Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Mara Rutherford; co-mentor Jessie Humphries Mentee Name: Joan He Title: HESPERIA Category: YA Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 88,000 Pitch: When Princess Hesperia unwittingly hires a legendary assassin to investigate the king’s murder, she discovers that the centuries-long persecution of magicians and seers is building toward a revolution. Read more…
Manuscript Status: 2 weeks delivery Mentor Name: Tamara Mataya and JC Nelson Mentee Name: Marcus Alexander Hart Title: ALEXIS VS THE AFTERLIFE Category: YA Genre: Paranormal Comedy Wordcount: 92,000 Pitch: When seventeen-year-old former child star Alexis drops dead, she finds the afterlife disturbingly similar to her old sitcom. Monsters Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Rebecca Sky Mentee Name: Kayla The Rivera Title: DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE Category: Young Adult Genre: Science Fiction Word Count: 99,000 Pitch: To rescue her family from war-torn Mexico, seventeen-year-old Rebecca Leroy must win a televised fight to the virtual-death where top-gamers battle for billions. Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentee: Eliza Knightly Mentor: Nikki Roberti Title: SURVIVING HOPE Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 84,000 Pitch: Abandoned by her schizophrenic mother, sixteen-year-old Corrine is sent to a group home for troubled teens. When she meets a runaway named Dean, she sees her chance for escape. But Read more…
Manuscript Status: One Week Delivery Mentor Name: Megan Grimit Mentee Name: Isabel Davis Title: SEA OF RIVALS Category: YA Genre: Historical Fantasy Word Count: 70,000 Pitch: When it comes to her father’s war with the Merfolk, seventeen-year-old Cordelia always knew which side she was on. Nobody crosses the ruthless Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Sharon Johnston Mentee Name: Amanda Donegan Title: THE ZERO MAKER Category: Young Adult Genre: Psychological Horror Word Count: 63,000 Pitch: Seventeen-year-old gamer Sunny just wants to show up her friends at Minecraft. But when she buys a laptop from a thrift store, a demonic virus Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Marty Mayberry Mentee Name: Becky Dean Title: CHASING CHAUCER Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 84,000 Pitch: After an injury ends Britt’s soccer scholarship dreams, her college future depends on winning a new competition. In a literary-themed version of The Amazing Race, she Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Megan Grimit Mentee Name: Sheena Boekweg Title: THE WAXLING Category: YA Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Word Count: 70,000 words Pitch: The Waxling was supposed to be a monster, made from the mold of a dead girl. A creature Arialle spent years training to protect, for the Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Marty Mayberry Mentee Name: Laura Creedle Title: THE LOVE LETTERS OF ABELARD AND LILY Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 62,000 Pitch: After sixteen-year-old Lily goes off her ADHD meds, she spontaneously kisses Abelard, the brilliant boy with Asperger’s she hit by accident Read more…
Manuscript Status: 1 week delivery Mentor Name: Jaye Robin Brown Mentee Name: Allie Schellong Title: YIELD Category: YA Genre: LGBT Speculative Thriller Word Count: 90,000 Pitch: Adam Furling’s life is in neutral—busted car, no college plans, and a wordless crush on his best friend, Dion—until he carries a mysterious box across Read more…