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Pikes Peak Writers Conference

February 17, 2020Literary, Writing Conferences & Getawaysadvise, Agents, Allegory, Aquiring Editors, Authors, Best-Sellers, Bond Literary, books, Chuck Wendig, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Del Rey, Del Rey Books, Delilah Dawson, Editors, Feedback, Inspiration, International, Laura DiSilverio, Learning, Literary Agency, Manuscripts, Mary Jo Putney, Nelson Literary Agency, New Leaf Literary, New York TImes Best Sellers, Opportunity, P.S. Literary, Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Plum Bay Books, Professionals, Random House, Reavis Wortham, Registration, Speakers, Stories, The Lark Group, The Seymour Agency, Tor/Forge, Writerspdpabst

Pikes Peak Writers Conference is an opportunity to get literary advise from a professional in the business or get invaluable feedback on your manuscript. The conference will be April 17-19, 2020 held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Delilah Dawson (New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Phasma and more!)
Laura DiSilverio (National bestselling and award-winning author of 21 mystery, suspense and young adult sci-fi novels.)
Mary Jo Putney (New York Times bestselling author, won ten RWA RITA nominations, two RITA wins, and received RWA’s 2013 Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award.)
Chuck Wendig (New York Time bestselling author of Star Wars: Aftermath, alongside other works across comics, games, film, and more.)
Reavis Wortham (Spur Award winner and author of historical mysteries and contempory westerns.)

ACQUIRING EDITORS:

Ty Drago (Allegory an SF, Fantasy & Horror Magazine)
Claire Eddy (Tor/Forge)
Tom Hoeler (Del Rey Books, and imprint of Random House Books)
Claire McKinney (Plum Bay Books)

AGENTS:

Becky LeJeune (Bond Literary Agency)
Angie Hodapp (Nelson Literary Agency, LLC)
Maureen Moretti (P.S. Literary)
Devin Ross (New Leaf Literary)
Lesley Sabga (The Seymour Agency)
Abby Saul (The Lark Group)

For more authors and specialist, go here. And be sure to register before the workshop fills up and make your reservations at the DoubleTree by Hilton Colorado Spring. As always, have fun!

P.D. Pabst

Midwest Writers Workshop 2019

May 29, 2019Literary, Webinar/Workshop#MWW, Adult, Agents, Alumni Center, Authors, books, Craft, Creative, Critiques, Curtis Brown Literary, Evaluations, Faculty, Feedback, Fiction, Hashtag, Indiana, Jennifer De Chiara Literary, Learning, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Midwest Writers Workshop, Muncie, Nelson Literary, New Leaf Literary, Non-Fiction, novels, Opportunity, Pitch, Pitching, Professionals, Program, Query, Sterling Lord Literistic, Stories, Transatlantic Agency, Twitter, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

The Midwest Writers Workshop will be held July 25-27, 2019 at the Alumni Center in Muncie, Indiana. You can find the group on twitter @MidwestWriters or the hashtag #MWW to keep up on news. MWW states the mission is to give all writers the opportunity to improve their craft, to associate with highly credentialed professionals, and to network with other writers.

They have sessions with top quality faculty during their three-day program on everything from fiction to nonfiction, marketing, and ways to get your creative juices flowing. The workshop is packed with sessions on the craft of writing and the business of writing.

Some of participants will be:

AGENTS

Noah Ballard (Curtis Brown, Ltd.)
Elizabeth Bewley (Sterling Lord Literistic)
Savannah Brooks (Jennifer De Chiara)
Brenna English-Loeb (Transatlantic Agency)
Joanna MacKenzie (Nelson Literary)
Devin Ross (New Leaf Literary)
JL Stermer (New Leaf Literary)

To see all the faculty, go here. There are even opportunities for pitching and manuscript evaluations, along with query critiques. Think about it, three days socializing with writerly people! What’s not to love!

As always, good luck and happy learning!

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

Pikes Peak Writers Conference

January 26, 2019Literary, Writing Conferences & Getawaysadvise, Agents, Aquiring Editors, Authors, Best-Sellers, Bond Literary, books, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Crooked Lane Books, Del Rey, Editors, Feedback, Film Producer, Inspiration, International, Learning, Literary Agency, Manuscripts, New Leaf Literary, New York TImes Best Sellers, Opportunity, Penquin, Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Professionals, Random House, Registration, Speakers, Stories, The Seymour Agency, Writers, Writers Housepdpabst

Pikes Peak Writers Conference is an opportunity to get literary advise from a professional in the business or get invaluable feedback on your manuscript. The conference will be May 3-5, 2019 held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Susan Wiggs (International and #1 New York Times best-selling author)
Rachel Howzell Hall (New York Times best-selling author)
John Gilstrap (New York Times best-selling author and film producer)
Anne Bishop (New York Times best-selling author)

ACQUIRING EDITORS:

Faith Black Ross (Crooked Lane Books)
Tom Hoeler (Del Rey an imprint of Random House Books)
Stacey Barney (G.P. Putnam’s Sons and imprint of Penguin)

AGENTS:

Victoria Doherty Munro (Writers House)
Lesley Sabga (The Seymour Agency)
Becky LeJune (Bond Literary)
Suzie Townsend (New Leaf Literary)

For more authors and specialist, go here. And be sure to register before the workshop fills up. As always, have fun!

