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Nelson Literary Agency Pitch Tomorrow!

June 20, 2017Contests, Literary#NLAPitch, Age Category, Agents, Authors, books, Fiction, Genre, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Nelson Literary Agency, Opportunity, Pitching, Stories, Twitter, Women's Fiction, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Tomorrow (June 21, 2017) Nelson Literary Agency sponsors #NLAPitch on Twitter from 9am-4p MST. Writers are permitted to tweet three times only per completed manuscript. Authors can include the age category and genre of their stories. Pitching should be done as with any twitter pitch contest, so no need to pitch directly to a particular agent.

For complete details, go here. And remember, tweets can be pre-scheduled using TweetDeck if a writer is unavailable to participate live. As always, good luck!

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

Brenda Drake’s #PitMad is Tomorrow!

June 7, 2017Contests, Literary#Pitmad, Adult, Age Category, Agents, Authors, Brenda Drake, Chapter Book, Childrens Books, Editors, Fiction, Genre, Hashtags, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, New Adult, Opportunity, Picture Book, Pitching, Polished, Stories, Subgenre, Three Pitches, Twitter, Unagented, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Nothing soothes the writerly soul than a good twitter pitch party! Tomorrow 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.

#pg70pit Contest is Tommorrow!

June 6, 2017Contests, Literary#70pit17, #pg70pit, Adult, Agents, Authors, books, dreams, Hashtags, Lara Willard, Lottery Winners, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, New Adult, novels, Page 70, Pitching, Publishing, Stories, Submissions, Twitter, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Lara Willard is hosting the third annual pg70pit, an unique type of contest and pitching opportunity for writers with complete, polished novels (Middle Grade, YA, or NA/Adult) in any genre except erotica. #70pit17 is this years hashtag. Submissions open at 7am EST on June 7, 2017 and is open for 24 hours. Lottery winners will be drawn from the form on the blog and from twitter. They’ll be announced on June 17th, 2017. The lucky folks selected will move on to an agent round on July 7, 2017.

Lara will start posting participating agent sometime this month. So keep an eye out on her blog. As always, good luck!

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

2017 Tennessee Writing Workship

May 24, 2017Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAgents, Authors, books, Brower Literary & Management, Corvisiero Literary Agency, Critique, Daniel Literary Group, editor, Embassy Suties by Hilton, Feedback, Holloway Literary Agency, July, Manuscripts, Maria Carvainis Agency, Marketing, Networking, Pitching, Speilburg Literary, Stories, Tennessee Writing Workshop, The Bent Agency, The Seymour Agency, The Strothman Agency, TriadaUS Literary Agency, Trident Media Group, Wordcrafts Press, Writers, Writing, Writing Instructionpdpabst

Tennessee Workshop

The Tennessee Writing Workshop will take place July 22, 2017 and is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course the event, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. The event is held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Nashville, Tennessee.

Some of the agents participating are:

literary agent Lauren MacLeod (The Strothman Agency)
literary agent Mark Gottlieb (Trident Media Group)
literary agent Kimberly Brower (Brower Literary & Management)
editor Mike Parker (Wordcrafts Press)
literary agent Elizabeth Copps (Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc.)
literary agent Beth Phelan (The Bent Agency)
literary agent Greg Daniel (Daniel Literary Group)
literary agent Julie Gwinn (The Seymour Agency)
literary agent Michael Caligaris (Holloway Literary Agency)
literary agent Alice Speilburg (Speilburg Literary)
literary agent Cate Hart (Corvisiero Literary)
literary agent Laura Crockett (Triada US Literary)
agent assistant Lesley Sabga (The Seymour Agency)
and possibly more to come

Note that there are limited seats at the event (150 total). So hurry if you want to attend, especially if you want to pitch to an agent!

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

Midwest Writers Workshop

May 22, 2017Literary, Writing Conferences & Getaways#MWW, @MidwestWriters, Agents, Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Angie Thomas, Authors, Ball State University, Becky Albertalli, Bradford Literary Agency, Brenda Drake, Brooks Sherman, Critiques, Dee Romito, Eric Smith, Evaluations, Feedback, Harlequin, Harper Collins, Hone Your Craft, Indiana, Jennifer De Chiara Literary, Jennifer Laughran, Jessica Sinsheimer, Jessica Stawser, John Gilstrap, L.A. Pittenger Student Center, Lauren Smulski, Manuscripts, Marketing, Midnight Ink, Midwest Writers Workshop, Monica Odom, Muncie, Networking, Opportunity, P.S. Literary, Pitching, Professionals, Query, Rena Olsen, Roseanne Wells, Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency, Terri Bishoff, Writer's Digest, Writerspdpabst

Often in the universe of writers, there is talk of conferences and workshops. Most of the time they seem to be located in New York or Los Angeles because there are beaucoup agencies in these cities. However, occasionally a few are held in the Midwest.

Midwest Writers Group

One such event is called the Midwest Writers Workshop and will be held July 20-22, 2017 at L.A. Pittenger Student Center in partnership with Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. You can find them 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

Roseanne Wells, The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Jessica Sinsheimer, Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency
Monica Odom, Bradford Literary Agency
Brooks Sherman, Janklow & Nesbit Associates
Jennifer Laughran, Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Eric Smith, P.S. Literary

EDITORS:

Terri Bischoff, Acquisitions Editor at Midnight Ink
Lauren Smulski, Assistant Editor at Harlequin/Harper Collins
Jessica Strawser, Editorial Director of Writer’s Digest, the author of Almost Missed You

AUTHORS:

Becky Albertalli – author of the award-winning young adult novel, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (now in film production from Fox 2000 Pictures) and The Upside of Unrequited
Brenda Drake – NYT Bestseller of young adult novels and creator of #PitchWars Contest
Angie Thomas – author of the New York Times bestseller young adult novel The Hate U Give (film optioned from Fox 2000 Productions)
Dee Romito – author of middle grade novel, The BFF Bucket List, and other novels, also guru for Scrivener writing software.
Rena Olsen – author of thriller novel The Girl Before The Girl Before
John Gilstrap – bestselling author of the Jonathan Grave thriller series; two of the first three in the series were nominated for ITW’s prestigious Thriller Award, and for Private Eye Writers of America’s Shamus Award

To see all the faculty, go here. There are even opportunities for pitching and ma nuscript 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.

