Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Meet the Pitch Wars 2017 Agents! (Part 2)

We have an amazing lineup of agents participating in Pitch Wars 2017! On November 1st , the Pitch Wars Agent Showcase will go live for all the mentees, chosen by mentors on August 24th. We will post three separate posts by age category (MG, YA, NA/A), listing the mentees’ pitch and the first words of their manuscript (pitch words + first page words = 300 words). The agents will search from November 1-7 through the posts, find their favorites, Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Meet the Pitch Wars 2017 Agents! (Part 1)

  We have an amazing lineup of agents participating in Pitch Wars 2017! On November 1st , the Pitch Wars Agent Showcase will go live for all the mentees, chosen by mentors on August 24th. We will post three separate posts by age category (MG, YA, NA/A), listing the mentees’ pitch and the first words of their manuscript (pitch words + first page words = 300 words). The agents will search from November 1-7 through the posts, find their Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars … the uncomfortable truth by Mentor Liaison, Joy McCullough

This is my fifth year mentoring Ptichwars and I love so much about it. I love the community and the relationships built. I love the successes—the ones both immediately measurable and the less tangible ones. I love when it gets uncomfortable. It gets uncomfortable every year in a variety of ways. There are always things people ask us to change about the process to make it gentler on the applicants. Could mentors please not tweet Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

A Pitch Wars 2016 Success Interview with Carrie Ann DiRisio and her mentor, Rebecca Yarros

  Our favorite part of hosting pitch contests around here is hearing about successes. Today we celebrate Carrie Ann DiRisio and her Pitch Wars mentor Rebecca Yarros! Carrie Ann recently signed with Melissa Edwards of Stonesong Literary Agency, and she already landed a book deal with Sky Pony Press. So please join me in congratulating Carrie Ann and Rebecca as they share with us their awesome Pitch Wars success story. Carrie Ann, what was it about Rebecca that made you choose to send them a Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

A Pitch Wars 2016 Success Interview with Sarah Van Goethem and her mentor, Jenni L. Walsh

Our favorite part of hosting pitch contests around here is hearing about successes. Today we celebrate Sarah Van Goethem and her Pitch Wars mentor Jenni L. Walsh! Sarah recently signed with Dorian Maffie of Kimberly Cameron and Associates, and we’re so over-the-moon excited for her. So please join me in congratulating Sarah and Jenni as they share with us their awesome Pitch Wars success story.   Sarah, what was it about Jenni that made you choose to send her a Pitch Wars application? Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars 2017: Young Adult/New Adult Mentor Spotlights (Part 6)

We’re so grateful for our Pitch Wars mentors! They give so much to help other authors succeed, and we couldn’t have Pitch Wars without them. So please help me in thanking the mentors for all they do via twitter, the comments, or on the Pitchwars Proboards. Pitch Wars 2017 YOUNG ADULT Mentors   Co-Mentors Sonia Hartl & Annette Christie Sonia Hartl Website | Twitter Sonia Hartl is a YA writer rep’d by Rebecca Podos of Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars 2017: Young Adult Mentor Spotlights (Part 5)

We’re so grateful for our Pitch Wars mentors! They give so much to help other authors succeed, and we couldn’t have Pitch Wars without them. So please help me in thanking the mentors for all they do via twitter, the comments, or on the Pitchwars Proboards. Pitch Wars 2017 YOUNG ADULT Mentors   Naomi Hughes Website | Editing Website | Twitter Naomi Hughes has been a freelance editor for a little over three years, as well as occasionally serving as an Assistant Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

STEADFAST by Michelle Hauck . . . Cover Reveal and Celebration of a Writer’s Spirit!

It all starts, of course, with getting hit with the writing bug. You have an idea for a story. You bravely sit down and write it. You learn that you don’t know how to write quite yet and you begin to gather experience plucked from other writers farther down the road.  A manuscript or four later your craft has improved enough to land an agent. Your brilliant story goes out to the scary land of editors Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago