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Philadelphia Writing Workshop

July 1, 2020Literary, Webinar/Workshop, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAdult, Advice, Agents, Authors, DONALD MAASS LITERARY AGENCY, Editors, Ethan Ellenberg Literary, Falculty, Feedback, Frances Collin Literary, Manuscripts, Marketing, Middle Grade, November, P.S. Literary, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Writing Workshop, Pitch, Professional, Q&A, Raven Quill Literary Agency, Rees Literary, Running Press Kids, The Book Group, Trident Media Group, Wordwise Media Services, Writers, Youngs Adultpdpabst

Philadephia Writing Workshop

Writing workshops are great to get professional advise on writing, marketing, and how to land an agent. The Philadelphia Writing Workshop will be held on November 14, 2020 and is now ONLINE. This year’s faculty so far includes:

Literary agent Sarah Yake (Frances Collin Literary)
Literary agent Eric Smith (P.S. Literary)
Literary agent Dana Murphy (The Book Group)
Literary agent Jacqueline Lipton (Raven Quill Literary Agency)
Literary agent Bibi Lewis (Ethan Ellenberg Literary)
Literary agent Megan Manzano (D4EO Literary)
Literary agent Leah Pierre (Ladderbird Literary)
Literary agent Alyssa Eisner Henkin (TridenTriet Media)
Editor Allison Cohen (Running Press Kids)
Literary agent Kelly Peterson (Rees Literary)
Literary agent Caitlin McDonald (Donald Maass Literary)
Literary agent Michelle Lazurek (Wordwise Media Services)
and more to come

As always, book your virtual seat right away because seats they are limited.

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

Bath Children’s Novel Award Submissions Ending Soon!

November 8, 2017Contests, LiteraryAuthors, Bath Children's Novel Award, books, Cornerstone Literary Consultancy, Entry Fee, Genre, International Writing Competition, Jane Brittan, Kidlit, Macmillan Publishers, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Monetary Prize, Mulcahy Associates Literary Agency, November, Opportunity, publisher, Representation, Sallyanne Sweeney, Shortlist, Sopie Cameron, Stories, Submissions, Unpublished, Unsigned, Vouchers, Writerspdpabst

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The Bath Children’s Novel Award is an international writing competition for unpublished and independently published novelists. This years judge is literary agent Sallyanne Sweeney of Mulcahy Associates Literary Agency. And the sponsor is Cornerstones Literary Consultancy. The winner will receive £2,000 (approximately $2467 US) and a shortlist prize of £500 (approximately $616 US)Cornerstones Literary Consultancy vouchers.

This is The Bath Children’s Novel Award’s third year. Inaugural winner Lucy Van Smit was swiftly signed by literary agent Sallyanne Sweeney, Jane Brittan attracted a Carnegie Medal nomination for her indie-published debut and shortlistee Sophie Cameron signed a book deal with Macmillan Children’s after accepting representation with literary agent Hellie Ogden for her YA novel Out of the Blue.

Entry for the award ends November 19th, 2017 (and remember, this is UK time zone)! For complete guidelines and entry fee information, go here. As always, good luck!

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

Twitter #KidPit Pitch Event is Coming!

November 6, 2017Contests, Literary#KidPit, 140 Characters, Agents, Art, Artists, Authors, Board Books, books, Chapter Books, dreams, Easy Reader, Editors, Fiction, Genre, Hashtag, Heidi Norrod, Illustrators, Kidlit, Literary Agents, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, novels, November, Opportunity, Picture Books, Pictures, Pitch Event, Pitching, Publishers, Publishing Industry, Stories, Twitter, Words, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

Heidi Norrod is hosting another fabulous twitter pitch event for writers called KidPit! In order to participate, authors need to have a finished manuscript and tweet their 140 character pitch using the hashtag #KidPit on twitter. The contest will be between 9am-3pm CST (Chicago time) on November 8, 2017. You will allowed to pitch six times over the course of the event. (That’s once every hour, as the event is six hours long.)

This event is open to BOARD BOOKS, PICTURE BOOKS, EASY READER/CHAPTER BOOKS, MIDDLE GRADE, and/or YOUNG ADULT COMPLETED novel, fiction and non-fiction books. When typing your pitch, be sure to include either #BB (Board Book), #PB (Picture Books), #CB (Chapter Books and Early Readers), #MG (Middle Grade), or #YA (Young Adult) and tag with the genre. And don’t forget to add the hashtag #KidPit so it will show up in the feed.

