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Revise & Resub #10Queries Event

February 12, 2018Contests, Literary#10Queries, #RevPit, Adult, Authors, books, Carly Bornstein-Hayward, Critique, Editing, Editors, Elizabeth Buege, Ellen Brock, Feedback, Fiction, First Pages, Hone Your Craft, Jeni Chappelle, Kaitlyn Johnson, Katie McCoach, Manuscript, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Pitch, Query, Rafflecopter, Revise & Resub, Sione Aeschliman, Stories, Submit, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

#RevPit

In preparation for the upcoming #RevPit event, the editors of Revise & Sub have decided to do a round of #10Queries via a Rafflecopter drawing opening February 16, 2018 and closing on February 20th, 2018. The winners will submit their query and first five pages for critique on the twitter hashtag. (Names will not be posted. Editors will send emails to winners regarding which pitch was theirs.) But have no fear, there will be more than ten winners because each editor will select ten each! Participating editors are:

So, if you’re wondering how strong your query and first pages are, this will be a good event to find out! Read all the information here. As always, good luck!

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

Note: The hashtag used during this event is #10Queries and not the #tenqueries most often used by agents and editors. Be sure to watch the correct hashtag if selected.

2017 Query Kombat Free Passes & Contest Information

May 11, 2017Contests, LiteraryAdult, Agents, Authors, Brackets, Competition, Feedback, First Pages, Free Pass, Judges, Laura Heffernan, Manuscripts, Michael Anthony, Michelle Hauck, Middle Grade, New Adult, Opportunity, Publishing, Query, Query Kombat, Stories, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Query Kombat is approaching and the hosts are offering free passes. Each host has their own rules on how to enter to win a free pass. Go to the individual websites by May 15th, 2017 to learn how:

Michelle Hauck’s Free Pass
Laura Heffernan’s Free Pass
Michael Anthony (Doesn’t appear to be giving a free pass, but visit his site for updates!)

As for the contest itself, submissions are between May 17-19, 2017. (Sorry, the site doesn’t say what time zone, but I’m pretty certain it’s one of the U.S. zones, most likely EST.) Query Kombat is a bracket style competition where 64 query letters and first pages are matched against each other until only one is left. There are six rounds of competition that last the entire month of June and our expert judges leave notes and determine the winners. Agents request from the entries between the 1st and 2nd round, but there’s a catch. No agent requests are revealed until an entry is knocked out of the competition. Entries are known by their fun nicknames. Surviving entries are allowed to revise twice over the six rounds.

Submissions are for all genres in middle grade, young adult, new adult, and adult. For submission instructions, go here. Not only can writers get their query polished but they might just land an agent with over 30 participating!

As always, good luck!
P.D. Pabst

Inked Voices Workshop

April 17, 2017Contests, Literary, Mentor ProgramAdult, Cultural, Diversity, Don Congdon Associates, Ethnic Backgrounds, Fiction, First Pages, Gender Diversity, Inked Voices, Katie Grimm, LGBTQIA, Native People, Online, People of Color, People with Disabilities, Religious Minorities, We Need Diverse Books, Workshoppdpabst

Inked Voices

Inked Voices is giving away a spot in their upcoming Online First Pages Workshop with Katie Grimm of Don Congdon Associates. The spot is for a writer of a diverse background novel related to their experience, frequently shorthanded on Twitter as #ownvoices. Submissions should be literary or upmarket adult fiction.

Diverse experiences include, but are not limited to: LGBTQIA, Native, people of color, gender diversity, people with disabilities, and ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities (learn more about We Need Diverse Books in children’s literature: http://weneeddiversebooks.org/mission-statement/).

If you’re interested, fill out the submission form before April 23rd, 2017. As always, good luck!

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

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