The submission window for Pitch Madness SORRY! Edition is now open! To enter the contest, enter the form below.
What is Pitch Madness? It’s a contest to win a request from one or more of the participating agents. I will have an agent introduction post up soon.
The submission window will be open from 12:01 AM EST on February 20 until 11:59PM EST on February 23. You should have plenty of time to get your submissions in. Make sure to perfect your entry. If you make an error, you may not resend. What do you need to enter? A 35-word (max) pitch and the first 250 words of your finished manuscript. If the 250th word falls in the middle of a sentence, go to the end of the sentence
There will be 60 finalists moving onto the agent round. Pitch Madness will accept Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult (never before published) fiction only, novel length (no novellas) completed and polished manuscripts only. All genres (i.e. fantasy, contemporary, sci-fi, and so on) are welcome to enter. This time around we will not accept non-fiction. Only one entry per writer.
Pitch Madness will be on four blogs and each blog host will have a co-host helping them choose their top 15 entries. We’ll have a team of first readers who will check for formatting, grammar, and content and put their top picks through to the hosts.
To meet the readers and the teams go to this post here.
All the twitter fun will happen on the hashtag #PitchMadness!
The agents will be playing a game to win their top requests and have some time alone with them before they’re sent to the other requesting agents. To meet our agents go to this post here.
Good luck everyone, and may the odds be ever in your favor!
Entry Form … The submission window is now closed!
42 Comments
Tanya Spencer · February 20, 2015 at 12:08 am
Thank you, everyone, who’s hosting and helping in Pitch Madness. This is my first time entering. Exciting!
Libby · February 20, 2015 at 9:42 pm
How do I know that my submission was actually received? I hit send but didn’t get an email confirmation. Thanks!!
Sarah · February 21, 2015 at 9:48 am
It said in one of the earlier posts. When you hit submit on the form, it’ll say submission received on that page. No email confirmations.
Brenda Drake · February 21, 2015 at 1:00 pm
Yes, it says when you hit submit that your submission was received. But we did get your entry, Libby.
Elinor · February 21, 2015 at 2:16 pm
Please forgive me if I sent my entry twice…[grumbles at self].
Bud · February 21, 2015 at 1:48 pm
Entered. Thank you for hosting this!
@Cpoe2Books · February 20, 2015 at 12:20 am
Thank you to all those hosting and helping with Pitch Madness. As well as those decision makers in publishing who are giving us their time.
john Berkowitz · February 20, 2015 at 2:59 am
Brenda and team, thank you so very much for making this outstanding opportunity available to writers just embarking on the quest to get our books published. This is an invaluable service. And if it does nothing else for me, it has certainly boosted my confidence.
Samantha · February 20, 2015 at 5:54 am
Thank you for such an exciting opportunity. Good luck, everyone!
Jerry Quinn · February 20, 2015 at 6:54 am
Thanks for running this amazing contest!
Niki Masse Schoenfeldt · February 20, 2015 at 9:04 am
I just entered! Thanks for the opportunity.
A.E.H. Veenman · February 20, 2015 at 9:25 am
I got my pitch in. Thanks so much for this venue!
And good luck to all fellow writers.
Cheers,
Anethea
Chelly · February 20, 2015 at 9:39 am
Thanks to Brenda, the other hosts, and all the slush readers for giving us this amazing opportunity. The writing community is so great. 😀
Suzy · February 20, 2015 at 11:51 am
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What do you consider to be the minimum word count for a novel?
Amelinda · February 20, 2015 at 2:35 pm
I’m curious about this too, especially for YA, given how widely it seems to vary.
Brenda Drake · February 20, 2015 at 2:38 pm
It varies from category to category and depends on the genre. Here’s a great post to read for word count: http://literaticat.blogspot.com/2011/05/wordcount-dracula.html
Suzanne · February 20, 2015 at 11:54 am
This is so much fun. Thank you for this opportunity.
Mona AlvaradoFrazier · February 20, 2015 at 12:55 pm
What a great exercise in brevity-35 words only. This is a good experience for all who are querying their MS’s. Best of luck to participants!
