#IRMC = Interracial/Multicultural subject matter
#MH = Mental Health subject matter
#DIS = Disability subject matter
#ND = Neurodiverse subject matter

The rules clearly state to only pitch THREE times per manuscript during the contest. Don’t break the rules and clog the feed! Also, please remember anyone can stalk the pitches. So, do your research before submitting your manuscript. And as always, good luck!

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

#FaithPitch is Coming!

November 4, 2019Contests, Literary#FaithPitch, Adult, Authors, Biblical Worldview, Board Books, books, Christian, Different Denominations, Editors, Encouragement, Faith Based, Fiction, Inspirational, Little Lamb Books, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Picture Books, Pitch Party, Pitching, Publishing, research, Stories, Twitter, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

A Twitter pitch event exclusively for faith-based fiction is being hosted by Little Lamb Books on November 20, 2019 between 8am – 8pm CST. This is for board books, picture books, middle grade, young adult, and adult fiction that fall under the categories of inspirational, faith-based, biblical worldview, or Christian. Different denominations, ethnicities, a POV in this niche are encouraged. Be sure to use the hashtag #FaithPitch and only pitch 4 times per manuscript during the pitch window. (Maximum of 4 manuscripts are permitted.)

As with all pitch events, any agent or editor can troll the feed. Be sure to do you research before sending off your book baby! For complete guidelines, go here. And as always, good luck!

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

DVpit is coming!

October 20, 2019Contests, Literary#DVpit, Acquire, Adult, agent, コンテスト, ประกวด, Beth Phelan, books, Category, Chapter Books, Children, Color Palette, Commercial, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Countries, Cuộc thi, Cultures, Disabled, Diversity, конкурс, Editors, 경연 대회, Fiction, Galt & Zacker Literary Agency, Genres, Graphic Novel, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, Hashtag, Industry, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, LGBTQIA, Literary, Literary Agent, Main Characters, Manuscript, Marginalized Voices, Middle Grade, Native People, Natjecanje, Nonfiction, paligsahan, Peiople with Illness, People of Color, Picture Books, Pitches, POC, Publishing, Religious, Represent, Rules, Showcase, Soutěž, Stories, Tävling, Teen, Twitter, Underrepresented, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Yarışması, Young Adult, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

The search for diversity within books has increased, not just with secondary characters but main characters. The world wants to see a fabulous palette of colors and cultures among the stories they read and the publishing industry is responding! This prompted literary agent Beth Phelan of Galt & Zacker Literary Agency to create DVpit.

According to the site, #DVpit is a twitter event created to showcase pitches about and by marginalized voices. This includes (but is not limited to): Native peoples and people of color; people living and/or born/raised in underrepresented cultures and countries; disabled persons; people with illness; people on marginalized ends of the socioeconomic, cultural and/or religious spectrum; people identifying as LGBTQIA+; and more.

The next event will spread over two days

October 28 will be for Children’s & Teen Fiction/Nonfiction (picture books, chapter books, graphic novel, middle grade, young adult).
October 29 will be for Adult Fiction/Nonfiction (all genres, commercial and literary).
October 29 Artists and Illustrators are included on this day.

Each day the event will run from 8am-8pm ET using the hashtag #DVpit. Be sure and pitch your manuscript on the correct day because agents/editors will search the feed on the specific day of the category and genres they represent/acquire. And finally, make sure you follow the guidelines for pitching.

As always, good luck!

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

#PitDark is Next Week!

October 16, 2019Contests, Literary#PitDark, Adult, Agents, Author, コンテスト, ประกวด, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Cuộc thi, Dark Fantasy, Dark Romance, Darker Elements, Dystopian, конкурс, editor, 경연 대회, Fantasy, Fiction, Film Company, Genres, Gystadleuaeth, Horror, Διαγωνισμό, Jason Huebinger, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Manuscript, Middle Grade, Mystery, Natjecanje, Opportunity, paligsahan, Paranormal, Pitch Event, Pitch Party, Pitching, Science Fiction, Soutěž, Space Opera, Steampunk, Subgenres, Tävling, Twitter, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Writer, Yarışması, Young Adult, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

A cool twitter pitch party is coming on October 24, 2019 and I’m excited! Author Jason Huebinger is the host of #PitDark. This is one of my favorite contests because it’s strictly for manuscripts with darker elements, which is soooo down my alley. The event is between 8am and 8pm EST. Authors may pitch once an hour per manuscript. Please do not clog the feed by over pitching so agents don’t get frustrated and quit reading.

Hashtags for AGE CATEGORIES

#MG – Middle Grade
#YA – Young adult
#NA – New adult
#A – Adult

Hashtags for GENRES & SUBGENRES

#H – horror
#PH – psychological horror
#GH – gothic horror
#CSH – cosmic horror
#BH – body horror
#CH – comedy horror
#DC – dark comedy
#DR – dark romance
#SFH – science fiction horror
#PNH – paranormal horror
#ZH – zombie horror
#MH – monster horror
#GRH – graphic horror
#MM – murder mystery
#FA – fantasy
#DF – dark fantasy
#T – thriller
#EF – epic or high fantasy
#HF – historical fantasy
#LF – literary fantasy
#AH – alternate history
#PN – paranormal
#PR – paranormal romance
#UF – urban fantasy
#MR – magical realism
#SF – science fiction
#AF – apocalypse fiction
#ML – military science fiction
#PA – post-apocalyptic SF
#CP – cyberpunk
#SFT – sci-fi thriller
#SH – superhero / superhuman
#SO – space opera
#DS – dystopian
#SP – steampunk
#TT – time travel
#WW – weird west
#SPEC – speculative fiction
#NF – non-fiction

For complete rules, go here. (Note: If your curious about previous agent, editor, and film company participation, there is a link on this page.) As always, good luck!

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

Book Pipeline 2019 Contest

October 4, 2019Contests, Literary$10.000, Academy Award, Adaline, Adaptation, Adult, Agency, Authors, Book Pipeline, books, Competition, Extant, Fee, Fiction, Genre, Good Fear Film, I Am Legend, Jewerl Ross, Lakeshore Entertainment, Madhouse Entertainment, Managers, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Million Dollar Baby, Monetary Prize, Moonlight, Movie, Non-Fiction, Pipeline Media Group, Polaroid, Prisoners, Published, Rigns, Rings, Screenplay, Scripts, Silent R Management, Stories, Television, The Ark, Underworld, Unpublished, Worldwide, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

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The Annual Book Pipeline Competition seeks material for film or television adaptation. Open to writers worldwide, the contest accepts any genre, fiction or non-fiction. Published and unpublished works are both acceptable.

One Grand Prize Winner receives $5,000 and circulation to production companies depending on the genre. Some production companies are:

Lit Entertainment Group – Prisoners
Lakeshore Entertainment – Million Dollar Baby, Age of Adaline
Anonymous Content – The Revenant, Spotlight
QC Entertainment – Us, Get Out, BlacKkKlansman
Silent R Management (reps Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins)
Good Fear Film + Management – Mulan, Under the Silver Lake
Zero Gravity Management – Ozark, The Accountant
21 Laps – Arrival, The Spectacular Now, Stranger Things
Liz Destro (producer) – The Butler, Lizzie
Fuqua Films – The Magnificent Seven, Southpaw
LBI Entertainment – We Bought a Zoo
Other leading production companies, managers, and agencies best-suited for developing the selected projects.

Early Deadline: November 15, 2019 with a $60 entry fee. Regular Deadline: December 1, 2019 with a $70 entry fee. For guidelines on how to submit, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

Women Over 40 Writing Contest

September 27, 2019Contests, LiteraryApplicant, Author, コンテスト, ประกวด, Competition, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Contract, Critique, Cuộc thi, конкурс, Editorial, Editors, 경연 대회, Feedback, Female, Fiction, Gransnet, Gystadleuaeth, HarperCollins Publishers, HQ, Διαγωνισμό, Judges, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Manuscript, Natjecanje, Over 40, paligsahan, publisher, Publishing, Soutěž, Submission, Tävling, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Women, Writers, Writing, Yarışması, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

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Gransnet and HQ (imprint of HarperCollins) are launching a fiction writing competition for women writers over 40. Applicants can submit 20,000 words to HQ by September 30, 2019 at 11:59pm BST, however the leading character must also be female and over 40. Five shortlisted writers will receive editorial feedback, with the overall winner being offered a publishing contract with HQ.

Judges of the competition include Gransnet editor Cari Rosen, HQ Publishing Director Kate Mills, author Sarah Morgan and journalist Nina Pottell. For more information, please go here. And as always, good luck!

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

Yes! It’s MSWL Day!

September 24, 2019Literary#MSWL, Adult, Agents, Authors, Editors, Fiction, Guidelines, Hashtag, Manuscript Wish List, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Publishing, Stories, Submissions, Twitter, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

That’s right folks, today agents and editors tweet about their manuscript wish lists on twitter using the hashtag #MSWL. So, if you’re looking for an agent, read their wishes because you just might’ve written exactly what they’re looking for. As for the editors, be sure and check their guidelines because not all of them accept unagented manuscripts. Then, why are they tweeting you ask? Because agents need to submit their clients just the same as when an author subs to an agent.

Don’t worry if you miss the live event, you can always scroll through the feed afterwards. And if you want to get more details regarding what agents/editors want, go to the website Manuscript Wish List. Now, quit dawdling and get to perusing the hashtag!

Good luck finding the perfect match!

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

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