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AUTHOR MENTOR MATCH

January 4, 2021Contests, Mentor ProgramAge Category, Agent Ready, Alexa Donne, Author Mentor Match, Authors, Critique Partners, Feedback, Fiction, Genre, Heather Kaczynski, Manuscript, Mentoring, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Publishing, Query, Stories, Submissions, Synopsis, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Author Mentor Match was created by Heather Kaczynski and Alexa Donne. The object is to match new writers with authors further along in the publishing process and gain invaluable mentoring! That’s right, this is an opportunity to get your manuscript critiqued (for free) before submitting to agents!

Authors can select up to four mentors during the submission window which is already opened! Submissions close January 14, 2021. Watch for the mentor BIOS to be posted to learn what age groups and genres they wish to see in their inbox!

Please note there is a two-step process for entering:

Fill out the submission form. (I believe the form will appear during the sub window period.)
Email the proper information to authormentormatch@gmail.com:

A query (pasted in the body of the email!)
The first 50 pages/3 chapters of your novel (whichever is longer & can be attached)
A synopsis

Be sure to include in the subject line the manuscripts Age Category +Genre + Title. (ie: YA Sci-Fi – Mars Plants are the Bomb) on the email submission. And check out the site in order to know how to select the mentors you wish to submit because it isn’t clear quite yet. (I’m guessing this might be part of the submission form.) As always, good luck!

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

Avengers Of Colour Mentorship

August 19, 2020Literary, Mentor ProgramAdult, advise, akıl hocalığı, Application, Authors, Avengers, Avengers Of Colour, การให้คําปรึกษา, books, Critique, Diversity, Наставництва, Наставничества, Наставничество, Editing, Experience, 멘토링, faridah àbíké-íyímídé, Feedback, Fiction, Globa, GMT, Guidelines, Καθοδήγηση, lærimeistara, Manuscript, meantóireacht, Mentor, Mentora, Mentorat, Mentori, mentoria, Mentoring, Mentoringu, Mentors, Mentorschap, Mentorship, Mentorskap, Mentorství, mentorstvo, Middle Grade, New Adult, ni, Non-Fiction, People of Color, Pitches, POC, Professionals, Published, Query, Query Package, Rules, Stories, Submissions, Synopsis, Tutoraggio, Tutoría, Twitter, Ungented, مربی, vaaiga, Winners, Writers, Young Adult, 商友, 商友。, 指導, הדרכה, الارشادpdpabst

Avengers of Colour is a mentorship program created by faridah àbíké-íyímídé for unagented writers of color who are ready to query but need help with their query package. Winners will receive professional help from experienced (agented and traditionally published) authors of color. Feedback will be given on editing the authors first 25 pages of their manuscript, query letter, synopsis and pitches.

Manuscripts must be finished though the query package doesn’t have to be perfect. The mentors will help with that, as long as writers are near ready to query. Current mentors are:

Middle Grade Mentors

YA Mentors

New Adult Mentors

Adult Mentors

Submissions open August 27, 2020 and close August 31, 2020. The link to the application will go live on the Avengers Twitter at Midnight EST / 5am GMT. Be sure and read the complete guidelines! As always, good luck!

P. Pabst

Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Author Mentor Match #AMM Round 7

February 15, 2020Contests, Literary, Mentor ProgramAge Category, Agent Ready, Alexa Donne, Author Mentor Match, Authors, Critique Partners, Feedback, Fiction, Genre, Heather Kaczynski, Manuscript, Mentoring, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Publishing, Query, Stories, Submissions, Synopsis, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Authors can select up to four mentors during the submission window which is already opened! Submissions close tomorrow February 16, 2020. Watch for the mentor BIOS to be posted to learn what age groups and genres they wish to see in their inbox!

Please note there is a two-step process for entering:

Fill out the submission form. (I believe the form will appear during the sub window period.)
Email the proper information to authormentormatch@gmail.com:

A query (pasted in the body of the email!)
The first 50 pages/3 chapters of your novel (whichever is longer & can be attached)
A synopsis

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

Author Mentor Match #AMM Round 6

March 1, 2019Contests, Literary, Mentor ProgramAge Category, Agent Ready, Alexa Donne, Author Mentor Match, Authors, Critique Partners, Feedback, Fiction, Genre, Heather Kaczynski, Manuscript, Mentoring, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Publishing, Query, Stories, Submissions, Synopsis, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Authors can select up to four mentors during the submission window between March 1, 2019 through March 5, 2019. Watch for the mentor BIOS to be posted to learn what age groups and genres they wish to see in their inbox!

Please note there is a two-step process for entering:

Fill out the submission form. (I believe the form will appear during the sub window period.)
Email the proper information to authormentormatch@gmail.com:

A query (pasted in the body of the email!)
The first 50 pages/3 chapters of your novel (whichever is longer & can be attached)
A synopsis

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

RevPit Critique Giveaways!

December 18, 2018Contests, Critiques, Literary#RevPit, Adult, Authors, Blog, December, Editors, Feedback, Fiction, Giveaway, Guidelines, Hashtag, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Query, Rafflecopter, Synopsis, Twitter, Win, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

The RevPit editors are giving away critique packages through December 21, 2018! Check out the site each day for the package you want to submit to the Rafflecopter. Here are their sites guidelines:

When: 12/17/2018–12/21/2018 (Yes, it started already.)
Where: On Twitter, using the #RevPit hashtag, and on this blog post.
Who: The editors of #RevPit and you!
How: Check in each day on Twitter AND here on the blog post to enter to win the daily giveaways. Each day a new Rafflecopter link will go live, and you’ll only have 24 hours to enter!

Be sure to check out each editors likes for the raffle before signing up. And as always, good luck!

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

AUTHOR MENTOR MATCH #AMM

March 12, 2018Contests, Critiques, Literary, Mentor Program#AMM, Alexa Donne, Author, Author Mentor Match, BIOS, Category, Editing, Enter, Feedback, Fiction, Form, Genre, Guidelines, Heather Kaczynski, Hone Your Craft, Invaluable, Kidlit, Manuscript, Mentor, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Publishing, Query, Rules, Stories, Submissions, Submit, Synopsis, Writer, Young Adultpdpabst

Author Mentor Matchup was created by Heather Kaczynski and Alexa Donne. The object is to match new writers with authors further along in the publishing process and gain invaluable mentoring! That’s right, this is an opportunity to get your manuscript critiqued (for free) before submitting to agents!

Authors can select up to four mentors during the submission window between March 16, 2018 through March 21, 2018. Watch for the mentor BIOS to be posted to learn what age groups and genres they wish to see in their inbox!

Please note there is a two-step process for entering:

Fill out the submission form. (I believe the form will appear during the sub window period.)
Email the proper information to authormentormatch@gmail.com:

A query (pasted in the body of the email!)
The first 50 pages/3 chapters of your novel (whichever is longer & can be attached)
A synopsis

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

Manuscript Academy: 10 Minutes with an Agent

March 6, 2018Critiques, Literary10 Minutes With An Agent, Adult, agent, Author, books, Editing, editor, Feedback, Fiction, First Page, Literary Industry, Manuscript, Manuscript Adademy, Manuscript Wish List, Meeting, MG, Non-Fiction, novels, Opportunity, Phone Call, Pitching, Professional, Proposal, Publishing, Publishing Industry, Query, Questions, Stories, Synopsis, Writer, Written Critique, YApdpabst

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If you’ve ever wanted to sit down with an agent or editor? Well now you can! Manuscript Academy has put together a day for authors to chat with the professional’s of the publishing world called 10 Minutes with an Expert. The time can be used to:

Pitch your project
Get instant feedback on your query or first page
Ask about your unique publishing situation
Ask any publishing question!

You can book:

A ten-minute meeting, with one page (your query or first page) read during the meeting, $49
A fifteen-minute meeting, with ten pages and your query read ahead of time, $99
An in-depth written critique (line and overall notes), query, synopsis, proposal, first 10-100 pages, $69+

To make the most of your time, have your questions ready. For this months available agents and editors, go here. And have fun learning!

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

Sparkhouse Family Picture Book Writing Contest 2017

November 2, 2017Contests, LiteraryAdavance, Artists, Authors, Charming, Completed Manuscripts, Creative, Elgibility, Faith Based, Illustrators, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, November, Open Call, Open Submissions, Opportunity, Picture Books, Published, publisher, Publishing, Publishing Industry, Sparkhouse Family, Stories, Submit, Synopsis, Tranformational, Unagented, Winners, Winsome, Writer, Writers, Writingpdpabst

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Sparkhouse Family is a faith based publisher. They aim to publish creative, winsome, charming stories that help parents instill an open-hearted, transformational, life-long Christian faith in children ages 0-12.

The Sparkhouse Family Children’s Picture Book Contest is an open call for picture books that support this mission. They’ll choose one manuscript to develop into a picture book. The winning author will get a prize of $5,000 and a chance to have their book published by Sparkhouse Family.

To enter, submit a brief synopsis of your book, your author bio, your contact information, and complete manuscript. All submitted works must be finished, previously unpublished manuscripts of 1,000 words or less. The contest is open to new, upcoming, and established writers alike, but only unagented submissions are eligible.

They’ll accept submissions through November 17, 2017. As always, good luck!

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

Author Mentor Matchup

October 14, 2017Contests, Critiques, Literary#AMM, Age Category, Agented Authors, Agents, Alexa Donne, Author Mentor Matchup, Authors, BIOS, books, Editing, Enter, Feedback, Fiction, Genres, Heather Kaczynski, Inbox, Manuscripts, Mentoring, Mentors, Middle Grade, Opportunity, Pages, Publishing, Query, Submissions, Synopsis, Title, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Authors can select up to four mentors during the submission window between October 19. 2017 through October 24, 2017. Be sure to check the mentor BIOS to learn what age groups and genres they wish to see in their inbox!

Please note there is a two-step process for entering:

Fill out the submission form. (I believe the form will appear during the sub window period.)
Email the proper information to authormentormatch@gmail.com:

A query (pasted in the body of the email!)
The first 50 pages/3 chapters of your novel (whichever is longer & can be attached)
A synopsis

Be sure to include in the subject line the manuscripts Age Category +Genre + Title. (ie: YA Sci-Fi – Mars Plants are the Bomb) on the email submission. And check out the site in order to know how to select the mentors you wish to submit to because it isn’t clear quite yet. (I’m guessing this might be part of the submission form.) As always, good luck!

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

Sparkhouse Family Children’s Picture Book Contest

November 14, 2016Contests, LiteraryChildren's Picture Book, Christian Faith, Completed Manauscripts, contest, Faith Based, Manuscripts, Monetary Prize, November, Publishing, Spark House Family, Synopsis, Unagented, Unpublished Authorspdpabst

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They’ll accept submissions through November 15, 2016. The winner will be notified on December 15, 2016. As always, good luck!

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

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