When we had to cancel the Pitch Wars query and first page workshops this year, I was sad. So I asked our 2018 and past mentors if they’d be up to doing a critique giveaway in its place. Many jumped in, and I’m thrilled to announce our 2018 Pitch Wars Read more…
UPDATE: You did it, Pitch Wars! You raised our entire annual budget in less than 12 hours yesterday! Thank you so much!! Pitch Wars is a mentoring organization where established writers and publishing professionals help emerging writers edit their book and prepare for publishing success. You can take a look Read more…
Get to know your fellow Pitch Wars hopefuls, alumni, and mentors this summer with our #PWPoePrompts game, brought to you in cooperation with the 2017 Pitch Wars Mentee class! Have fun with it and don’t worry if you miss a day or jump in late. No pressure, we promise! Each Read more…
We’re so excited whenever one of our mentees gets an agent offer or a publishing deal. Celebrating these successes is one of our favorite parts of the Pitch Wars process. We hope you can join us in congratulating Anne Raven and her mentors, Marty Mayberry and Léonie Kelsall. Anne signed with Amanda Jain at Bookends and we couldn’t be happier for them! (more…)
It is with a heavy heart and great sadness to inform you that Pitch Wars lost one of its own last night. Our adult mentor, Derek Chivers, passed away last night. He leaves behind a wife and two small daughters. If you can help his family out, a friend Read more…
The best part of hosting pitch contests is being a part of a writer’s successes. Today we celebrate Jennieke Cohen and her Pitch Wars mentor Tobie Easton! Jennieke recently signed with Jennifer Unter of The Unter Agency, and we couldn’t be happier for her. So please join me in congratulating Jennieke and Tobie as Read more…
Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase on November 1st-7th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2017 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, Read more…
Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase on November 1st-7th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2017 Pitch Wars Teams.