Children’s and Teens Fiction/Non-Fiction #DVPit Hosted by Lit Agent Beth Phelan

April 21, 2017Contests, Literary#DVpit, Adult, Agents, Authors, Beth Phelan, Childrens Books, Disabled Persons, Diversity, Editors, Feedback, Fiction, LGBTQIA, Manuscripts, Marginalized Voices, Non-Fiction, People of Color, People With Illiness, Pitch Event, Pitching, Publsihing, Religious, Stories, The Bent Agency, Twitter, Unagented, Underrepresented Cultures, Writerspdpabst

The search for diversity within books has increased, not just with secondary characters but main characters. The world wants to see a fabulous palette of colors and cultures among the stories they read and the publishing industry is responding! This prompted literary agent Beth Phelan of The Bent Agency to create DVpit.

According to the site, #DVpit is a twitter event created to showcase pitches about and by marginalized voices. This includes (but is not limited to): Native peoples and people of color; people living and/or born/raised in underrepresented cultures and countries; disabled persons; people with illness; people on marginalized ends of the socioeconomic, cultural and/or religious spectrum; people identifying as LGBTQIA+; and more.

The next event will spread over two days. April 25th will be for Children’s & Teen Fiction/Nonfiction (picture books, chapter books, graphic novel, middle grade, young adult). April 26th will be for Adult Fiction/Nonfiction (all genres, commercial and literary). Each day the event will run from 8am-8pm ET using the hashtag #DVpit. Be sure and pitch your manuscript on the correct day because agents/editors will search the feed on the specific day of the categories they represent/acquire.

As always, good luck!

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

Don Freeman Illustrator Grant

March 29, 2017Awards, Contests, LiteraryAdvertising, Art Directors, Art Supplies, Authors, Childcare, Childrens Books, Conferences, Courses, Creativity, Illustrators, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, Opportunity, Picture Books, Pitching, Portfolio, Pre-published Illunstrator, Publishers, SCBWI, Stories, Travel, Two Grants, Work In Progress, Worshop, Writerspdpabst

According to the webpage, the Don Freeman Work-In-Progress Grants are available to all members of the SCBWI, regardless of membership level, who are working on a picture book or their portfolio. They are not available for projects on which there is already a contract.

Two grants of $1,000 each will be awarded annually. One grant to a published illustrator and one to an pre-published illustrator. The money may be used in any way to help you complete your project. Acceptable uses include: purchasing art supplies, enrollment in workshops or conferences, courses in advanced illustrating or writing techniques, travel for research or to expose work to publishers/art directors, or childcare.

Enrolment is open and ends on March 31, 2017. Visit the webpage to for complete information and guidelines to submit. As always, good luck.

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

Tomorrow is #Pitmad

March 22, 2017Contests, Literary#Pitmad, Adult, Age, Agents, Authors, Brenda Drake, Category, Chapter Books, Children's, dreams, Editors, Fiction, Genre, Hashtags, Manuscript, Middle Grade, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Pitch Event, Pitch Party, Pitching, Publishers, Stories, Twitter, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Nothing soothes the writerly soul than a good twitter pitch party! Tomorrow is Brenda Drake‘s infamous #PitMad between the hours of 8am-8pm (EDT). This is for completed and polished manuscripts only. 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:

As always, good luck!

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

Twitter Pitch Party #AdPit

November 15, 2016Contests, Literary#Adpit, Adult Fiction, Adult Non-Fiction, Authors, contest, Editors, Hashtags, Heidi Norrod, Literary Agents, Manuscripts, New Adult Fiction, New Adult Non-Fiction, Pitch Contest, Pitching, Publishers, 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 16. 2016. The contest will be between 9am-3pm CST (Chicago time). You will allowed to pitch six times over the course of the event. I’d suggest 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 trawling LITERARY AGENTS and EDITORS before submissions. As always, good luck!

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

Writer’s Digest Annual Conference 2016 In New York

June 20, 2016Literary, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAgents, Conference, Critigues, Editors, Hilton, Literary Friends, Manuscripts, New York, Pitching, Publishers, Writer's Digest, Writingpdpabst

Writers Digest Conference

The Writer’s Digest Conference will be held in New York August 12-14, 2016 at the New York Hilton Midtown. The program is designed to give you a balanced education in both the craft and the business of being a writer—all in an encouraging, inspiring environment. Customize your experience by mixing-and-matching sessions among these core tracks: Craft, Getting Published, The Business of Being an Author, Platform & Promotion and Genre Studies. And this is the cool place where Pitchslam happens!

Agents/Editors in attendance will be:

Marilyn Allen Allen O’Shea Literary

Kurestin Armada P.S. Literary

Noah Ballard Curtis Brown, Ltd

Danielle Burby HSG Agency

Tara Carberry Trident Media Group

Kirsten Carleton Prospect Agency

Marisa Corvisiero Corvisiero Literary Agency

Kaylee Davis Dee Mura Literary

Stephanie Delman Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Inc.

Elise Erickson Harold Ober Associates

Diana Finch Diana Finch Literary Agency