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Avengers Of Colour Mentorship

August 19, 2020Literary, Mentor ProgramAdult, advise, akıl hocalığı, Application, Authors, Avengers, Avengers Of Colour, การให้คําปรึกษา, books, Critique, Diversity, Наставництва, Наставничества, Наставничество, Editing, Experience, 멘토링, faridah àbíké-íyímídé, Feedback, Fiction, Globa, GMT, Guidelines, Καθοδήγηση, lærimeistara, Manuscript, meantóireacht, Mentor, Mentora, Mentorat, Mentori, mentoria, Mentoring, Mentoringu, Mentors, Mentorschap, Mentorship, Mentorskap, Mentorství, mentorstvo, Middle Grade, New Adult, ni, Non-Fiction, People of Color, Pitches, POC, Professionals, Published, Query, Query Package, Rules, Stories, Submissions, Synopsis, Tutoraggio, Tutoría, Twitter, Ungented, مربی, vaaiga, Winners, Writers, Young Adult, 商友, 商友。, 指導, הדרכה, الارشادpdpabst

Avengers of Colour is a mentorship program created by faridah àbíké-íyímídé for unagented writers of color who are ready to query but need help with their query package. Winners will receive professional help from experienced (agented and traditionally published) authors of color. Feedback will be given on editing the authors first 25 pages of their manuscript, query letter, synopsis and pitches.

Manuscripts must be finished though the query package doesn’t have to be perfect. The mentors will help with that, as long as writers are near ready to query. Current mentors are:

Middle Grade Mentors

YA Mentors

New Adult Mentors

Adult Mentors

Submissions open August 27, 2020 and close August 31, 2020. The link to the application will go live on the Avengers Twitter at Midnight EST / 5am GMT. Be sure and read the complete guidelines! As always, good luck!

P. Pabst

Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

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.

The Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize

September 20, 2019Awards, LiteraryAnglophone Caribbean, Anthony, Carri bbean, Emerging, Manuscript, Mentor, NGC Bocas LIT FES, Non-Fiction, Prize, Stories, Submissions, The johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize, Winner, Writerpdpabst

NGC Bocas Lit Fest.

The Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize is an annual award which allows an emerging Caribbean writer living and working in the Anglophone Caribbean to devote time to advancing or finishing a literary work, with support from an established writer as mentor. In its second year, 2020, this writers prize will be awarded for a literary non-fiction work in progress. The prize submission window closes September 30, 2019. The winner will be announced at the 2020 NGC Bocas Lit Fest.

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

Pitch Wars Is Almost Here!

September 9, 2019Contests, LiteraryAdult, Agents, Authors, コンテスト, ประกวด, Blog Hop, Blogs, books, Brenda Drake, Committee, Community, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Critique, Cuộc thi, конкурс, Editors, Edits, 경연 대회, Feedback, Fiction, Gystadleuaeth, Inspiration, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Konkurs, Kontes, Manuscript, Manuscripts, Mentee, Mentor, Mentoring, Middle Grade, Natjecanje, New Adult, Opportunity, paligsahan, Participate, Pitchwars, Publishing, Rivision, Sara Nicolas, Soutěž, Story, Tävling, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Writers, Yarışması, Young Adult, 比赛pdpabst

For many writers, Pitch Wars is considered the crème de la crème of writing contests that was created by Brenda Drake. It is ran by Managing Director Sarah Nicolas, and a full committee (yeah, it’s grown that much!) Unfamiliar with Pitch Wars? This is an event where mentors select a mentee’s manuscript to revise to help them get ready for an agent round. That’s right, they help a mentee rework their entire manuscript for free. This is because authors and editors want to give back to the writerly community. How exciting is that? There is so much love people!

Submissions will be open from September 25, 2019 (midnight EST) and ends on September 27, 2019 (10pm EST). Manuscripts must be completed and polished in order to enter. This is the crème de la crème of writing contests and only happens once a year! So, get those manuscripts edited for the mentors you hope to sub to because you only get to pick four. Soon, their wish lists will be posted! And as always, good luck!

