Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Kevin Springer Mentee: Jamie Pacton Title: MARCO POLO & THE MAGICIAN’S RING Genre: MG Category: Adventure-Fantasy Word count: 40,000 Pitch: Marco Polo’s travels made history, but his childhood was also full of adventure and danger. When a vengeful goddess kidnaps his aunt and cousin, 12-year-old Marco must find the Magician’s Ring, outwit a lovesick mermaid, and figure out how to use the magical power his mother left him before the goddess Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Phil Stamper Mentee Name: Lucinda Troy Title: CAST IN SHADOW Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 61,000 Pitch: Tomoe Ikeda is as skilled in her ninja training as she is at getting into trouble. But when a failed heist ignites a feud with rival shinobi, the conflict threatens not only her school, but her life. Being a twenty-first century ninja wasn’t supposed to be this complicated. Excerpt: Ninja. So Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kim Graff Mentee Name: Jenny Rosen Title: THE RUNAWAYS Category: YA Genre: Thriller  Word Count: 88,000 Pitch: When seventeen-year-old Hailey unearths her U.S. Senator father’s ties to a mass murder, he hires Caleb—teenage-Casanova-turned-killer—to make her disappear. Caleb forgoes duty for runaway love; trading twisted family loyalties for Hailey’s life. Caught between dirty cops, black ops, and blood ties, they must survive the sins of Hailey’s father and expose his corruption before he buries them both. Excerpt: Dad Read more…

Manuscript status: Finished Mentor Name: Kes Trester & Jennifer Hawkins Mentee Name: Michella Domenici Title: LADY HAMLET Category: YA Genre: Contemporary w/LGBTQ elements Word Count: 72,000  Pitch: Alice Li will do anything to play Hamlet, even stage her own gender-swapped production. But her panic attacks threaten everything when her best friend bails, the location falls through, and she’s forced to cast both her ex-girlfriend and potential boyfriend—ay, there’s the rub! Excerpt: Sometimes I think I’m Read more…

  Manuscript Status: 1 week delivery Mentor Name: N.K. Traver Mentee Name: Genevieve Angelique Title: THE MOON THIEF Category: Young Adult Genre: Diverse Fantasy Word Count: 64,000 Pitch: An Ojibway-inspired fairytale: Luna may have escaped a life-draining Windigo, but she was forced to leave behind the boy she loves. To save him, Luna must regain her spirit powers and a pair of wings—before the Windigo turns the one she loves into a monster. Excerpt:  Hide, the feather Read more…