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Pitch America for Lantinx Voices

August 27, 2017Contests, LiteraryAdult, Agents, Authors, books, Creativity, Culture, Diversity, dreams, Editors, Fiction, Genre, Guidelines, Lantinx, Latinx Authors, Literary Agency, Marginalized Voices, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Pitch, Pitch America, Publishing, Stories, We Need Diverse Books, Words, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

Pitch América

This contest will feature the first 500 words and the 35 word pitch of completed and polished manuscripts written by Latinx authors. This is a diversity contest with many well known agents and editors participating.

Ammi-Joan Paquette with Erin Murphy Literary Agency
Amy Elizabeth Bishop with Dystel, Goderich & Bourret, LLC
Andrea Somberg with Harvey Klinger Literary Agency
Ashley Hearn with Page Street Publishing
Ayesha Pande with Pande Literary Agency
Becky Lejeune with Bond Literary Agency
Beth Phelan with The Bent Agency
Bridget Smith with Dunham Literary, Inc
Brooks Sherman with Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Caitie Flum with Liza Dawson Associates
Caitlin McDonald with Donald Maas Literary Agency
Dorian Maffei with Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Eric Smith with P.S. Literary
Erica Bauman with Aevitas Creative
Hannah Fergesen with KT Literary
Hillary Jacobson with ICM Partners
Hilary Harwell with KT Literary
Jaida Temperly with New Leaf Literary & Media Inc.
Jessie Devine with D4EO Literary Agency
Jessica Sinsheimer with Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency
Jim McCarthy with Dystel, Goderich & Bourret, LLC
Joanna Volpe with New Leaf Literary & Media Inc.
Kate Brauning with Entangled Publishing
Kelly Van Sant with D4EO Literary Agency
Kirsten Carleton with Prospect Agency
Kurestin Armada with P.S. Literary
Lana Popovic with Chalberg & Sussman
Laura Zats with Red Sofa Literary
Lauren Spieller with TriadaUS Literary Agency
Linda Camacho with Prospect Agency
Lindsay Mealing with Emerald City Literary Agency
Lisa Abellera with Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Madelyn Burt with Stonesong Literary Agency
Maria Vicente with P.S. Literary
Mary C. Moore with Kimberley Cameron & Associates
Melissa Edwards with Stonesong Literary Agency
Natascha Morris with BookEnds Literary Agency
Patricia Nelson with Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Quressa Robinson with D4EO Literary Agency
Rachel Brooks with BookEnds Literary Agency
Rachel Stark with Sky Pony Press
Rebecca Podos with Rees Literary Agency
Rena Rossner with The Deborah Harris Agency
Roseanne Wells with The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Sandy Lu with L. Perkins Agency
Sarah LaPolla with Bradford Literary Agency
Serene Hakim with Pande Literary Agency
Stefanie Von Borstel with Full Circle Literary
Taylor Martindale Kean with Full Circle Literary
Thao Le with Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Whitley Abell with Inklings Literary Agency

Submissions open at midnight on August 30, 2017 and close on September 3, 2017 at 11:59 EDT. Please check out the website for complete guidelines. As always, good luck!

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

2017 #Pitprom Pitch Contest

August 23, 2017Contests, Literary#Pitprom, 2017, Agents, August, Authors, Blogs, books, Edited, Editors, Guidelines, Hone Your Craft, Manuscripts, Mentors, Opportunity, Pages, Pitch, Polished, Publishing, Query, Royal Advisors, Stories, Twitter, Writers, Writingpdpabst

#Pitprom
2017 Pitch contest

Yay! A new contest for writers. Me LOVES when writers want to help other writers! Here is what you need to know. This contest is to help you get your pitch shined for agents and editors. What you’ll need to enter is:

1. 140-character pitch. You’ve got 140 characters to grab their attention, including the #PitProm hashtag.
2. Query letter.
3. The first ten pages of your completed manuscript. (Polished and edited!)

The Royal Advisors will go through the first 200 entries to select 20 entries, consisting of ten science fiction and ten fantasy pitches. Then they will mentor those twenty writers to get their pitch, query, and first ten pages sparkly for an agent round. Submission begin August 24th, 2017 at midnight CST and will close on August 25, 2017 at midnight CST. Visit their site for complete guidelines and to learn about the Royal Advisors and agents/editors participating.

