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Internship opportunity (London): Translation Rights at A.M. Heath
If you live in the London area, A.M. Heath is currently offering a three-month, paid internship in their Translation Rights department!
According to their website: the ideal candidate will have strong administrative skills, a genuine enthusiasm for books and international publishing, and enjoy working as part of a friendly, close-knit team. The role involves administrative work supporting the Rights team – logging submissions, organizing paperwork, coordinating materials with publishers and authors – with a focus on preparing for the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Experience within publishing and/or knowledge of another language would be welcome, but is not necessary.
They want someone to start immediately and work until late November. The internship is full-time; hours are 9:30 to 5:30 with an hour for lunch. The salary will be the London living wage.
The deadline for applications is midday on Friday, September 7, 2018. (London Time) To learn how to apply, check their news feed. As always, good luck!
P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.
Interns Needed for The Bent Agency
The Bent Agency is searching for an adult intern, as well as a YA/MG intern. The internships are a great way to learn more about an agent’s work and decision-making process. Past interns have been writers for children, children’s librarians, elementary school teachers, MFA students, and passionate readers. This is an unpaid internship which will require a minimum of ten hours per week commitment. The great news is that you do NOT have to live in New York.
For complete details, go here. As always, good luck!
P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.
PitchWars Blog Hop Has Begun!
If you haven’t heard, PitchWars has posted the mentor’s blog hops for 2018! Woo-hoo! Can you believe it’s that time of year again? Be sure to check out each mentors blog in the genre you write to see what’s on their wish list. There are 107 mentors total this year. Also, keep an eye on the agent’s page because many have already signed up to participate. The PitchWars staff will update the page as more agents enroll. (So far, 63 as of this moment.)
Unfamiliar with PitchWars? This is an event where mentors select a mentee’s manuscript to revise to help them get ready for an agent round. That’s right, they help a mentee rework their entire manuscript for free. This is because agented authors and editors want to give back to the writerly community. How exciting is that? There is so much love people!
Submissions will be open from August 27, 2018 (midnight EST) and ends on August 29, 2018 (10pm EST). Manuscripts must be completed and polished in order to enter. This is the crème de la crème of writing contests and only happens once a year! So, get those manuscripts edited and select the mentors you want to sub to. You only get to pick four! And as always, good luck!
P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.
Sourcebooks: Romance Submissions
While Sourcebooks only accepts virtually all agented submissions, they’re doors are wide open for romance fiction subs—even from unagented writers! They are acquiring single-title romance fiction for their Casablanca imprint. Some of the subgenres they’ll accept are:
- paranormal romance
- romantic suspense
- contemporary romance
- erotic romance
- historical romance (prior to 1900 only)
Please note, this is not an exclusive list as they state they’ll consider all subgenres. The manuscripts they’re looking for should be between 85,000-100,000 words. To get an idea of some things they like, check out a few of their recent authors’ books.
For complete criteria and to learn how to submit, go here. As always, good luck!
P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.
#SFFpit Pitch Event on Twitter
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 June 28, 2018 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 and includes 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.
Writer’s Digest Annual Conference, NY
The Writer’s Digest Conference will be held in New York August 10-12, 2018 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:
- Amelia Appel of Triada US
- Erica Bauman of Aevitas Creative Management
- Lauren Bieke of Fine Print Literary Management
- Amy Elizabeth Bishop of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management
- Danielle Burkowski of Sterling Lord Literistic
- Madelyn Burt of Stonesong Literary
- Debbie Carter of Waverly Place Literary Agency
- Sonali Chanchani of Folio Literary Management
- Marisa Corvisiero of Corvisiero Literary Agency
- Bess Cozby of Tor/Forge/Starscape/Tor Teen
- achel Crawford of Mackenzie Wolf
- Kerrie D’Agostino of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
- Claire Draper of Inkwell Management
- Jennie Dunham of Dunham Literary, Inc.