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

Nightmare On Query Street 2017

October 11, 2017Contests, Literary2017, Adult, Age, Agents, Author, Azantain Literary Agency, BookEnds Literary, Category, Character, Corvisiero Literary Agency, Curtis Brown LTD, DeFiore & Company, Entries, Feedback, Fiction, Fuse Literary, Genre, Halloween, Harvey Klinger Literary Agency, Inklings Literary, Kimberley Cameron Literary, Laura Hefferman, LKG Agency, Manuscripts, Martin Literary Management, Michael Anthony, Michelle Hauck, Middle Grade, New Leaf Literary, Nightmare On Query Street, Opportunity, Picks, Polished, Query, Relationship, Revisions, Selections, Serendipity Literary Agency, Sterling Lord Literistic, Submissions, The Knight Agency, Trident Media Group, Writers House, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

It’s getting close to Halloween, which means Nightmare On Query Street is soon! But don’t let the title fool you into thinking you’re manuscript won’t qualify. The title is more about when the contest takes place. You can enter any age category or genre, excluding picture books and erotica.

The submission window opens at 4:00 pm (EST) on October 13th. All entries sent before this time will be deleted. For this years contest, there are 24 agents lined up! TWENTY FOUR! How awesome is that? But you’d better be on your toes if you want to submit. They will close submissions when they reach 250 entries or in two hours, whichever is first.

Participating Agents

Jennifer Azantian of Azantain Literary Agency
Lauren Galit of LKG Agency
Christa Heschke of McIntosh & Otis
Andrea Somberg of Harvey Klinger Literary Agency
Jess Dallow of Brower Literary & Management
Steven Salpeter of Curtis Brown LTD
Natascha Morris of BookEnds Literary
Jocquelle Caiby of Serendipity Literary Agency
Caitlen Rubino-Bradway of LKG Agency
Clelia Gore of Martin Literary Management
Mark Gottlieb of Trident Media Group
Lisa Abellera of Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Alec Shane of Writers House
Jaida Temperly of New Leaf Literary
Amanda Jain of Inklings Literary
Melissa Jeglinski of The Knight Agency
Patrica Nelson of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Sarah Landis of Sterling Lord Literistic
Gabrielle Piraino of DeFiore & Company
Carlisle Webber of Fuse Literary
Cate Hart of Corvisiero Literary Agency

Michelle, Mike, and Laura will make 13 picks each. Then a few mentors they’ve selected will help the authors hone their entries before the agent round. Here are all the dates for the event:

Submission Window Opens: October 13th 4:00 pm EST
Final Picks are Announced: October 20th
Mentors Go to Work: October 21th – 26th
Revised Entries Due Back: October 26th at 11:59 pm EST
Agent round: October 30th – 31th

Some rules to take note of:

You are not eligible if you’ve been in an agent round in the last six months. (This does not include open twitter pitches.)
You can enter if you have a different manuscript to enter than previous agent round you were in.
Only ONE entry per person. (No using multiple emails or pen names!)

You’ll need to send you query and first 250 words, along with a short paragraph (no more than 100 words) answering this question: What is your main character’s most stressful relationship? Who really makes them sweat?

For complete details and submission formatting, go here. As always, good luck!

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

Avalon Writer’s Retreat hosted by Kathleen Temean

June 8, 2016Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAvalon, Critique, Jaida Temperly, Kurestin Armanda, Literary Agents, Literary Retreat, Manuscripts, New Jersey, New Leaf Literary, PS Literary, Scott Treimel, The beach, Writerspdpabst

Avalon, NJ

It’s summertime! Who’s up for a writer’s retreat on the beach in Avalon, New Jersey? Kathleen Temean is hosting this fantastic event where writer’s can stay in a house she’s rented on the beach to work on their manuscripts. Even more perfect is that literary agents will be attending to give full and partial manuscript feedback! She has two sessions arranged:

First Session (Sept. 25-Sept28) has these participating agents:

Agent Kurestin Armada from PS Literary. She is actively acquiring Upmarket and Commercial Fiction, Magic Realism, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alternative History, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ (any genre), select Young Adult and Middle Grade, Graphic Novels, Mystery (including mystery with elements of SF/F), and Romance.

Second Agent – waiting for confirmation – Building list for Picture books, MG and YA.

Second Session (Sept. 29-Oct. 2) has these participating agents:

Agent Scott Treimel from the Scott Treimel Agency and Jaida Temperly from New Leaf Literary.

Mkay, so this session is already full. But Kathleen will allow you to get on a waiting list if someone has to cancel their spot. What? A waiting list for the agency that represents Veronica Roth’s Divergent Series. Who wouldn’t put their name on the list!

As always, good luck and have a great retreat!

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

Pikes Peak Writers Conference

February 14, 2016Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysColorado Springs, Conference, Critique, Feedback, Harper Collins, Jeff Lindsay, Joe R. Lansdale, Kevin J. Anderson, KT Literary Agency, Literary Advise, Manuscripts, Nelson Literary Agency, New Leaf Literary, Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Rachel Caine, St. Martin's Press, Teh Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, The Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency, The Knight Agency, Thomas Dunne Books, Titan Books, Wendy Corsi Staub, Writers, Writers Housepdpabst

Pikes Peak Writers Conference

Pikes Peak Writers Conference is an opportunity to get literary advise from a professional in the business or get invaluable feedback on your manuscript. The conference will be held April 15-17, 2016 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Keynote speakers will be Kevin J. Anderson, Rachel Caine, Joe R. Lansdale, Jeff Lindsay, and Wendy Corsi Staub. Acquiring agents and editors will be Annie Berger (Harper Collins), Caitlin Dareff (St. Martin’s Press), Melissa L. Edwards (The Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency), Linda Epstein (The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency), Angie Hodapp (Nelson Literary Agency), Jennifer Letwack (Thomas Dunne Books), Renee Nyen (KT Literary Agency), Steve Saffel (Titan Books), Alec Shane (Writers House), Elaine Spencer (The Knight Agency), Suzie Townsend (New Leaf Literary).

As always, don’t wait to register because seats fill up fast!

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

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