As always, good luck!

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

Illustrator Feedback Opportunity

August 17, 2017Critiques, LiteraryArt, Associate Art Director, books, Childrens Books, Designs, Feedback, Fiction, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Illustrator, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Opportunity, Picture Books, Published, Publishing, Sharismar Rodriguez, Unpublished, Visual Comminications, Young Adultpdpabst

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If you’re an illustrator, don’t miss this opportunity to have Sharismar Rodriguez, Associate Art Director for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt BFYR look over your illustrations and provide feedback. Published or unpublished: This is a great way to get your artwork seen. The deadline for submitting for this limited 5 week Sharismar appearance is August 20th, 2017.

Sharismar Rodriguez is an Associate Art Director for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers where she designs and art directs children’s books for all ages, from Picture Books to Middle Grade and YA novels and Non-Fiction volumes. She started her career in children’s publishing right after obtaining her BFA in Visual Communications from Parsons School of Design.

For details on how to participate, go here. As always, good luck!

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

Pockets Fiction Contest Closing

August 10, 2017Contests, Literary$500, Authors, Children, Fiction, Kids, Mailed Submissions, Monetary Prize, No Fee, No Theme, Opportunity, Pockets Magazine, Short Story, Stories, Submissions, Unpublished, Words, Writerspdpabst

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This contest is open to stories for children of 750-1000 words. The winner is to receive $500 and publication in Pockets Magazine. Entries must be postmarked no later than August 15, 2017.

Please indicate FICTION CONTEST on both the outside envelope and the cover sheet.

• There is no set theme and no entry fee.
• Stories should be 750–1,000 words. (Stories shorter than 750 words or longer than 1,000 words will be disqualified.)
• Stories must be previously unpublished.
• Please include an accurate word count on your cover sheet.
• Multiple submissions are permitted, but please submit only your best work.
• Past winners are ineligible.
• The winner will be announced November 1 at
pockets.upperroom.org.
• Award: $500 and publication in the magazine.
• Entries with an SASE will be returned.
• If you have questions, please email us at pockets@upperroom.org.

SEND ALL MANUSCRIPTS WITH SASE TO:

Lynn W. Gilliam, Editor
P. O. Box 340004
Nashville, TN 37203-0004

They request to please NOT send submissions via FAX or e-mail. As always, good luck!

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

Pitch Wars Submissions Are Open!

August 2, 2017Contests, Literary2017, Adult, Agents, Authors, Brenda Drake, Donate, Feedback, Fiction, Free Pass, Manuscripts, Mentors, Middle Grade, New Adult, Opportunity, Pitch Wars, Publishing, Scavenger Hunt, Stories, Storytelling, Submissions, Twitter, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

This is a quick reminder that Brenda Drake’s Pitch Wars submissions opened yesterday and will close August 6 at 10pm EDT (New York time). Go here for the guidelines and here to submit. There are two other ways to get into the contest, a scavenger hunt (scroll to find the info) to get a free pass into Pitch Wars and if you donate at least $20 you can pick two extra mentors. Woot! Note the participating menotrs are on the post with the scavenger hunt information. Lastly, be sure and stop by twitter to watch the #PitchWars feed because they are giving extra mentor prizes away.

Internship Opportunity for The Bent Agency

July 15, 2017Internship, LiteraryAuthors, books, Clients, Experience, Fiction, Intern, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Molly Ker Hawn, New York TImes Best Sellers, Non-Paid, Opportunity, Publishing, Readers, Remote, Reports, The Bent Agency, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Molly Ker Hawn of The Bent Agency is looking for an intern to read young adult and middle grade fiction for her. This is a remote and unpaid internship. Her expectations are that the intern reads and reports on an manuscript every two weeks. Applicants should be familiar with all sorts of YA & MG, especially literary-commercial. Molly would like someone with knowledge of New York Time Best Sellers and has interests in authors like Katherine Rundell, John Corey Whaley, Stephanie Kuehn, Margo Lanagan, Jack Gantos, Marie Rutkoski, Naomi Novik, Jacqueline Woodson, E Lockhart, Gene Luen Yang, Libba Bray…and, of course, her own clients.

