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Pikes Peak Writers Conference

February 17, 2020Literary, Writing Conferences & Getawaysadvise, Agents, Allegory, Aquiring Editors, Authors, Best-Sellers, Bond Literary, books, Chuck Wendig, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Del Rey, Del Rey Books, Delilah Dawson, Editors, Feedback, Inspiration, International, Laura DiSilverio, Learning, Literary Agency, Manuscripts, Mary Jo Putney, Nelson Literary Agency, New Leaf Literary, New York TImes Best Sellers, Opportunity, P.S. Literary, Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Plum Bay Books, Professionals, Random House, Reavis Wortham, Registration, Speakers, Stories, The Lark Group, The Seymour Agency, Tor/Forge, Writerspdpabst

Pikes Peak Writers Conference is an opportunity to get literary advise from a professional in the business or get invaluable feedback on your manuscript. The conference will be April 17-19, 2020 held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Delilah Dawson (New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Phasma and more!)
Laura DiSilverio (National bestselling and award-winning author of 21 mystery, suspense and young adult sci-fi novels.)
Mary Jo Putney (New York Times bestselling author, won ten RWA RITA nominations, two RITA wins, and received RWA’s 2013 Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award.)
Chuck Wendig (New York Time bestselling author of Star Wars: Aftermath, alongside other works across comics, games, film, and more.)
Reavis Wortham (Spur Award winner and author of historical mysteries and contempory westerns.)

ACQUIRING EDITORS:

Ty Drago (Allegory an SF, Fantasy & Horror Magazine)
Claire Eddy (Tor/Forge)
Tom Hoeler (Del Rey Books, and imprint of Random House Books)
Claire McKinney (Plum Bay Books)

AGENTS:

Becky LeJeune (Bond Literary Agency)
Angie Hodapp (Nelson Literary Agency, LLC)
Maureen Moretti (P.S. Literary)
Devin Ross (New Leaf Literary)
Lesley Sabga (The Seymour Agency)
Abby Saul (The Lark Group)

For more authors and specialist, go here. And be sure to register before the workshop fills up and make your reservations at the DoubleTree by Hilton Colorado Spring. As always, have fun!

P.D. Pabst

Pikes Peak Writers Conference

January 26, 2019Literary, Writing Conferences & Getawaysadvise, Agents, Aquiring Editors, Authors, Best-Sellers, Bond Literary, books, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Crooked Lane Books, Del Rey, Editors, Feedback, Film Producer, Inspiration, International, Learning, Literary Agency, Manuscripts, New Leaf Literary, New York TImes Best Sellers, Opportunity, Penquin, Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Professionals, Random House, Registration, Speakers, Stories, The Seymour Agency, Writers, Writers Housepdpabst

Pikes Peak Writers Conference is an opportunity to get literary advise from a professional in the business or get invaluable feedback on your manuscript. The conference will be May 3-5, 2019 held in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Susan Wiggs (International and #1 New York Times best-selling author)
Rachel Howzell Hall (New York Times best-selling author)
John Gilstrap (New York Times best-selling author and film producer)
Anne Bishop (New York Times best-selling author)

ACQUIRING EDITORS:

Faith Black Ross (Crooked Lane Books)
Tom Hoeler (Del Rey an imprint of Random House Books)
Stacey Barney (G.P. Putnam’s Sons and imprint of Penguin)

AGENTS:

Victoria Doherty Munro (Writers House)
Lesley Sabga (The Seymour Agency)
Becky LeJune (Bond Literary)
Suzie Townsend (New Leaf Literary)

For more authors and specialist, go here. And be sure to register before the workshop fills up. As always, have fun!

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

Submit To Dial Books For Young Readers

October 12, 2018Literary, Publishing OpportunityAuthors, Caldecott Honor, Dial Books For Young Readers, Guidelines, Imprint, Manuscripts, Middle Grade Books, New York TImes Bestseller List, Newberry Honor, Penguin, Picture Book, Polish, Printz Prize, publisher, Publishing, Random House, Submission, Submit, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

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Did you know that Dial Books For Young Readers (an imprint of Penguin/Random House) allows authors to submit to them without having an agent? Yes, you heard that right! They publish picture book, middle grade, and young adult books. Several of their authors have been on the New York Times Bestsellers List. Other authors have won Newberry Honor, Caldecott Honor, Printz Medal, and many other awards. So, they are a very notable imprint!

If you go this route, make sure your manuscript is polished before submitting! You want to show your best work! Go here for submissions guidelines. And as always, good luck!

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

YA Novel Discovery Contest

October 28, 2017Contests, LiteraryAbram Books, agent, Authors, Bloomsbury, Candlewick, Competition, Contract, dreams, Entries, Fiction, First 250, Grand Prize, Guidelines, JIMMY Patterson Books, Little Brown, Penguin, Pitching, Prizes, Publishing, Query, Random House, Regina Brooks, Scholastic, Serendipity Literary Agency, Simon and Schuster, Stories, Submissions, Writers, Writing, Young Adult, Young Adult Novel Discoverypdpabst

Serendipity Literary Agency is hosting the eighth annual Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition. If writers are having trouble pitching ideas, no worries with this contest because they won’t even need a query! Seriously, only the first 250 words will be needed to submit.

YA literary agent Regina Brooks and her team will read all of the entries and determine the top 20 submissions. (There will be great prizes for the top winners!) These submissions will then be read by editors from many of the major publishing houses. Past judges include editors from Scholastic, Random House/Penguin, Little Brown, Candlewick, Bloomsbury, Simon and Schuster, JIMMY Patterson Books, and Abram Books. Judges will whittle the top 20 down to five winners, including a Grand Prize Winner.

Submissions open on November 1, 2017 at 12:01am (ET) and close on November 30, 2017 at 12:59pm (ET). Only one entry per person with a $15 entry fee. The contest is open to U.S. and Canada residents only.

For complete guidelines and submission rules, or to watch for their upcoming post about prizes, go here. As always, good luck!

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

YA Discovery Contest

October 21, 2016Contests, LiteraryAbrams Books, Agents, Authors, Bloomsbury, Brown, Candlewick, Little, Manuscripts, No Pitch, No Query, Penguin, Prizes, Publishers, Random House, Regina Brooks, Scholastic, Serendipity Literary Agency, Simon and Schuster, Sourcebooks, YA Discovery Contest, Young Adult Novel Discovery Competitionpdpabst

Serendipity Literary Agency in conjunction with Sourcebooks Inc. is hosting their seventh annual Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition. If you’ve had trouble pitching your ideas in the past, no worries with this contest. You won’t even need a query!

YA literary agent Regina Brooks and her team will read all of the entries and determine the top 20 submissions. (There are supposed to be great prizes for the top winners!) These submissions will then be read by editors from many of the major publishing houses. Past judges include editors from Scholastic, Random House/Penguin, Little, Brown, Candlewick, Bloomsbury, Simon and Schuster, and Abram Books. Judges will whittle the top 20 down to five winners, including a Grand Prize Winner.

Submissions open on November 1, 2016 at 12:01am (ET) and close on November 30, 2016 at 12:59pm (ET). Only one entry per person with a $15 entry fee. The contest is open to U.S. and Canada residents only.

For complete guidelines and submission rules, or to watch for their upcoming post about prizes, go here.

As always, good luck!

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