It’s that time again! I’m excited to bring you the Pitch Wars Mentor Critique Workshop featuring some of our talented current and past mentors! The mentors will be giving away query and first page critique packages to some lucky winners of our drawing. That means each winner will have both their query and first page critiqued.
So far we have 32 critique packages to giveaway, but we just announced mentors and they are still signing up to donate critiques so we may have more by the time we end the drawing.
We will try to post all the critiques on the blog, so that even those who don’t win a critique in the drawing can view and learn from them. Please only enter if you’re willing to have it posted to our site. All critiques will be anonymous – no writer names or titles of work will be listed.
This is for all genres in the middle grade, young adult, new adult, and adult categories of fiction. We do have mentors taking memoir, graphic novels, and erotica. Winners will be announced on August 18 at 10AM Time change due to unforeseen events. We hope to have winners announced by tomorrow, August 19, AM. (the drawing will close August 17 at 11:59PM) Eastern and winners will receive an email, so be ready to submit your sample for critique immediately.You will have 48 hours from the date of your instruction email to get your query and first page package to us. If you miss the window, your critique will be given away.
What if I’m not sure I’m going to enter Pitch Wars? That’s okay! Everyone is welcomed to enter the giveaway.
All you have to do is to enter this rafflecopter. One entry per person.
And here are the winners of the drawing. Congratulations!
Winners will receive an instruction email in the next 24-48 hours from the Pitch Wars blog gmail account. Please check your spam if you don’t receive one. Have your query and first page (250 words – If it ends in the middle of a sentence, go to the end of the sentence.) to send. You have 48 hours to get it in. Only because we have to send them to the mentors and get them back to those of you who are entering Pitch Wars.
| Raffle No. | Winner |
| 2005 | Adi Touitou |
| 592 | Adriana Woolley |
| 1305 | Afisha Narine |
| 1331 | Alicia Bernbaum |
| 147 | Allison Gunn |
| 1549 | Amanda Adgate |
| 475 | Amelia Savage |
| 890 | Amy Trakos |
| 2081 | Andrew Neltner |
| 1350 | Anna Thomas |
| 1654 | Ariana Townsend |
| 1990 | Barbara Hawryluk |
| 1783 | Brian Gonsar |
| 166 | Carolyn Fay |
| 1815 | Cloe Santamaria |
| 29 | Colton Long |
| 2088 | Cortney Winn |
| 1201 | Dana Agrusa-Wittbrodt |
| 217 | Danger Fawkes |
| 419 | Dani Tamura |
| 80 | Danielle Medina |
| 923 | David Neuner |
| 100 | Dawn Gernhardt |
| 229 | Deena Graves |
| 190 | Emi Tran |
| 3 | Emily Pichardo |
| 1649 | Erin Murphy |
| 1598 | Erin Steele |
| 987 | Evelyn Pentikis |
| 1407 | Fatima Zahra |
| 1142 | Franklin Barnes |
| 1474 | Gabriel De Jesus |
| 2016 | Geraldine Mukumbi |
| 1802 | Gisell Acosta |
| 26 | Hannah Stone |
| 235 | Holly Blanchard |
| 1310 | Ifty Finn |
| 50 | James Gettys II |
| 1999 | Jane Barron |
| 717 | Jean Marcello |
| 264 | Jeffrey Cruikshank |
| 1755 | Jennifer Lee |
| 1438 | Jennifer Pickrell |
| 1249 | Jenny Bourke |
| 1243 | Jesse Liberty |
| 864 | Julieta Segarra |
| 2044 | Kaeli Rathmann |
| 2021 | Kalena Makanui |
| 1613 | Karishma Reddy |
| 928 | Karla Hopkinson |
| 1660 | Katherine Myers |
| 1222 | Kathleen Allen |
| 1989 | Kathryn Dowling Wrye |
| 324 | Katie Ferriello |
| 158 | Katie Parker-Riccio |
| 1567 | Kayla Simmons |
| 270 | Kimberly Hays de Muga |
| 851 | Laura Kohler |
| 364 | Lauren Dowdle |
| 1452 | Lauren McShane |
| 755 | Leah Tesch |
| 1984 | Leigh Paulk |
| 431 | Lena Fultz |
| 149 | Lori Ubell |
| 691 | Manjula Nair |
| 1398 | Maria Hossain |
| 869 | Maria Minaeva |
| 349 | Marie Davies |
| 118 | Marina Stevenson |
| 58 | Marsea Nelson |
| 1937 | Matthew Chambers |
| 462 | Melissa Menten |
| 1507 | Michelle Bulsiewicz |
| 185 | Monique Fisher |
| 18 | Nakia Jackson |
| 1556 | Nancy West |
| 301 | Olivia Queener |
| 84 | Paloma Bellatin |
| 973 | Patrick Hopkins |
| 1137 | Rachel Frederick |
| 1392 | Rebecca Santelli |
| 724 | Reem Khaleel |
| 1144 | Rohini Tendulkar |
| 31 | Sara Adams |
| 255 | Sarah Evans |
| 1251 | Sarah Kaminski |
| 132 | Sarah Petzold |
| 1532 | Sasha Kielman |
| 523 | Shivam Chopra |
| 1071 | Siana LaForest |
| 956 | Stephanie Whitaker |
| 1868 | Stephen Frame |
| 69 | Susannah Willey |
| 172 | Susanne Allen |
| 312 | Therese Majeski |
| 408 | Tiffani Burkett |
| 1388 | Tmara Watson |
| 1731 | Tracey Buchanan |
| 1618 | Vishaka Sriram |
| 103 | Wajudah Muheeb |
| 2009 | William Mallon |
12 Comments
Reed Morris · August 11, 2021 at 10:18 pm
gimme.
Barb Joyce-Hawryluk · August 17, 2021 at 11:45 am
I also seem to have entered 4 times, and yet I’m not sure if you received my entry. Please let me know what I’m doing wrong.
Thank you,
Barb Joyce-Hawryluk
Brenda Drake · August 18, 2021 at 10:19 pm
We have yours, Barb, and everything looks okay. You were supposed to have 4 entries. One for each question you answered. 🙂
Cassie · August 12, 2021 at 3:13 am
Just so I’m clear, is the first page the first 250 words (approx)?
Thanks!
Brenda Drake · August 12, 2021 at 12:07 pm
Yes, the first page is the first 250 (approx – not too much over – just stop at a good place) words of your manuscript. 🙂
Christy · August 12, 2021 at 11:39 am
I’m in!
Yvonne · August 12, 2021 at 1:27 pm
Fingers Crossed!
I hope I entered properly…I filled out all the blanks but now it says I’ve entered four times.
Brenda Drake · August 12, 2021 at 2:12 pm
Each entry (Name, email, category, genre) gives you one entry, so you should have 4 entries. You are good! 🙂
Kim Lefever · August 16, 2021 at 5:01 pm
Agree – I was confused by the notification of “4 entries” too.
Afisha Narine · August 12, 2021 at 2:48 pm
HI!
What if you accidently put the wrong genre?
Brenda Drake · August 16, 2021 at 6:07 pm
Afisha, I can delete it and you can enter again.
Rebecca Santelli · August 19, 2021 at 10:27 pm
I am so excited to be one of the winners! Thank you, Brenda, and all the Pitch Wars team.
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