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#DVpit Starts Tomorrow!

October 25, 2020Contests, 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pdpabst

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 26 will be for Children’s & Teen Fiction/Nonfiction (picture books, chapter books, graphic novel, middle grade, young adult).
October 27 will be for Adult Fiction/Nonfiction (all genres, commercial and literary).
October 27 Artists and Illustrators are included on this day using #DVart

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.

LatinxPitch for Kidlit Event

August 17, 2020Contests, Literary#LatinxPitch, #LGTBIQ, #OwnVoices, #WFH, Agents, Art, Artist, Authors, コンテスト, ประกวด, Board Books, Chapter Books, Children's Stories, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Cuộc thi, Disability, конкурс, Editors, 경연 대회, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Gystadleuaeth, Illustrator, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kidlit, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Natjecanje, Non-Fiction, paligsahan, Picture Books, Pictures, Romance, Soutěž, Tävling, Tweet, Twitter, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Writers, Yarışması, Young Adult, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

LatinxPitch is a kidlit pitching event for creators of children’s literature who belong to the Latinx community. The event was created to raise up Latinx voices and increase a diverse representation in children’s literature. All kidlit Latinx unagented and agented authors and/or illustrators are permitted to participate. Kidlit includes board books, picture books, chapter books, middle grade, graphic novels and young adult.

The event will take place on Twitter September 15, 2020 from 8am to 8pm EST. Be sure to use the hashtag #LatinxPitch. Agented authors and illustrators should check with their agents before participating and must include the hashtag #Editor to indicate they are looking for an editor and not an agent. For complete guidelines, go here. Also, don’t forget to check out the team that organized the event and follow them on twitter or their blogs! 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 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.

As always, good luck!

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

DVPit Created by Lit Agent Beth Phelan

April 22, 2019Contests, Literary#DVpit, Acquire, Adult Fiction, Agents, All Genres, Artists, Beth Phelan, books, Chapter Books, Characters, Children's Stories, Commerical, Cultures, Disabled Persons, Diversity, Editors, Fiction, Galt & Zacker Literary Agent, Graphic Novel, Hashtag, Illustrators, LGBTQIA, Literary, Manuscript, Marganalized Voice, Marginalized Voices, Middle Grade, Native People, Nonfiction, People of Color, People with Illness, Picture Books, Pitch, Religious, Represent, Showcase, Teen, Twitter, Underrepresented, Young Adultpdpabst

The next event will spread over two days:

April 23th will be for Children’s & Teen Fiction/Nonfiction (picture books, chapter books, graphic novel, middle grade, young adult)
April 24th will be for Adult Fiction/Nonfiction (all genres, commercial and literary)
April 25 will be for Artists + Illustrators
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.As always, good luck!

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

#DVpit Hosted by Literary Agent Beth Phelan

October 8, 2018Contests, Literary#DVpit, Acquire, Adult, agent, Beth Phelan, books, Category, Chapter Books, Children, Color Palette, Commercial, Countries, Cultures, Disabled, Diversity, Editors, Fiction, Galt & Zacker Literary Agency, Genres, Graphic Novel, Guidelines, Hashtag, Industry, LGBTQIA, Literary, Literary Agent, Main Characters, Manuscript, Marginalized Voices, Middle Grade, Native People, Nonfiction, Peiople with Illness, People of Color, Picture Books, Pitches, POC, Publishing, Religious, Represent, Rules, Showcase, Stories, Teen, Twitter, Underrepresented, Young Adultpdpabst

The next event will spread over two days

October 16 will be for Children’s & Teen Fiction/Nonfiction (picture books, chapter books, graphic novel, middle grade, young adult).
October 17 will be for Adult Fiction/Nonfiction (all genres, commercial and literary).

As always, good luck!

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

#DVPit Hosted by Lit Agent Beth Phelan

April 21, 2018Contests, Literary, Publishing Opportunity#DVpit, Adult Fiction, Authors, Beth Phelan, books, Category, Chapter Book, Children Books, Commercial, Disabled, Diversity, Editors, Galt & Zacker Literary Agency, Genre, Graphic Novel, Illness, LGBTQIA, Literary Agent, Log Line, Manuscripts, Marginalized Voices, Middle Grade, Native People, novels, Opportunity, People of Color, Picture Book, Pitches, Pitching, Religious, Stories, Teen, Twitter, Underrepresented Cultures, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

The next event will spread over two days:

April 25th will be for Children’s & Teen Fiction/Nonfiction (picture books, chapter books, graphic novel, middle grade, young adult).
April 26th will be for Adult Fiction/Nonfiction (all genres, commercial and literary).

As always, good luck!

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

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