- Diana Finch of Diana Finch Literary Agency
- Heather Flaherty of The Bent Agency
- Mark Gottlieb of Trident Media Group
- Jill Grosjean of Jill Grosjean Literary Agency
- Ben Grange of L. Perkins Agency
- Jeff Herman of The Jeff Herman Agency, LLC
- Jessica Mileo of InkWell Management
- Paula Munier of Talcott Notch Literary Services
- Dee Mura of Dee Mura Literary
- Kimiko Nakamura of Dee Mura Literary
- Kevin O’Connor of Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency
- Amaryah Orenstein of GO Literary
- Kelly Peterson of Corvisiero Literary
- Beth Phelan of Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency
- Michelle Richter of Fuse Literary
- Rita Rosenkranz of Rita Rosenkranz Literary Agency
- Katherine Sands of Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency
- Lauren Spieller of TriadaUS
- Leah Spiro of Riverside Creative Management, Inc.
- ohn Willig of Literary Services, Inc.
- Leslie Zampetti of Dunham Literary, Inc.
- Helen Zimmermann of Zimmermann Literary
- Samantha Zukergood of St. Martins Press
THE LOUISE MERIWETHER FIRST BOOK PRIZE
Once again, the Feminist Press has partnered with TAYO Literary Magazine for a contest seeking the best debut books by women and nonbinary writers of color to celebrate author Louis Meriwether’s achievements. This contest is for first time authors. Submit your complete manuscript of fiction (including novels and short story collections) or narrative memoir between 50,000 and 80,000 words. Capture their attention with your words to receive $5,000 and a publishing contract from the Feminist Press!
The third annual Louise Meriwether First Book Prize entries will close on June 30, 2018. To learn how to enter and complete guidelines, go here. As always, good luck!
P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.
Arthur A. Levine Books (Scholastic) Submissions
Did you know you could submit your manuscript or illustrations to Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic? But they don’t take unsolicited material, you say? This is true. However, they will look at the following samples:
Picture Books: Query letter + the full text
Novels: Query letter + the first two chapters + synopsis
Other: Query letter + 10-page sample + synopsis/proposal
Illustration: Three sample illustrations and/or links to online portfolios
Currently (subject to change) they are accepting submissions every month, but have a limitation. If you are met with the message “There are presently no open calls for submissions,” they have reached their monthly limit on queries. Please wait until the first day of the next month to submit your query. And since Harry Potter is associated with this publisher, I imagine they meet their quota pretty fast!
If you read this post and get a publishing contract, please let me know. I’m always eager to know when someone learns about an opportunity from my blog and scores! Good luck!
P.D. Pabst
Writer and blogger of MG/YA Fiction
PitDark Only Has a Few More Hours!
Somehow I managed to schedule this post for a different day. It was brought to my attention that I had the wrong day when I got a “fave” from an editor from an older pitch. (Needless to say, I was excited and then disappointed when I saw my blog didn’t post.) So, here is the info incase you’re not aware. There are only a couple more hours left in the contest!
This cool twitter pitch party is today May 17, 2018! Author Jason Huebinger is the host of #PitDark. This is one of my favorite contests because it’s strictly for manuscripts with darker elements, which is soooo down my alley. The event is between 8am and 8pm EST. Authors may pitch once an hour per manuscript. Please do not clog the feed by over pitching so agents don’t get frustrated and quit reading.
Hashtags for AGE CATEGORIES
- #MG – Middle Grade
- #YA – Young adult
- #NA – New adult
- #A – Adult
Hashtags for GENRES & SUBGENRES
- #H – horror
- #PH – psychological horror
- #GH – gothic horror
- #CSH – cosmic horror
- #BH – body horror
- #CH – comedy horror
- #DC – dark comedy
- #DR – dark romance
- #SFH – science fiction horror
- #PNH – paranormal horror
- #ZH – zombie horror
- #MH – monster horror
- #GRH – graphic horror
- #MM – murder mystery
- #FA – fantasy
- #DF – dark fantasy
- #T – thriller
- #EF – epic or high fantasy
- #HF – historical fantasy
- #LF – literary fantasy
- #AH – alternate history
- #PN – paranormal
- #PR – paranormal romance
- #UF – urban fantasy
- #MR – magical realism
- #SF – science fiction
- #AF – apocalypse fiction
- #ML – military science fiction
- #PA – post-apocalyptic SF
- #CP – cyberpunk
- #SFT – sci-fi thriller
- #SH – superhero / superhuman
- #SO – space opera
- #DS – dystopian
- #SP – steampunk
- #TT – time travel
- #WW – weird west
- #SPEC – speculative fiction
- #NF – non-fiction
For complete rules, go here. (Note: If your curious about previous agent, editor, and film company participation, there is a link on this page.) As always, good luck!
P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.
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