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#SFFpit Twitter Pitch Contest

January 18, 2021Contests#OwnVoices, #SFFpit, Age Group, Agency, Agents, Authors, コンテスト, ประกวด, Category, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Contemporary, Cuộc thi, Dan Koboldt, Конкурс, Editors, Epic, Event, 경연 대회, Fantasy, Favorite, Gystadleuaeth, Hashtag, Historical, Horror, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, LGBTQ, Magical Realism, Manuscripts, Multicultural, Mythic, Natjecanje, Opportunity, paligsahan, Paranormal, People of Color, Pitch, Pitching, Publishing, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Soutěž, Space Opera, Steam Punk, Tävling, Tweet, Twitter, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Writers, Writing, Yarışması, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

It’s that time of year again for science fiction and fantasy writers to polish their pitches for Dan Koboldt’s #SFFpit writing contest on twitter! It runs on February 3, 2021 between 8am-6pm EST. This contest allows 10 pitches total (one per hour), so use them wisely! As usual, it needs to be a 280 character pitch for twitter including the hashtag #SFFpit. For all the rules, including how to properly insert the age group and category, go here. And remember to research any agents or editors that favorite your tweet because ANY ONE can trawl the feed!

As always, good luck!

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

#PitMad Is Coming!

November 30, 2020Literary#OwnVoices, #Pitmad, Adult, Age Category, Agents, コンテスト, ประกวด, Brenda Drake, Committee, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Contemporary, Cuộc thi, Disabilities, Diversity, Конкурс, Editors, Event, 경연 대회, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, Hashtag, Horror, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, LGBTQIA, Managing Director, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Mystery, Natjecanje, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, paligsahan, Paranormal Romance, Person of Color, Picture Book, Pitch, Pitching, POC, research, Romance, Rules, Science Fiction, Sonia Hartl, Soutěž, Speculative, Submissions, Submitting, Tävling, Twitter, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Yarışması, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

Nothing soothes the writerly soul than a good twitter pitch party! This Thursday on September 3, 2020 is the infamous #PitMad founded by Brenda Drake, ran now by Managing Director Sonia Hartl, and a full committee (yeah, it’s grown that much!). This event will run 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
#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

Additional hashtags (optional):

#BVM = Black Voices Matter (to be used by black creators)
#POC = Author is a Person of Color
#OWN = Own Voices
#IMM = Immigrant
#LGBT = LGBTQIA+ subject matter
#IRMC = Interracial/Multicultural subject matter
#MH = Mental Health subject matter
#DIS = Disability subject matter
#ND = Neurodiverse subject matter

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 pitches. So, do your research before submitting your manuscript. And as always, good luck!

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

#PitMad Is Almost Here

August 27, 2020Contests, Literary#OwnVoices, #Pitmad, Adult, Age Category, Agents, コンテスト, ประกวด, Brenda Drake, Committee, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Contemporary, Cuộc thi, Disabilities, Diversity, Конкурс, Editors, Event, 경연 대회, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, Hashtag, Horror, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, LGBTQIA, Managing Director, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Mystery, Natjecanje, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, paligsahan, Paranormal Romance, Person of Color, Picture Book, Pitch, Pitching, POC, research, Romance, Rules, Science Fiction, Sonia Hartl, Soutěž, Speculative, Submissions, Submitting, Tävling, Twitter, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Yarışması, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

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

Additional hashtags (optional):

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

LatinxPitch for Kidlit Event

August 17, 2020Contests, Literary#LatinxPitch, #LGTBIQ, #OwnVoices, #WFH, Agents, Art, Artist, Authors, コンテスト, ประกวด, Board Books, Chapter Books, Children's Stories, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Cuộc thi, Disability, конкурс, Editors, 경연 대회, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Gystadleuaeth, Illustrator, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kidlit, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Natjecanje, Non-Fiction, paligsahan, Picture Books, Pictures, Romance, Soutěž, Tävling, Tweet, Twitter, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Writers, Yarışması, Young Adult, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

LatinxPitch is a kidlit pitching event for creators of children’s literature who belong to the Latinx community. The event was created to raise up Latinx voices and increase a diverse representation in children’s literature. All kidlit Latinx unagented and agented authors and/or illustrators are permitted to participate. Kidlit includes board books, picture books, chapter books, middle grade, graphic novels and young adult.