For guidelines and how to apply, go here. As always, good luck!

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

Operation Awesome: Pass or Pages

July 8, 2017Contests, LiteraryAuthors, BookEnds Literary, Contemporary Romance, Corvisiero Literary Agency, Critique, Editing, Entrants, Feedback, Fiction, First 250, Fuse Literary, July, Kelyy Peterson, Manuscripts, Operation Awesome, Opportunity, Pass or Pages, Query, Rachel Brooks, Ricia Skinner, Stories, Submissions, Writers, Writingpdpabst

PASSORPAGES

Operation Awesome is hosting a Pass or Pages this month. For this round, the category is for contemporary romance (novels intended for adults, not YA). Submissions open between July 10 (6am EST) to July 12 (6pm EST), 2017. This is an opportunity to get feedback from an agent on your query and first 250 words of your manuscript. Peeps, this is priceless! And as a possible bonus, the agent reserves the right to request your FULL.

The participating agents are:

Tricia Skinner at Fuse Literary Agency
Rachel Brooks at BookEnds Literary Agency
Kelly Peterson at Corvisiero Liteary Agency

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.

Curtis Brown and Conville & Walsh’s #PitchCB on #Twitter

June 22, 2017Literary#PitchCB, Agency, Authors, Conville & Walsh, Curtis Brown Literary Literary and Talent Agency, Fiction, Guidelines, Hashtags, Literary Agents, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Pitching, Stories, Submissions, Twitter, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

This Friday (June 23, 2017) will be the #PitchCB twitter event hosted by Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency and Conville & Walsh. These events are held on the fourth Friday of most months (so you can catch the next event if you miss this one).

In order to submit, prepare a 140 character pitch including #PitchCB hashtag for your completed manuscript. The window will be open for 24 hours and remember to only pitch once! If your pitch is “liked”, submit directly to that agent following the agencies’ submission guidelines.

As always, good luck!

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

#PBPitch is Tomorrow!

June 21, 2017Contests, LiteraryArt, Authors, BookEnds Literary, Bradford Literary Agency, Chilldren's Books, Design, Dunham Literary, Fiction, Guidelines, Illustrations, Illustrators, Jennifer Dechiara Literary, June, Liza Royce Agency, Manuscripts, Marketing, Opportunity, PBPitch, Picture Books, Pitches, Pitching, Red Fox Literary, Sarah Freymann Literary, Stories, The Innovation Press, Thompson Literary, Twitter, Writerspdpabst

It’s time for another picture book twitter party using the hashtag #PBPitch! So, if you write or illustrate picture books, this is the event for you. This party will take place Thursday, June 22, 2017 from 8am-8pm EST. But remember, anyone can trawl the feed, so be sure and do your research! There will be legit agents and editors popping in and out, including those that haven’t confirmed attendance. But those that have confirmed are:

Liza Fleissig, Liza Royce Agency
Stephanie Fretwill-Hill, Red Fox Literary
Natascha Morris, BookEnds Literary
Kari Sutherland, Bradford Literary
Erica Rand Silverman, Stimola Literary
Cindy Uh, Thompson Literary
Jessica Sinsheimer, Sarah Freymann Literary
Rena Rossner, Deborah Harris Literary Agency
Editors from The Innovation Press
Roseanne Wells, Jennifer DeChiara Literary
Jennie Dunham, Dunham Literary

Be sure and only pitch once before 2pm and once after! (Yes, twice is all you get per manuscript!) If you’re an illustrator, you can attach an image to the pitch. For complete rules and proper hashtags, go here.

As always, good luck!

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

#SFFpit is Tomorrow!

June 21, 2017Contests, Literary#SFFpit, Adult, Agents, Authors, Blog, books, Dan Koboldt, Editors, Fantasy, Fiction, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Picture Book, Pitch, Pitching, Publishers, Sci-Fi, Stories, Twitter, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Hello my lovelies! Tomorrow (June 22, 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.
As all twitter pitch contests, you need to have 140 character pitch ready that includes the hashtag #SFFpit along with:

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

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