Pitch Madness is fast approaching, so get your pitches ready. The submission windows open on March 15. I’m still debating times and how many windows we’ll have. This post is to help you get your pitches ready and to post the schedule.
(For those of you not familiar with Pitch Madness, it’s a contest to pitch agents for representation of your work.)
This contest is open to Adult, New Adult, Young Adult, and Middle Grade works of fiction only. You must have a completed manuscript to enter.
How to format your entry …
Email subject line: Pitch Madness: TITLE OF MANUSCRIPT
Name: Your name
Title: TITLE OF MANUSCRIPT
Genre: Genre/category of your manuscript (ie. YA Fantasy)
Word Count: Word count (round to the nearest 1000th)
Pitch: 35word (max) logline.
Excerpt: The first 250 words of your manuscript. If the 250th word falls in the middle of a sentence, go to the end of that sentence. Your pitch should be Times New Roman 12pt, single spaced, one space between paragraphs, no paragraph indentions.
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PITCHES MUST BE EMBEDDED IN THE EMAIL.
Check out this site to learn more about loglines: Writing Loglines That Sell
Schedule …
March 1: Submission windows announced.
March 8: Introducing the slush readers
March 12: Introducing the blog teams
March 13: Introducing the agents
March 15: Submission windows open
March 15-18: 1st round – slush readers
March 18-23: 2nd round – 60 winners chosen for the game
March 24: Rules of the Game
March 26-28: Pitch Madness Agent Games
March 28 @ noon: Agent bids released (all ties go to a sudden death round)
So come back for all the fun!
34 Comments
Ava Jae · February 17, 2013 at 5:31 pm
So exciting! Can’t wait to hear all the details! 🙂
Angelica R. Jackson · February 17, 2013 at 5:34 pm
Hmm, that should be good timing for me. Especially since now that I’ve joined Operation Awesome, I won’t be able to participate in their Mystery Agent pitch contests!
Fida Islaih · February 17, 2013 at 5:40 pm
I can’t wait!
Jenny Kaczorowski · February 17, 2013 at 5:43 pm
I might actually have an MS ready!!
K. Wolf · February 17, 2013 at 5:53 pm
Ah, this sounds awesome! I can’t wait to give it a go and see what else everyone’s up to!
Ink in the Book · February 17, 2013 at 7:44 pm
Sounds awesome. I’m totally excited about this years madness. It will be my first attempt!
Elyana Noreme · February 17, 2013 at 8:16 pm
Eep! Excited. Good luck, everyone!
Shelley Watters · February 17, 2013 at 8:22 pm
YAY!!!!!
Darcy Drake · February 17, 2013 at 8:38 pm
After all the fun in Pitch Wars, I can’t wait! 😀
Iain · February 18, 2013 at 4:57 am
Is this a US only pitch frenzy, or can UK writers join in the fun?
Brenda Drake · February 22, 2013 at 8:44 am
Everyone from everywhere is welcomed!
Brooks Benjamin · February 18, 2013 at 9:13 am
This is going to be EPIC! Thanks again, Brenda, for hosting such a cool contest!
STBende · February 18, 2013 at 10:56 am
Yeehaw! Thanks Brenda.
Alliyah Dawud · February 18, 2013 at 4:29 pm
I second Iains question-is this open to UK writers too?
Kelly Weaver · February 19, 2013 at 3:37 pm
Looks like fun!
kristin reynolds · February 22, 2013 at 7:12 am
I can’t wait! I have a shiny new manuscript and everything. 🙂
MBee · February 22, 2013 at 8:23 am
All info should be in the body of the email, yes? I know attachments tend to be frowned upon but I figure it doesn’t hurt to ask.
Brenda Drake · February 22, 2013 at 8:43 am
Yes, pasted in the body of the email. 😉
karen Y. bynum · February 22, 2013 at 9:25 am
Looking forward to this!! Can’t wait to pitch my new shiny baby! Thanks so much for hosting this, Brenda!! 😀
Michelle 4 Laughs · February 22, 2013 at 2:46 pm
How many entrants are you taking?
Brenda Drake · February 22, 2013 at 2:58 pm
We’re taking a lot of entries this time. There will be 60 finalists.
Marie Langager · February 22, 2013 at 3:25 pm
I am SO, SO, SO excited for this!!
Rena · February 22, 2013 at 8:49 pm
This looks so fantastic, Brenda! You are so awesome, I know how hard a slush round can be, but man, the feedback is priceless! Thank you!
Jessica Ruud · February 22, 2013 at 9:20 pm
Good luck to everyone (still not done with my manuscript quite yet)! Hopefully next time.
Jocelyn Rish · February 23, 2013 at 4:28 pm
I’m hoping to FINALLY have my manuscript ready for this round, but it’s going to be a tight squeeze. But since the procrastination monster attacks me if there’s not a deadline to ward it off, aiming for this date will help me make significant progress regardless. 🙂
Misses Rivera · February 26, 2013 at 9:29 am
Can we enter more than one MS if they’re in totally different genres, or is it one entry per person?
Annie Rains · February 28, 2013 at 9:08 am
Yay! Time to start polishing my pitch. Thank you so much for this amazing opportunity.
Andrew · February 28, 2013 at 7:04 pm
Yeah! So awesome! Thank you, Brenda, for once again setting all this up!
johnlucashargis · March 1, 2013 at 4:52 am
Woohoo! Phreak Show will have its final polish & spitshine by then. Let’s do this.
Alexander Pierce · March 1, 2013 at 5:37 pm
I am ridiculously excited! My MS is actually ready in time!
J.M. Bray · March 11, 2013 at 8:51 am
I am SO ready for this. Thanks!
J.M. Bray · March 12, 2013 at 8:45 am
A complete nOOb question: The email address…will be posted here or somewhere on the 15th?
Thanks!
Brenda Drake · March 12, 2013 at 9:22 am
It’s on the submission window announcement. It’s brendadrakecontests@gmail.com – I didn’t add it to this post since some people tend to send too early.
J.M. Bray · March 12, 2013 at 9:47 am
Thanks!
I will NOT be one of those early senders. See ya on the 15th. 🙂
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