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Sun vs Snow 2018

January 3, 2018Contests, LiteraryAdult, Agents, Amy Trueblood, Authors, ライター, écrivain, Blog, books, Completed, Critique, писател, писатель, Email, Entries, Entry, escritor, Fiction, forfatter, Free Pass, Guidelines, Manuscript, Michelle Hauck, Middle Grade, Opportunity, penulis, Polished, Published, Query, Schriftsteller, scrittore, Submit, Sun vs Snow, Unpublished, Win, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

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It’s that time of year again when Amy Trueblood and Michelle Hauck host Sun vs Snow! This is not a twitter contest, but a blog contest for unpublished writers. Last year they had 21 agents participating (half shown here and the other half shown here). Keep an eye on their blogs for agent listings for this year’s contest.

Get your submission ready via email and submit when the window opens on January 23, 2018 at 4pm EST. They only take the first 200 entries, so don’t wait to long. But if you’re worried you’ll miss the entry timeframe, Michelle has a chance to win a FREE PASS on her blog via rafflecopter and comment (deadline of January 19, 2018). Get your query and first 250 words polished now!

This is only for completed manuscripts, so please don’t send WIPs. Go here for complete guidelines.

As always, good luck!

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

Pitch Wars Submissions Are Open!

August 2, 2017Contests, Literary2017, Adult, Agents, Authors, Brenda Drake, Donate, Feedback, Fiction, Free Pass, Manuscripts, Mentors, Middle Grade, New Adult, Opportunity, Pitch Wars, Publishing, Scavenger Hunt, Stories, Storytelling, Submissions, Twitter, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

This is a quick reminder that Brenda Drake’s Pitch Wars submissions opened yesterday and will close August 6 at 10pm EDT (New York time). Go here for the guidelines and here to submit. There are two other ways to get into the contest, a scavenger hunt (scroll to find the info) to get a free pass into Pitch Wars and if you donate at least $20 you can pick two extra mentors. Woot! Note the participating menotrs are on the post with the scavenger hunt information. Lastly, be sure and stop by twitter to watch the #PitchWars feed because they are giving extra mentor prizes away.

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

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