Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Cover Reveal for FINDING JUPITER by Kelis Rowe!

We’re delighted to show off this beautiful cover for 2019 mentee Kelis Rowe’s debut, FINDING JUPITER! Mark your calendars for the book’s release on May 31, 2022 from Crown. Finding Jupiter She’s a poet who is convinced love ends in heartbreak. He’s a competitive swimmer who looks the jock part, and is yet a hopeless romantic. One fateful summer night brings them together, but family secrets could tear them apart forever. With their worlds thrown Read more…

By Anna Kaling, ago

Book Release from 2019 Mentee Mindy Thompson

This moving story about a magical bookstore explores the way war can shape a family and is perfect for book lovers everywhere, especially fans of Pages & Co., Pax, and Wolf Hollow. It’s 1944 Sutton, NY, and Poppy’s family owns and runs, Rhyme and Reason, a magical bookshop that caters to people from all different places and time periods. Though her world is ravaged by World War II, customers hail from the past and the future, infusing Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Cover Reveal for FLAMES OF MIRA by Clay Harmon

Join us in celebrating this amazing cover for Pitch Wars Mentor Clay Harmon’s upcoming release, FLAMES OF MIRA! An epic new fantasy in a world of ice, magma and magic! People like Ig are born from life-threatening trials that bind periodic elements to the human body, forged in the boiling volcanoes and subterranean passages under Mira’s frozen lands. One of Mira’s most powerful elementals, he is forced to work in secret as an enforcer for Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Happy Release DAY to OMG CHRISTMAS TREE by Stephanie J. Scott!

  One country guy. One city girl. One big tree. Three nights before Christmas, and all Megan Campbell needs to do is to pick up a Christmas tree. Never mind she’s a city girl who has never bought a real live tree. The biggest and best tree in the lot should make her mom and her new stepdad happy–and forget how she’s neglected to visit them in their tiny town of Crystal Cove. Three nights Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

Happy Book Birthday to BEASTS OF PREY by our Managing Director, Ayana Grey!!

Get your copy today! Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Books A Million | Bookshop.org | Hudson Booksellers  | IndieBound | Powell’s | Target | Walmart About the book … In this much-anticipated series opener, fate binds two Black teenagers together as they strike a dangerous alliance to hunt down the ancient creature menacing their home—and discover much more than they bargained for. Magic doesn’t exist in the broken city of Lkossa anymore, especially for girls like sixteen-year-old Koffi. Indentured to the notorious Night Zoo, she cares for its Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

It’s #PWPoePrompts time again!

  Join us for the fourth annual #PWPoePrompts social media challenge and get to know the Pitch Wars community!  What: #PWPoePrompts is a completely optional, just-for-fun, social media challenge. When: This year #PWPoePrompts will run during the reading period, from when the submission window closes until the class of 2021 is announced, October 1 – November 5 Why: We hope this helps to keep the Pitch Wars community active during the waiting period, and provides Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

Day 4 (Part 3) of the Mentor Spotlights with Adult Mentors & Book Giveaway!

From September 22-28, we’re posting mini-interviews with some of our 2021 Pitch Wars mentors. We thought it would be fun to have them answer one question. A question that would give you an idea of their personalities. And possibly spotlight a mentor you may have missed on your exhaustive search through the blog hop for the perfect four mentors to submit to when the Pitch Wars 2021 submission window opens. Don’t know what Pitch Wars is Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Day 4 (Part 2) of the Mentor Spotlights with Young Adult Mentors & Book Giveaway!

From September 22-28, we’re posting mini-interviews with some of our 2021 Pitch Wars mentors. We thought it would be fun to have them answer one question. A question that would give you an idea of their personalities. And possibly spotlight a mentor you may have missed on your exhaustive search through the blog hop for the perfect four mentors to submit to when the Pitch Wars 2021 submission window opens. Don’t know what Pitch Wars is Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Pitch Wars 2021 … submission window is now open!

  The submission window for Pitch Wars 2021 is now open! You have until it closes on September 30 at 10PM Eastern Time to submit your entry form. DO NOT WAIT TO THE LAST MINUTE TO ENTER. Your entry will be cut off if you don’t hit send in time. So allow yourself time to fill out the form and submit. This mentorship program is open to Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

Day 4 (Part 1) of the Mentor Spotlights with Adult Mentors & Book Giveaway!

From September 22-28, we’re posting mini-interviews with some of our 2021 Pitch Wars mentors. We thought it would be fun to have them answer one question. A question that would give you an idea of their personalities. And possibly spotlight a mentor you may have missed on your exhaustive search through the blog hop for the perfect four mentors to submit to when the Pitch Wars 2021 submission window opens. Don’t know what Pitch Wars is Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago