Tag Archives: Young Adult

Secret Agent Contest via Authoress

March 30, 2019Contests, Critiques, LiteraryAdventure, agent, Authoress, Authors, books, Contemporary, Critique, Feedback, Fiction, Guidelines, Historical, Jillian Boehme, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Miss Snark's First Victim, Opportunity, Secret Agent Contest, Stories, Submissions, Suspense, Thriller, Women's, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Authoress (aka Jillian Boehme) is hosting a round of Secret Agent on her popular Miss Snark’s First Victim site. If you’ve followed Authoress for several years, then you know that she unveiled herself because she finally got her first book deal! (And this was her one condition she had promised herself before unveiling her true identity.) And many of us are so excited for her because she has given back to the community for so-so-so long! (Thank you Jillian!)

Now, for a few basic details of the contest:

Submissions open between Noon to 6pm EDT, April 1st, 2019
This is a lottery. The BOT will draw 50 random names.
Only the First 250 words will be submitted.
Only completed and polished manuscripts may be entered.
Only ONE entry per person!

As always, there is no fee to enter the contest. This month’s contest will include the following genres only:

Middle Grade–especially adventure stories and historical fiction
YA contemporary romance
YA magical realism
Women’s Fiction
Thriller/Suspense
Literary Fiction
General Fiction

For complete guidelines and entry form, go here. As always, good luck!

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

Chicago Writing Workshop 2019

March 25, 2019Literary, Webinar/WorkshopAdult, Agents, Andrea Brown Literary, Authors, books, C.Y.L.E Literary, Chicago, Chicago Writing Workshop, Critique, D4EO Literary, Editors, Education, Entangled Publishing, Faculty, Feedback, Fiction, Flannery Literary, Hartline Literary, Instruction, Jennifer De Chiara Literary, Learning, MacGregor Literary, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Nelson Literary Agency, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Pande Literary, Pitch, Pitching, publisher, Publishing, Q & A, Registration, Sourcebooks, Sourcebooks Landmark, Stories, TriadaUS Literary Agency, Writers, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

Chicago Writing Workshop

Per the Chicago Writing Workshop website, this writing event (June 29, 2019) is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that there are limited seats at the event (200 total). They will inform everyone directly on the website when seats are closed.

Here are a few of this years faculty that will be in attendance:

Literary agent Jennifer Flannery (Flannery Literary)
Literary agent Kerstin Wolf (D4EO Literary)
Editor Grace Menary-Winefield (Sourcebooks and Sourcebooks Landmark)
Literary agent Alexandra Weiss (Jennifer De Chiara Literary)
Literary agent Ayesha Pande (Pande Literary)
Literary agent Weronika Janczuk (D4E0 Literary)
Literary agent Bethany Morehead (Hartline Literary)
Literary agent Joanna Mackenzie (Nelson Literary)
Literary agent Jennifer Mattson (Andrea Brown Literary)
Literary agent Laura Crockett (TriadaUS)
Editor Stacy Abrams (Entangled Publishing)
Literary agent Amanda Luedeke (MacGregor Literary)
Script/literary agent Sarah Louise Gorman (C.Y.L.E. Literary)
Literary agent Stephany Evans (Pande Literary)
Editor Anna Michels (Sourcebooks)
Editor MJ Johnston (Sourcebooks and Sourcebooks Landmark)
and more to come.

Since the seats are limited, don’t delay in registering. Hopefully, I’ll see you there!

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

25th Anniversary: Virginia Festival of the Book

March 13, 2019Literary, Writing Conferences & Getaways25th Anniversary, Adult, Author Readings, Authors, Autographs, Book Festival, books, Children's Program, Culture, Edward Ayers, Fiction, John Grisham, Middle Grade, Music, Non-Fiction, Readers, Reading, Rick Atkinson, Stories, Virginia Festival of the Book, Workshops, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

The Virginia Festival of the Book brings readers and writers together for a five-day celebration of books, reading, literacy, and literary culture. The annual festival will be held March 20-24, 2019. Programs range from traditional author readings and book signings to children’s programs and hands-on workshops. All programs are open to the public and, with the exception of a few ticketed events, the majority of Festival programs are free to attend.

An abbreviated list of past participants includes Rick Atkinson, Edward Ayers, David Baldacci, Maureen Corrigan, Edwidge Danticat, Kate DiCamillo, Rita Dove, Alan Furst, John Grisham, Jan Karon, Jim Lehrer, Frances Mayes, Colum McCann, David McCullough, Alice McDermott, Katherine Paterson, Jon Scieszka, Lisa Scottoline, Pete Seeger, Karin Slaughter, Alexander McCall Smith, Lee Smith, Bryan Stevenson, Elizabeth Strout, Judith Viorst, and Charles Wright. For a current listing, go here.

As always, have fun and learn lots!

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

Oscars: Academy Nicholl Fellowships

March 6, 2019Contests, Fellowship, LiteraryAcademy Nicholl Fellowship, Adaptations, Adult, Authors, books, Competition, Deadline, Fiction, Film, Guidelines, Middle Grade, Monetary Prize, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Oscars, PG, PG-13, R, Rules, Screenplay, Screenwriter, Stories, Submission, Television, Writing, Young Adultpdpabst

The Academy Nicholl Fellowships in screenwriting is an international screenwriting competition established to identify and encourage talented new screenwriters. And yes, this is a branch of the Oscars!

If you write screenplays and haven’t earned more than $25,000 for writing fictional work for film or television, then this contest is for you. Up to five fellowships for $35,000 are awarded each year. Please read the entire guidelines and obligations before submitting. There is a small entry fee, with an option to also purchase reader comments. And who doesn’t love feedback? Although there are three separate deadlines, the final entry deadline is May 1, 2019.

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

#Pitmad is March 7, 2019

March 4, 2019Contests, Literary#Pitmad, Adult, Age Category, Agents, Authors, Brenda Drake, Editors, Event, Fiction, Genre, Guidelines, Hashtags, Kellye Garrett, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Picture Book, Pitch, Pitching, Publishing, research, Rules, Submit, Twitter, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Nothing soothes the writerly soul than a good twitter pitch party! This Thursday, March 7, 2019 is the infamous #PitMad founded by Brenda Drake, now ran by Managing director, Kellye Garrett, 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
#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. And as always, good luck!

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

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 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

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.

#WriteOnCon is Almost Here!

January 31, 2019Literary, Webinar/Workshop, Writing Conferences & GetawaysAdmission, Agency, Agents, Alyssa Hollingsworth, Authors, Axie Oh, Beth Revis, books, Charlie N. Holmberg, Childrens Books, Conference, Dee Romito, Editors, Feedback, Fiction, Forum, Gail Shepard, Hannah Carmona Dias, Joy McCullough, Kidlit, Laura Dail Literary Agency, Learning, Literary Agents, Liza Dawson Associates, MG, Middle Grade, New Leaf Literary & Media Inc., Non-Fiction, Opportunity, Pitch, Pitching, Published Authors, Registration, Rosalyn Eves, Stories, Superheroes, The Rights Factory, The Seymour Agency, Transatlantic Agency, WriteOnCon, Writers, YA, Young Adultpdpabst

WriteOnCon

The WriteOnCon creators of this marvelous online gathering say this is “A writing conference you don’t even have to wear pants to. (Please wear pants, though.)” And yep, this is my favorite line! The conference isn’t just an opportunity to attend a writing workshop, but it’ll be the cheapest (aside from being free, of course) and closest conference you’ll ever attend. Seriously, you can participate from your home! And while you might have missed the raffles and perks to buy, there is still time to sign up to join. Admission is either $5 (General Admission), $10 (General + Live Events), or $15 (General + Live Events + Extended Access). You can’t wrong with any choice!

WriteOnCon is an online conference for kidlit writers and illustrators. Connect with writers, authors, and agents in this event. There will even be SUPERHEREOS (agents and authors) sneaking around the forum to give you feedback on your queries and manuscripts. This year’s heroes are:

SuperAgents:

Tamar Rydzinski, agent at Laura Dail Literary Agency
Andrea Cascardi, agent at Transatlantic Agency
Kat Enright, agent at Seymour Agency
Caitie Flum, agent at Liza Dawson Associates
Lindsay Leggett, agent at The Rights Factory
Suzie Townsend, agent at New Leaf Literary and Media

SuperAuthors:

Beth Revis, YA author
Charlie N. Holmberg, YA author
Axie Oh, YA author
Rosalyn Eves, YA author
Joy McCullough, YA author
Dee Romito, MG author
Alyssa Hollingsworth, MG author
Gail Shepherd, MG author
Hannah Carmona Dias, PB author

Check their disguises out here. There will also be live pitch sessions (check the schedule for all 3 days)! But hurry to get registered because it’ll take place Friday-Sunday, February 8-10, 2019.

As always, good luck!

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.

Pitmad is Coming, December 6, 2018

December 3, 2018Contests, Literary#Pitmad, Adult, Age Category, Agents, Authors, Brenda Drake, Committee, Contempory, Diversity, Editors, Fantasy, Fiction, Genres, Guidelines, Historical, Horror, Humor, Kellye Garrett, Magical Realism, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, New Adult, Non-Fiction, Paranormal, Picture Books, Pitch Party, Publishing, research, Romance, Rules, SciFi, Subgenres, Thriller, Twitter, Westerns, Writers, Young Adultpdpabst

Nothing soothes the writerly soul than a good twitter pitch party! This Thursday, December 6, 2018 is the infamous #PitMad founded by Brenda Drake, now ran by Managing director, Kellye Garrett, 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.

Tor/Forge Submissions (Macmillan Imprint)

November 26, 2018Literary, Publishing OpportunityAdult, Age Category, Author, Book, Documents, Fantasy, Fiction, Forge, General Fiction, Genre, Historical, Horror, Imprint, Macmillan, Mail, Manuscript, Middle Grade, Mystery, Opportunity, Paranormal, publisher, Publishing, Science Fiction, Story, Submissions, Submit, Suspense, Thriller, Tor, Unagented, Urban Fantasy, Woman's Fiction, Writer, Young Adultpdpabst

Did you know that Tor/Forge takes unagented submissions for science fiction and fantasy manuscripts! But it doesn’t end there. They’ll also take fiction of all other types including but not limited to general fiction, historical fiction, horror, mystery, paranormal, suspense/thriller, urban fantasy, and woman’s fiction. Among the age groups they accept are middle grade, young adult, and adult. But they do it the “old school” way. So, no sending emails with attached documents. This publisher wants paper submissions. Whoa!

If you have a manuscript that fits one of these genres and age categories, then be sure and check out their submission guidelines. And as always, good luck!

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

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