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

Florida Writing Workshop

June 1, 2019Literary, Webinar/WorkshopAdult, Agents, Authors, Becastro Agency, books, Childrens Books, Conference, Corvisiero Literary, CYCLE Litereary, D4EO Literary, Editors, Faculty, Feedback, Fiction, Florida, Fun, Instruction, June, Manuscripts, Mentor, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Spencerhill Associates, Stringer Literary Agency, The Seymour Agency, Workshop, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

Chicago Writing Workshop

Per the Florida Writing Workshop website, this writing event (June 8, 2019) 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 Nicole Resciniti (The Seymour Agency)
Literary agent Nalini Akolekar (Spencerhill Associates)
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 Tina Wainscott (The Seymour Agency)
Literary agent Kaitlyn Johnson (Corvisiero Agency)
Literary agent Weronika Janczuk (D4E0 Literary)
Literary agent Caroline George (CYLE Literary)
Literary agent Cricket Freeman (The August Agency)
Literary agent Karen Solem (Spencerhill Associates)
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.

PitchWars Blog Hop Has Begun!

August 15, 2018Contests, Literary, Mentor ProgramAdult, Agents, Authors, Blog Hop, Blogs, books, Community, Critique, Editors, Edits, Feedback, Fiction, Inspiration, Manuscript, Manuscripts, Mentee, Mentor, Mentoring, Middle Grade, New Adult, Opportunity, Participate, Pitchwars, Publishing, Rivision, Story, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

If you haven’t heard, PitchWars has posted the mentor’s blog hops for 2018! Woo-hoo! Can you believe it’s that time of year again? Be sure to check out each mentors blog in the genre you write to see what’s on their wish list. There are 107 mentors total this year. Also, keep an eye on the agent’s page because many have already signed up to participate. The PitchWars staff will update the page as more agents enroll. (So far, 63 as of this moment.)

Unfamiliar with PitchWars? This is an event where mentors select a mentee’s manuscript to revise to help them get ready for an agent round. That’s right, they help a mentee rework their entire manuscript for free. This is because agented authors and editors want to give back to the writerly community. How exciting is that? There is so much love people!

Submissions will be open from August 27, 2018 (midnight EST) and ends on August 29, 2018 (10pm EST). Manuscripts must be completed and polished in order to enter. This is the crème de la crème of writing contests and only happens once a year! So, get those manuscripts edited and select the mentors you want to sub to. You only get to pick four! And as always, good luck!

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

Query Kombat Open Tomorrow!

May 15, 2018Contests, LiteraryAdult, Agents, Author, BookEnds Literary, books, Brower Literary and Management, Corvisiero Literary Agency, Dunham Literary, Emerald City Agency, Feedback, Fiction, First 250, Fuse Literary, Guidelines, Kara Reynolds, Kimberly Cameron & Associates, Literary Agent, Liza Dawson Associates, LKG Agency, Manuscript, Martin Literary, McIntosh & Otis, Mentor, Michael Anthony, Michelle Hauck, Middle Grade, Nelson Literary Agency, Opportunity, Pitching, Query, Query Kombat, Stories, Submissions, The Jennifer De Chiara Literary, The Kepner Agency, The Rights Factory, The Seymour Agency, Unpublished, Writer, Young Adultpdpabst

Reminding everyone that Query Kombat submissions open tomorrow May 16 (9am) and close on May 18, 2018 (noon). Michelle Hauck is the creator of the contest and has help from this year hosts Kara Reynolds and Michael Anthony hosting. You can find the instructions to submit here. The participating agents are:

Laurie McLean of Fuse Literary
Christa Heschke of McIntosh and Otis
Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
Jess Dallow of Brower Literary and Management
Whitley Abell of the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Amanda Jain of Bookends Literary Agency
Jordy Albert of The Booker Albert Literary Agency
Nicole Resciniti of The Seymour Agency
Kelly Peterson of Corvisiero Literary Agency
Chris Kepner of The Kepner Agency
Lindsay Mealing of Emerald City Literary
Lauren Galit of LKG Agency
Leslie Zampetti of Dunham Literary
Danielle Burby of Nelson Literary
Moe Ferrara of Bookends Literary
Clelia Gore of Martin Literary Agency
Alison McDonald of The Rights Factory
Jennifer Wills of The Seymour Agency
Dorian Maffei of Kimberly Cameron & Associates
Caitie Flum of Liza Dawson Literary
Carlisle Webber of Fuse Literary
Caitlen Rubino-Bradway of LKG Agency
Lauren Spieller of TriadaUS Literary Agency
Andrea Somberg of Harvey Klinger, Inc.
Alec Shane of Writers House
Lisa Abellera of Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Natascha Morris of BookEnds Literary
Lesley Sabga of The Seymour Agency
Kortney Price of Corvisiero Literary Agency

Whoa! What a list that is! So if you have a novel ready for submission, polish those queries and first 250 words. And remember, this is for completed and unpublished works. And as always, good luck!