The event will take place on Twitter September 15, 2020 from 8am to 8pm EST. Be sure to use the hashtag #LatinxPitch. Agented authors and illustrators should check with their agents before participating and must include the hashtag #Editor to indicate they are looking for an editor and not an agent. For complete guidelines, go here. Also, don’t forget to check out the team that organized the event and follow them on twitter or their blogs! As always, good luck!

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

#SFFpit Pitch Event For Writers

July 27, 2020Contests, Literary#OwnVoices, #SFFpit, Age Group, Agency, Agents, Authors, Category, Contemporary, Dan Koboldt, Editors, Epic, Event, Fantasy, Favorite, Hashtag, Historical, Horror, LGBTQ, Magical Realism, Manuscripts, Multicultural, Mythic, Opportunity, Paranormal, People of Color, Pitch, Pitching, Publishing, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Steam Punk, Tweet, Twitter, Writers, Writingpdpabst

It’s that time of year again for science fiction and fantasy writers to polish their pitches for Dan Koboldt’s #SFFpit writing contest on twitter! It runs on July 29, 2020 between 8am-6pm EST. This contest allows 10 pitches total and Dan asks that you use them wisely! As usual, it needs to be a 280 character pitch for twitter including the hashtag #SFFpit. For all the rules, including how to properly insert the age group and category, go here. And remember to research any agents or editors that favorite your tweet because ANY ONE can trawl the feed!

As always, good luck!

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

#PitMad Is Almost Here!

May 25, 2020Contests, Literary#OwnVoices, #Pitmad, Adult, Age Category, Agents, Brenda Drake, Committee, Contemporary, Disabilities, Diversity, Editors, Event, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Guidelines, Hashtag, Horror, LGBTQIA, Managing Director, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Mystery, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Paranormal Romance, Person of Color, Picture Book, Pitch, Pitching, POC, research, Romance, Rules, Science Fiction, Sonia Hartl, Speculative, Submissions, Submitting, Twitter, Young Adultpdpabst

Nothing soothes the writerly soul than a good twitter pitch party! This Thursday on June 4, 2020 is the infamous #PitMad founded by Brenda Drake, ran now by Managing Director Sonia Hartl, and a full committee (yeah, it’s grown that much!). This event will run 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

Additional hashtags (optional):

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

#Pitmad is Almost Here!

November 25, 2019Contests, Literary#OwnVoices, #Pitmad, Adult, Age Category, Agents, コンテスト, ประกวด, Brenda Drake, Committee, Concorso, Concours, Concurs, Concurso, Contemporary, Cuộc thi, Disabilities, Diversity, конкурс, Editors, Event, 경연 대회, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Guidelines, Gystadleuaeth, Hashtag, Horror, Διαγωνισμό, kampf, Keppni, Kilpailu, Konkurrence, Konkurs, Kontes, LGBTQIA, Managing Director, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Mystery, Natjecanje, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, paligsahan, Paranormal Romance, Person of Color, Picture Book, Pitch, Pitching, POC, research, Romance, Rules, Sarah Nicolas, Science Fiction, Soutěž, Speculative, Submissions, Submitting, Tävling, Twitter, مسابقه, Verseny, Wedstrijd, Wedstryd, Yarışması, Young Adult, 比賽, 比赛, المسابقهpdpabst

Nothing soothes the writerly soul than a good twitter pitch party! This Thursday on December 5, 2019 is the infamous #PitMad founded by Brenda Drake, ran now by Managing Director Sarah Nicolas, and a full committee (yeah, it’s grown that much!). This event will run 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

Additional hashtags (optional):
#POC = Author is a Person of Color
#OWN = Own Voices
#IMM = Immigrant
#LGBT = LGBTQIA+ subject matter
#IRMC = Interracial/Multicultural subject matter
#MH = Mental Health subject matter
#DIS = Disability subject matter
#ND = Neurodiverse subject matter

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

#SFFpit Pitch Event For Writers

July 17, 2019Contests, Literary#OwnVoices, #SFFpit, Age Group, Agency, Agents, Authors, Category, Contemporary, Dan Koboldt, Editors, Epic, Event, Fantasy, Favorite, Hashtag, Historical, Horror, LGBTQ, Magical Realism, Manuscripts, Multicultural, Mythic, Opportunity, Paranormal, People of Color, Pitch, Pitching, Publishing, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Steam Punk, Tweet, Twitter, Writers, Writingpdpabst

