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#SFFpit is Tomorrow!

December 13, 2017Contests, Literary#SFFpit, Adult, Agents, Authors, books, Characters, Dan Koboldt, Editors, Fantasy, Fiction, Hashtags, Horror, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, New Adult, Opportunity, Picture Books, Pitch, Pitching, Polished, publisher, Publishing, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Stories, Tweets, Twitter, Unpublished, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Hello my lovelies! Tomorrow (December 14, 2017) on twitter is #SFFpit hosted by Dan Koboldt. This is for Sci-Fi and Fantasy manuscripts only! Please do not pitch if your manuscript is not finished, polished, and unpublished.

Now that twitter has expanded most tweets to longer characters, the limit of 140 is no longer necessary. Tweet the full 280 if you have the ability! Just make sure that your pitch includes the hashtag #SFFpit. Additional hashtags that can be used are:

AGE CATEGORY
#PB – Picture book
#MG – Middle grade
#YA – Young adult
#NA – New adult
#A – Adult

GENRE/Subgenre
#FA – fantasy
#CF – contemporary fantasy
#DF – dark fantasy
#EF – epic or high fantasy
#FR – fantasy romance
#HF – historical fantasy
#LF – literary fantasy
#AH – alternate history
#MYF – mythic fantasy
#PN – paranormal
#UF – urban fantasy
#MR – magical realism
#SF – science fiction
#AF – apocalypse fiction
#ML – military science fiction
#PA – post-apocalyptic SF
#SFR – sci-fi romance
#SFT – sci-fi thriller
#SH – superhero / superhuman
#SO – space opera
#DS – dystopian
#SP – steampunk
#TT – time travel
#WW – weird west

The contest will run through 8am to 6pm EST. Also note the change of allowed pitches! Writers will only get 10 pitches (that’s one per hour). For more information check out the #SFFpit webpage. To show Dan Koboldt your appreciation for throwing together this awesome contest, be sure to follow his blog, twitter page, or buy his books.

As always, good luck!

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

Happy Writer Days $2000 Giveaway in Coaching and Classes

December 6, 2017Contests, Literary, Mentor Program, Webinar/Workshopadvise, agent, Authors, Authros, Classes, Coaching, Critique, Elise Capron, Enter, Fiction, Free, Giveaway, Happy Writer Days, Lauren marie Fleming, Manuscript, Mentors, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Query, Sandra Dijkstra & Associates, Stories, Winter Writing, Workshops, Writers, Writingpdpabst

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Lauren Marie Fleming is hosting a Happy Writer Days giveaway. The prize(s) are worth over $2000 in coaching and writing classes. Writer will need to enter by December 10, 2017. Along with the prize(s) will be a free critique of a query letter by literary agent Elise Capron of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.

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There are also free workshops for everyone all week long. If you miss one, you can watch the replay for free too! So, if you want some cool advise on the manuscript you’re writing, go here for a chance to win and to sign up for the free workshops!

Have a great writerly day!

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

Brenda Drake’s #Pitmad Is Almost Here!

December 5, 2017Contests, Literary#amediting, #amwriting, #Pitmad, Adult, Age Category, Agents, Authors, books, Brenda Drake, Category, Characters, Children's, Editors, Fiction, Genre, Guidelines, Hashtags, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Picture Books, Pitch Party, Pitch Wars, Pitching, publisher, Publishing, Rules, Stories, Sub-genres, Tweet, Twitter, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

Nothing soothes the writerly soul than a good twitter pitch party! Thursday, December 7, 2017 is Brenda Drake’s infamous #PitMad between the hours of 8am-8pm (EDT). Common age category and genre hashtags are below.