Also, I’d like to remind everyone that twitter pitch parties are open to everyone, meaning anyone can trawl the feed! Be sure to research before you send any submissions from a favored pitch. As always, good luck!

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

Twitter #AdPit Pitch Party is Coming!

November 6, 2017Contests, Literary#Adpit, 140 Characters, Adult, Agents, Authors, books, Central Time, dreams, Editors, Fiction, Genre, Heidi Norrod, Literary Agents, Manuscripts, New Adult, Non-Fiction, November, Opportunity, Pitch Party, Pitching, Publishers, Sub-Genre, Tweets, Twitter, Writerspdpabst

Heidi Norrod is hosting another fabulous twitter pitch event for writers called AdPit. In order to participate, authors need to have a finished manuscript and tweet their 140 character pitch using the hashtag #AdPit on November 8, 2017. The contest will be between 9am-3pm CST (Chicago time). Writer’s will be allowed to pitch six times over the course of the event. (That’s once every hour, as the event is six hours long.)

This contest is open to ADULT and NEW ADULT COMPLETED, fiction and non-fiction books. And remember, be sure to research the LITERARY AGENTS and EDITORS before submissions. As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Writer and blogger of MG/YA fiction.

Sparkhouse Family Picture Book Writing Contest 2017

November 2, 2017Contests, LiteraryAdavance, Artists, Authors, Charming, Completed Manuscripts, Creative, Elgibility, Faith Based, Illustrators, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, November, Open Call, Open Submissions, Opportunity, Picture Books, Published, publisher, Publishing, Publishing Industry, Sparkhouse Family, Stories, Submit, Synopsis, Tranformational, Unagented, Winners, Winsome, Writer, Writers, Writingpdpabst

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Sparkhouse Family is a faith based publisher. They aim to publish creative, winsome, charming stories that help parents instill an open-hearted, transformational, life-long Christian faith in children ages 0-12.

The Sparkhouse Family Children’s Picture Book Contest is an open call for picture books that support this mission. They’ll choose one manuscript to develop into a picture book. The winning author will get a prize of $5,000 and a chance to have their book published by Sparkhouse Family.

To enter, submit a brief synopsis of your book, your author bio, your contact information, and complete manuscript. All submitted works must be finished, previously unpublished manuscripts of 1,000 words or less. The contest is open to new, upcoming, and established writers alike, but only unagented submissions are eligible.

They’ll accept submissions through November 17, 2017. As always, good luck!

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

Guardian of Secrets by Brenda Drake Cover Reveal

November 28, 2016Cover Reveal, Literary, ReviewsAmazon, Amazon CA, Amazon UK, Arik, Barnes & Noble, Book 2, books, Brenda Drake, Cover Reveal, Entangled Teen, February, Fiction, Gia Kearns, Goodreads, Guardian of Secrets, Kobo, Library Jumpers, November, Pre-Order, Reading, Sentinel, Thief of Lies, YA Interrobang, Young Adultpdpabst

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Let us know what you think of the cover for Guardian of Secrets (Library Jumpers, #2) by Brenda Drake which releases February 7, 2017!

This cover reveal is brought to you by Entangled TEEN & YA Interrobang!

The time has arrived for the cover reveal for the fantastic sequel to Brenda Drake’s Library Jumpers Novels: Guardian of Secrets. I’m soooo excited! Just look at the cover, it says “you’ll love me, so BUY ME.” Seriously, you can preorder NOW! (See links below.) And if you haven’t read the first novel, Thief of Lies, I urge you to do this immediately. You will not be disappointed.

Brenda Drake’s thoughts on the cover:

I had an idea of what I wanted the cover of Guardian of Secrets to look like the entire time I was writing the story. I was delighted (I might have screamed) when the cover showed up in my email and it was EXACTLY what I’d imagined. I love that it’s blue since part of the setting of the book takes place in a cold climate. I’m thrilled the couple is on it, too. They resemble the characters I’ve created in my mind perfectly. The cover is so beautiful, and I’m beyond excited to share it with everyone!

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About Guardian of Secrets (Library Jumpers, #2):

Being a Sentinel isn’t all fairytales and secret gardens.