It’s that time of year again for science fiction and fantasy writers to polish their pitches for Dan Koboldt’s #SFFpit writing contest on twitter! It runs on July 24, 2019 between 8am-6pm EST. This contest allows 10 pitches total and Dan asks that you use them wisely! As usual, it needs to be a 280 character pitch for twitter including the hashtag #SFFpit. For all the rules, including how to properly insert the age group and category, go here. And remember to research any agents or editors that favorite your tweet because ANY ONE can trawl the feed!

As always, good luck!

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

#PitMad Is Almost Here!

May 31, 2019Contests#OwnVoices, #Pitmad, Adult, Age Category, Agents, Brenda Drake, Committee, Contemporary, Disabilities, Diversity, Editors, Event, Fantasy, Fiction, Genre, Guidelines, Hashtag, Horror, LGBTQIA, Managing Director, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Mystery, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Paranormal Romance, Person of Color, Picture Book, Pitch, Pitching, POC, research, Romance, Rules, Sarah Nicolas, Science Fiction, Speculative, Submissions, Submitting, Twitter, Young Adultpdpabst

Nothing soothes the writerly soul than a good twitter pitch party! This Thursday on June 6, 2019 is the infamous #PitMad founded by Brenda Drake, ran now by Managing Director Sarah Nicolas, and a full committee (yeah, it’s grown that much!). This event will run 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

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

The Color of Children’s Literature Conference in New York

February 28, 2018Critiques, Literary, Writing Conferences & Getaways#Kweli18, #OwnVoices, @bottomshelfbks, Agents, Angela Johnson, Announcements, Artists, Authors, Cheryl Klein, Children's Publishing, Conference, Design, Editors, Facult, Feedback, Gallt & Zacker Literary, Hachette Book Group, Hashtag, Heidi Heilig, Illustrators, Inspiration, Javaka Steptoe, Joanna Cardenas, John Parra, Julie Flett, Kait Feldmann, Kate Sullivan, Kazu Kibuishi, Kheryn Callender, Kidlit, Kurestin Armada, Kweli Journal, Lee & Low Books, Linda Camacho, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Network, New York, New York TImes Best Sellers, Nic Stone, P.S. Literary, Panels, Penguin Random House, Penguin Young Readers, People of Color, Picture Books, publisher, Publishing, Renee Watson, Rita Williams Garcia, Samira Ahmed, Scholastic, Stories, The Color of Children's Literature Conference, The Graduate Center/CUNY, Twitter, Vashti Harrison, Workshop, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Kweli Journal celebrates and support #OwnVoices with The Color of Children’s Literature Conference in New York. On April 7th at The Graduate Center/CUNY, join top editors, agents, authors & illustrators in the children’s publishing world. Their spring conference is an excellent opportunity for writers and illustrators of color to learn, get inspired and network with others in the industry.

They are also offering critiques from some of the faculty. Some of those participating are:

Associate agent Kurestin Armada, P.S Literary
Associate Editor Kheryn Callender, Hachette Book Group
Literary agent Linda Camacho, Gallt & Zacker Literary
Literary agent Beth Phelan, Gallt & Zacker Literary
Editor Joanna Cardenas at Kokila Books, a new imprint of Penguin Young Readers
Editor Cheryl Klein, Lee & Low Books
Senior Editor Kate Sullivan, Delacorte Press of Penguin Random House
Associate Editor Kait Feldmann, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
Junior agent Serene Hakim, Ayesha Pande Literary
And many, many more! (See the full list here.)

They have an exciting line up with keynote address by MacArthur “Genius” ANGELA JOHNSON, and panels and workshops with award-winning and New York Times bestselling authors and illustrators SAMIRA AHMED, JULIE FLETT, RITA WILLIAMS GARCIA, VASHTI HARRISON, KAZU KIBUISHI, JOHN PARRA, JAVAKA STEPTOE, NIC STONE, RENEE WATSON, HEIDI HEILIG, and others. Keep watch on the #Kweli18 hashtag on Twitter as @bottomshelfbks announces more that aren’t currently showing on the list. It’s going to be a fabulous event! Go here to register.

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

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