Age Categories:

#PB = Picture Book
#C = Children’s
#CB = Chapter Book
#CL = Children’s Lit
#MG = Middle Grade
#YA = Young Adult
#NA = New Adult
#A = Adult

Genres/Sub-genres:

#AA = African American
#AD = Adventure
#CF = Christian Fiction
#CON = Contemporary
#CR = Contemporary Romance
#DIS = Disabilities
#DV = Diversity
#E = Erotica
#ER = Erotic Romance
#ES = Erotica Suspense
#F = Fantasy
#H = Horror
#HA = Humor
#HF = Historical Fiction
#HR = Historical Romance
#INSP = Inspirational
#IRMC = Interracial/Multicultural
#MR = Magical Realism
#M = Mystery
#Mem = Memoir
#LGBT
#LF = Literary Fiction
#NF = Non-fiction
#R = Romance
#P = Paranormal
#PR = Paranormal Romance
#RS = Romantic Suspense
#S = Suspense
#SF = SciFi
#SPF = Speculative Fiction
#T = Thriller
#UF = Urban Fantasy
#W = Westerns
#WF = Woman’s Fiction

The rules clearly state to only pitch THREE times per manuscript during the contest. Don’t break the rules and clog the feed! Also, please remember anyone can stalk the feed. So, do your research before submitting your manuscript!

As always, good luck!

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

Blue Mountain Arts Biannual Poetry Card Contest

December 2, 2017Contests, LiteraryAuthors, Biannual Poetry Card Contest, Blue Mountain Arts, Cards, Competition, Creativity, December, Emotions, english, Feelings, Guidelines, Monetary Prize, Opportunity, Original, Peotry, Poems, Poets, Prizes, Published, Rules, Submissions, Unique, Wordsmith, Writerspdpabst

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Blue Mountain Arts is holding their thirty-first Biannual Poetry Card Contest. The winner will be published on their website and there are monetary prizes!

1st prize: $350
2nd prize: $200
3rd prize: $100

Here are a few of the guidelines:

Poems can be rhyming or non-rhyming.
Write about real emotions and feelings.
Poems should be original and unique.
English-language entries only.
Enter as often as you like!

You can mail your submission or use their online submission form. For complete rules and guidelines, go here. Entry deadline is December 31,2017. As always, good luck.

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

MasterClass With Author Judy Bloom

November 30, 2017Literary, Webinar/WorkshopAre You There God? It's Me Margaret, Authors, Banned, Blubber, books, Characters, Children's Fiction, Class, Creativity, Critique, Dialogue, Feedback, Fiction, Genre, Judy Bloom, Kids, Learn, Learning, Lessons, Libraries, Manuscripts, MasterClass, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Picture Books, Pre-Enroll, Readers, Realistic, Stories, Superfudge, Tiger Eyes, Videos, Words, Workshop, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

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Judy Bloom will be teaching a Master Class in early 2018. While the dates don’t appear to be set, you can pre-enroll for only $90. The award winning author broke the rules. Her refreshingly honest children’s books were banned by hundreds of libraries—and loved by generations of readers, who bought 85 million copies of classics like Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and Superfudge.

Learn with one of the best with 24 lessons on writing vivid characters and realistic dialogue. There will be a workbook along with the videos, and Judy will critique select members of the class. Have fun and learn lots!

P.D. Pabst

Blogger and writer of MG/Fiction

Hachette Imprint Open for Submissions!

November 27, 2017Literary, Publishing OpportunityAdvance, Andrea Levy, Authors, BAME, Bestsellers, David Mitchell, December, Disabilities, Diversity, editor, english, Fiction, Graham Norton, Hachette Imprint, Hodder & Stoughton, International, Jodi Picoult, John Murray Press, Katie Piper, LGBTQ, Manuscript, Marganlized Voices, Marketing, Martina Cole, Mo Farrah, New Voices, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Publicist, publisher, Royalties, Stephen King, Stieg Larsson, Stories, The Future Bookshelf, The Sideman, Unagented, Underrepresented, United Kingdom, Writerspdpabst

Hodder & Stoughton, John Murray Press (Hachette Imprint) will be opening for unagented submissions on December 1, 2017 (12am GMT) and close on December 7, 2017 (11:59pm GMT) for THE FUTURE BOOKSHELF! Although this is an United Kingdom publisher, they will be taking international submissions for fiction and non-fiction. This is an exciting opportunity because big houses don’t often open their doors to unagented writers.

Some of the authors Hodder & Stoughton publishes is Stephen King, Martina Cole, Jodi Picoult, The Sidemen, Stieg Larsson, Trevor Noah, David Mitchell, Andrea Levy, Katie Piper, Mo Farrah, Graham Norton, and many more. Wouldn’t it be awesome to be one of the great writers added to this list?

