Manuscript Status: 2-3 weeks delivery Mentor name: Samantha Joyce Mentee name: Jessica Bloczynski Title: THE DROIDS THEY’RE LOOKING FOR Category: Young Adult Genre: Science Fiction Word Count. 85,000 Pitch: When fifteen-year-old Izzy’s mad scientist dad brings home a secret project from work to heal her dying sister, Izzy must Read more…
Manuscript Status: 2-3 weeks delivery Mentor name: Samantha Joyce Mentee name: Jessica Bloczynski Title: THE DROIDS THEY’RE LOOKING FOR Category: Young Adult Genre: Science Fiction Word Count. 85,000 Pitch: When fifteen-year-old Izzy’s mad scientist dad brings home a secret project from work to heal her dying sister, Izzy must Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Stephanie Scott and Valerie Cole Mentee Name: Jenn Kompos Title: THE SENATOR’S OTHER DAUGHTER Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 75,000 Pitch: After her mother dies, seventeen-year-old Lily discovers the father she never knew is a U.S. senator. Seeking answers, Lily takes a job as Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Stephanie Scott and Valerie Cole Mentee Name: Jenn Kompos Title: THE SENATOR’S OTHER DAUGHTER Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 75,000 Pitch: After her mother dies, seventeen-year-old Lily discovers the father she never knew is a U.S. senator. Seeking answers, Lily takes a job as Read more…
Manuscript Status: 2 week delivery Mentor Name: Dannie Morin Mentee Name: Alison Miller Title: DANGEROUS PLAY Category: YA Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 86000 Pitch: Best friends and soccer all-stars Ashton, Jesse, and Z are on opposite sides of a prank text that spirals into a vicious social war and escalates Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Stacey Trombley Mentee Name: Anissa Malek Title: SARIN Category: Young Adult Genre: Techno Thriller Word Count: 89,000 Pitch: Seventeen-year-old Sarin’s fight to uncover the truth about her altered memories turns her from assassin to target. Now she’ll risk being reprogrammed into a mindless killing machine to Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Tabitha Martin Mentee Name: Molly Cluff Title: HOUSE OF MURALS Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 80,000 Pitch: In the woodlands surrounding the Hargrave art school, a stranger known only as Druid decorates trees with ribbons, vanishing when a job is complete. When Druid sends a Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Shannon M. Parker/Kathryn Purdie/Janet Taylor Mentee Name: Jennifer Laird Title: HOUSE OF SMOULDERING TEARS Category: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 85,000 Pitch: When the King of Thieves commissions his ill apprentice, seventeen-year-old Adonia, to steal from enchanter royalty, the robbed prince demands retribution. Imprisoned Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Stacey Trombley Mentee Name: Amanda Searcy Title: TRUTH IS Category: YA Genre: Psychological Thriller Word Count: 75,000 Pitch: Kayla’s plan to escape her poverty stricken home is derailed when she falls for a charismatic boy hiding a deadly secret. Every time her phone flashes, Betsy Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Mónica Bustamante Wagner and Susan Gray Foster Mentee Name: Kerbie Addis Title: PAPER BONES Category: YA Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Word Count: 61,000 Pitch: Seventeen-year-old Rett is failing school—and life—as his mental health deteriorates, but a strange girl shows him kindness. Too bad she’s a sea witch Read more…