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

AUTHOR MENTOR MATCH #AMM

March 12, 2018Contests, Critiques, Literary, Mentor Program#AMM, Alexa Donne, Author, Author Mentor Match, BIOS, Category, Editing, Enter, Feedback, Fiction, Form, Genre, Guidelines, Heather Kaczynski, Hone Your Craft, Invaluable, Kidlit, Manuscript, Mentor, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Publishing, Query, Rules, Stories, Submissions, Submit, Synopsis, Writer, Young Adultpdpabst

Author Mentor Matchup 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 between March 16, 2018 through March 21, 2018. 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.

My Mentee BIO for Pitch Wars

August 16, 2015Literarybooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Food, Horror, Mentee, Mentor, movies, pick me, Pitchwars, Writingpdpabst

Hello wonderful mentors of Pitch Wars and thank you for ~~stalking~~ visiting me!

I hope this means you like my first pages and want to know more about me. I write both young adult and middle grade, generally with a creepy vibe. So far, I’ve 68 (and climbing) ideas for stories and struggle to choose the next one to start. THIS SCARY MANOR BLOWS is my third completed manuscript, so as you can see, I’ve many more to go!

But don’t let this spine-chilling tale-telling girl fool you. I must admit a few ideas in my notebook aren’t always eerie—such as my underwater, alien-ish world adventure or the car that time travels with fun loving brothers. Sometimes, I just like a good laugh around my weirdness.

Some of my favorite pastimes involve anything in an ocean: swimming, snorkeling, and scuba diving (I once swam over a Manta ray), cave exploring, hiking (especially in the mountains), whitewater rafting, repelling, jet skiing, painting, cooking, movies, hanging with the family, and writing (of course). When I write, I can be found sipping tea—okay, a LOT of tea—and eating cheese. I also shove chocolate down my throat when I’m waiting for contest results and stalking hashtags. Eating jalapenos with most meals is a craving, not an obsession—I swear! And lobster (or any seafood) is my absolute favorite meal. But I love all ethnic foods; my tongue has no limit for the goodies!

But, sometimes goodies have a limit. Like, who’s eating whom here?

Okay, enough about scrumptious stuff or I’m gonna have to take a break to feed my face (yes, I really didn’t say mouth or stomach. I hear you mentor). You might be wondering what I like to read. Dude, I’m all over the place. But here are a few books I’ve enjoyed:

• The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (but anything by Neil really!)
• Doll Bones, Holly Black
• Anna Dressed in Blood, Kendare Blake
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rolling
• The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
• Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
• The Luck Uglies, Paul Durham
• Ink and Bone, Rachel Caine
• We All Looked Up, Tommy Wallach
• Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
• Watchers, Dean Koontz
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

What am I going to buy at Barnes & Noble later today? Not what you might think, a young adult book. Hey, don’t snarl at all that’s not middle grade, yo. The cover grabbed my attention on Holly’s site!

And of course, I must mention some of my favorite movies. In no particular order:

• Hocus Pocus
• The Goonies
• Harry Potter
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Twilight
• The Notebook
• Frozen (Okay, so it’s an animation. Watcha gonna do about it?)
• Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992 directed by Francis Ford Coppola)
• The Mummy (1999 with Brendan Fraser—and OMGosh people, a reboot is coming in 2017!)
• 2012
• The Hunger Games
• Phantom of the Opera (1925 with Lon Chaney. Yes, I watched many old—old movies with my momma; basically she’d turn on anything with Lon, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and pirate movies with Errol Flynn. And no, I’m not an old hag peeps, I’m only 46.)

Of course, I also like Pride & Prejudice but hey, I threw the Notebook in the list and didn’t want you to think I was all about the mooshy-mooshy. (But, I might be, especially with a good mysterious creature or ghost!) Oh, that makes me think of Ghost with Patrick Swayze (sad moment). Dang, that was a good movie!

In my non-writing life, I’m a retail manager. So, I’m accustomed to setting goals with deadlines, and creating a marketing plan to promote product. I’m also a good listener to customer needs to turn the knowledge into a sale. These skills are handy to have as a writer. And lastly, I’m a quick learner and pretty easy going. So, even though I’m a panster, I’m trying my hand at outlining on my next novel (cuz I’m not scared). And if you’re blunt with critiques, I swoon at the words.

So there you have a brief summary of who I am. Good luck with finding an awesome mentee, but…PICK ME!

(BTW, this picture is super cool and creepy with the ice hands, but I have to clarify—I hate Pepsi! I’m a Dr. Pepper kind of girl.)

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

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