Sure, jumping through books into the world’s most beautiful libraries to protect humans from mystical creatures is awesome. No one knows that better than Gia Kearns, but she could do without the part where people are always trying to kill her. Oh, and the fact that Pop and her had to move away from her friends and life as she knew it.

And if that isn’t enough, her boyfriend, Arik, is acting strangely. Like, maybe she should be calling him “ex,” since he’s so into another girl. But she doesn’t have time to be mad or even jealous, because someone has to save the world from the upcoming apocalypse, and it looks like that’s going to be Gia.

Maybe. If she survives.

Want to read more? Pre-order your copy of Guardian of Secrets (Library Jumpers, #2) by Brenda Drake today!

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Brenda Drake grew up the youngest of three children, an Air Force brat, and the continual new kid at school. Her fondest memories growing up is of her eccentric, Irish grandmother’s animated tales, which gave her a strong love for storytelling. So it was only fitting that she would choose to write stories with a bend toward the fantastical. When she’s not writing or hanging out with her family, she haunts libraries, bookstores, and coffee shops, or reads someplace quiet and not at all exotic (much to her disappointment).

Have a great writerly/reader day!
P.D. Pabst

Sparkhouse Family Children’s Picture Book Contest

November 14, 2016Contests, LiteraryChildren's Picture Book, Christian Faith, Completed Manauscripts, contest, Faith Based, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, November, Publishing, Spark House Family, Synopsis, Unagented, Unpublished Authorspdpabst

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They’ll accept submissions through November 15, 2016. The winner will be notified on December 15, 2016. As always, good luck!

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

WRITING IN THE MARGINS MENTOR PROGRAM

November 11, 2016Fellowship, Literary, Mentor ProgramAuthors of Color, Disabled Authors, Editors, Feedback, Free, Manuscripts, Marginalized Social Group, Marginalized Voices, Mentor Program, November, Publication, Published Authors, Submissions, Underrepresented Authors, Underrepresented Stories, Unpublished Authors, Writing In The Marginspdpabst

The Writing in the Margins is a website dedicated to helping underrepresented storied find their place. They have a Mentor Program which pairs an emerging author from a marginalized social group with an experienced editor or traditionally published author in order to work closely on preparing an unpublished manuscript to submit for publication. All authors and editors work on a completely volunteer basis, and there is no charge to the emerging author. Applications are open twice a year, and necessary applicant qualifications are highlighted prior to the submission period.

Applications are currently open! Please apply by NOVEMBER 30. The mentoring period will be in 2017 from February through April. This time they are accepting applications from the following groups:

Authors of color
Disabled authors

To submit your entry, go here. As always, good luck!

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

ICONIC HOLIDAY HEN CONTEST 2016

November 10, 2016Contests, LiteraryArtists, Drawings, Hen & Ink, Hen Day, Holiday Hen Contest, Holiday Mascot, Illustrators, November, Pictures, Portfolio, Publishing, Submissionspdpabst

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The Iconic Holiday Hen is a contest for illustrators, which is so rare! If you are an illustrator and would like to submit your Iconic Holiday Hen illustration to be used as the Hen & ink Holiday Mascot, please send submissions between November 12th and November 15th, 2016. (Go to their website for instructions.)

Per the website, the chosen Hen will spread holiday cheer throughout the publishing world (with the artist’s name intact!) and its creator will be invited to her/his very own Open Coop Iconic Hen Day (i.e., he/she will be invited to present a portfolio or a project for our consideration). What an amazing opportunity for illustrators!

As always, good luck!

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

PASS OR PAGES CONTEST

November 4, 2016Contests, LiteraryAgents, Authors, Contemporary, contest, Feedback, First 250 Words, Manuscripts, Middle Grade Fiction, November, Operation Awesome, Pass or Pages, Query, Requests, Writerspdpabst

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Operation Awesome is hosting one more Pass Or Pages contest before the holiday season. For this round, the category is for middle grade contemporary. Submissions will be open between November 7-9, 2016. This is an opportunity to get feedback from an agent on your query and first 250 words of you manuscript. Peeps, this is priceless! And as a possible bonus, the agent reserves the right to request your FULL.

There will be a form for submissions on Operation Awesome when the entry window opens. For complete rules and previous feedback reveals, go here. As always, good luck!

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

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