Pitch Wars Blog Archive

  Manuscript Status: 2-3 weeks delivery Mentor name: Samantha Joyce Mentee name: Jessica Bloczynski Title: THE DROIDS THEY’RE LOOKING FOR Category: Young Adult Genre: Science Fiction Word Count. 85,000 Pitch: When fifteen-year-old Izzy’s mad scientist dad brings home a secret project from work to heal her dying sister, Izzy must confront her father’s superhuman bosses who want their technology back—and who are willing to kill Izzy and her family to get it. MY SISTER’S KEEPER Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Stephanie Scott and Valerie Cole Mentee Name: Jenn Kompos Title: THE SENATOR’S OTHER DAUGHTER Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 75,000 Pitch: After her mother dies, seventeen-year-old Lily discovers the father she never knew is a U.S. senator. Seeking answers, Lily takes a job as the senator’s nanny—concealing her identity. If the truth’s discovered, Lily risks her father’s political career, the boy she’s falling for, and her newfound family’s trust. Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Stacey Trombley Mentee Name: Anissa Malek Title: SARIN Category: Young Adult Genre: Techno Thriller Word Count: 89,000 Pitch: Seventeen-year-old Sarin’s fight to uncover the truth about her altered memories turns her from assassin to target. Now she’ll risk being reprogrammed into a mindless killing machine to save her mentor from the black ops agency that’s desperate to get Sarin back. BOURNE IDENTITY meets MIND GAMES. Excerpt: Dread pursues me down the Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Shannon M. Parker/Kathryn Purdie/Janet Taylor Mentee Name: Jennifer Laird Title: HOUSE OF SMOULDERING TEARS Category: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 85,000 Pitch: When the King of Thieves commissions his ill apprentice, seventeen-year-old Adonia, to steal from enchanter royalty, the robbed prince demands retribution. Imprisoned in a fiery kingdom, Adonia must resolve the vendetta her crime rekindles between two deadly magical families…before a curse burns her to ash. Excerpt: This Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Mónica Bustamante Wagner and Susan Gray Foster Mentee Name: Kerbie Addis Title: PAPER BONES Category: YA Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Word Count: 61,000 Pitch: Seventeen-year-old Rett is failing school—and life—as his mental health deteriorates, but a strange girl shows him kindness. Too bad she’s a sea witch cursed with a compulsion to lure humans to watery graves. If Rett can’t face his inner monsters, he’ll never survive the monster torn between kissing Read more…