If chosen, you will get paid an advance and royalties. They’ll set you up with an editor and publicist, as well as have a marketing campaign. So, you’ll get all the perks of a bestselling author! A few of the rules are:

Must be over 18.
An underrepresented writerly category (see their guidelines for descriptions).
Fiction (any genre) and non-fiction works must be over 50,000 words.
Must be written in English.

But they have more requirements than this. For complete rules and how to submit, go here. As always, good luck!

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

2018 Laura Crawford Memorial Mentorship

November 25, 2017Contests, Literary, Mentor ProgramApplications, Art, Authors, books, Children's Fiction, Chilidren, Critique, Development, dreams, Editing, Experience, Feedback, Fiction, Genre, Illustrator, Inspiration, Julia Durango, Kids, Laura Crawford Memorial Mentorship, Manuscripts, Memborship, Mentorship, Opportunity, Picture Book, Published, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Stories, Writers, Writingpdpabst

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators will open for applications to the Laura Crawford Memorial Mentorship. The mentorship was established in memory of picture book author Laura Crawford.

This year’s mentor will be author Julia Durango, who will help with one picture book manuscript for a six month period.

Julia Durango

In order to apply, you must be a SCBWI member with an application dated between December 1-7, 2017. Applicants must never have had a picture book traditionally published. For complete details, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

Entangled Publishing Submissions

November 17, 2017Literary, Publishing OpportunityAdult Fiction, Amara, August, Authors, Bliss, Blog, books, Brazen, Comedy, Comtemporary, dreams, Editors, Embrace, Entangled Publishing, Entangled Teen, Erotic Fiction, Fantasy, Genre, Historical, Humor, Indulgence, Love Story, Lovestruck, Manuscripts, Novellas, novels, Opportunity, Paranormal, publisher, Romance, Scandalous, Scorched, Stories, Submissions, Sweet, Teen Crave, Teen Crush, Writers, Writing, Young-adult fictionpdpabst

Have you just finished writing a steamy romance novel, or maybe a teen novel sprinkled with some love? Entangled Publishing doesn’t require writers to have agents to submit to them. That’s right! Polish that manuscript and send it to one of their imprints that best fits your story.

Amara – 70k-120k word single title adult romance novels.
August – 20k-70k word category romance featuring Gen-X characters.
Bliss – 20k-60k sweet category romance.
Brazen – 20k-60k erotic category romance.
Embrace – New Adult romance novels or novels with romantic elements.
Entangled Teen – 70k-120k word romance novels or novels with romantic elements.
Indulgence – 45k-60k contemporary category romance.
Lovestruck – 20k-60k contemporary, romantic comedy category romance.
Scandalous – 20k-65k historical category romance.
Scorched – 15k-65k novellas, serialized novellas, and full-length novels, all with erotic romance elements.
Teen Crave – 20k-60k paranormal/scifi/fantasy YA category romance.
Teen Crush – 20k-60k contemporary YA category romance.

They even blog about special submission requests. Check them out here! So, if you haven’t written the novel that’s been nagging to leave your brain, get going! After all, it is NaNoWriMo!

Best of luck on your writing journey!

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

Under The Volcano Writing Retreat

November 13, 2017Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAdult, Authors, Celebrations, Critiques, Cultural, Dinners, Discussions, Feedback, Fiction, Guidelines, Master Classes, Mexico, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Poets, Quiet Writing Space, Retreat, Tepoztlan, Under The Volcano Writing Retreat, Vacation, Workshops, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

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Under The Volcano has master classes over a nine day stay in Tepoztlan, Mexico. This retreat is for writers wanting to vacation, learn, and write on their WIP simultaneously. Even greater, these types of trips are tax deductible for writers. (Yes, you heard that right.)

The next session will be January 11-21, 2018 and costs $1895 (US). This fee includes:

Tuition workshops
One individual conference
Opening reception, orientation and closing dinners and one other group dinner
Daily lunches
Private faculty reading and dinner
Public readings and book signings
Village tour and other cultural events
Escorted pyramid hike
Closing dinner

The fee does NOT include Airfare, accommodation and ground transportation for the workshop. For information or questions, you can go to their website to access their guidelines and application. (Disclaimer: I’ve not attended this workshop, so do your own research!)

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.

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