Sera Rivers · February 20, 2015 at 1:01 pm
Thank you for this great opportunity! Good luck everyone! Happy Reading!
Ben Hutchins · February 20, 2015 at 1:50 pm
Best of luck to everyone!Brenda – love the contest. Great stuff. I’m excited to read the “chosen” ones 🙂
Jude Wiesner · February 20, 2015 at 2:22 pm
Brenda, thank you and the entire team for providing this opportunity. The need to reduce my novel to 35 words is worth the exercise in itself. I look forward to the results.
Katya Dove · February 20, 2015 at 2:37 pm
Brenda and #pitchmadness team, thank you so very much for this opportunity!! Looking forward to meeting other writers and reading their entries!! Good luck, Everyone!
Tara Mayoros · February 20, 2015 at 2:40 pm
Thank you for taking the time and putting in the effort for these contests. Good luck everyone!
Annie Cronin Romano · February 20, 2015 at 2:49 pm
Wow! The 35-word pitch was a helpful exercise! Thanks for this wonderful opportunity, Brenda!
PJ Robins · February 20, 2015 at 4:53 pm
Brenda and #pitchmadness team, thank you for running this contest! Good luck everyone!
JK Candlen · February 20, 2015 at 5:43 pm
“Just hit the button JK,” I tell my alter ego. Then I grab onto the edge of my desk so I don’t hit the floor as I swoon.
Kristin Smith · February 20, 2015 at 10:25 pm
A BIG thank you to Brenda and the Pitch Madness team for hosting this exciting opportunity! Y’all are awesome!
Debbie Erickson · February 21, 2015 at 12:23 am
Thanks Brenda, and the team, for this opportunity!
Sunni · February 21, 2015 at 6:10 am
Thanks to Brenda and her team for making this opportunity possible. Good luck to everyone.
Joy Meehan · February 21, 2015 at 1:53 pm
Brenda, you’re awesome for doing this! You’ve been in the trenches but as a published author, you’re showing us what success looks like! We’re so grateful for contests like this that can help move things along and refine our skills (35-word pitch – yikes!!). Thank you a million times to you and the entire Pitch Madness team!
Amy · February 21, 2015 at 5:32 pm
Thank you to all the readers and agents who are taking the time to do this.
Kristen Terrette · February 21, 2015 at 5:42 pm
What a great contest! Thanks for planning and executing it for all us hopeful writers out here!
Theresa Milstein · February 21, 2015 at 7:15 pm
I’m always amazed about how many people work on this contest. It’s truly one of the best opportunities out there. Thanks to everyone who makes this happen!
Heather Sudbrock · February 21, 2015 at 9:55 pm
So thankful for this opportunity! I have learned so much already. Thank you everyone who has helped us edit and all those who are giving of their time to do this #Pitchmadness
This is incredible. Thank you for making this happen for us.
Fallon De Mornay · February 21, 2015 at 11:29 pm
Woo Hoo!! Submission locked and loaded. Let the nail biting commence! Best of luck to all participants, and thank you to all agents and organizers!
Ray Morris · February 22, 2015 at 10:56 am
Yay! Now, just to wonder if I saw the submission confirmation message. I think I did, but I think I was a little asleep. Weee! Good luck everyone =)
Kenda Henthorn · February 22, 2015 at 3:49 pm
YAY!! #PitchMadness newbie No More!! I’m thrilled! 🙂
Bonnie Terry · February 23, 2015 at 9:05 am
I’m excited to be entering my first Pitch Madness. Thank You for hosting this game, and thanks to my writing group for telling me about it!
M.L. Miller · February 23, 2015 at 1:42 pm
This is the first time I have entered Pitch Madness. Thank you everyone who has offered us this opportunity. We appreciate your time and effort.
KAREN MACDOUGALL · February 23, 2015 at 4:37 pm
Very excited to be entering Pitch Madness for the first time. Amazing how much time it takes to narrow down a pitch to 35 words or less. Thanks for providing such a wonderful opportunity and good luck to all the entrants.
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