Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Manuscript Status: 2 week delivery Mentor Name: Kelly Calabrese Mentee Name: Tina Boone Title: AT EVERY TURN Category: YA Genre: Psychological Suspense Word Count: 60,000 Pitch: Since her sister’s disappearance, dancer Savanna hasn’t set foot on the stage they once shared. But when another company member goes missing, she must step back into the spotlight and risk her own safety to help find the kidnapper. Excerpt: My heart spasms at the sight of the gunmetal SUV Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Sarah Nicolas Mentee Name: Delia Moran Title: A.K.A. HAZE Category: Young Adult Genre: Light Science Fiction Word Count: 95,000 Pitch: Seventeen-year-old convicted supervillain Haze agrees to serve on a government superhero team in exchange for a shorter sentence. Her best friend is scheming to break her out, but when the scheme turns deadly, she must choose which friends to fight for, and which to betray. Excerpt: The prison was weird Read more…

Manuscript Status: 1 week delivery Mentor Name: L.L. McKinney Mentee Name: Terry Bell Title: SAINTED Category: Young Adult Genre: Science Fantasy Word Count: 107,000 Pitch:  Lethya’s the Empire’s volatile shield: telekinetic prodigy, gifted fighter, but banned from battle for breaking religious law. Ander’s the Empire’s double-edged sword: military scion, apex student, and heir to the sins of the century’s most infamous felon – his mother. Caught in the clash between church and state, their fight to survive means treason… and playing into Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Jessie Devine Mentee Name: Kyle Kerr Title: SPARKLE PREP Category: Young Adult Genre: LGBT Contemporary Word Count: 75,000 Pitch: The Monarchy rules Eustace Academy and they’re out for fresh blood. When initiation night gets out of hand and their king is overthrown, relationships shatter, alliances form, and someone’s future will be destroyed. Gay GOSSIP GIRL. Excerpt:  Winter van Aerden knows never to trust a fag who likes his ego stroked more than Read more…

Manuscript Status:  1 Month Mentor Name:  Kate Karyus Quinn and Mindy McGinnis Mentee Name: Kamerhe Lane Title: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOAN Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary with Magical Realism Word Count: 80,000 Pitch: When Joan commits suicide, she’s saved by Jesus. A Jesus who wears T-shirts and takes His own name in vain. He tells Joan to record a gospel of new truths. But in Joan’s fundamentalist family, truth is hard to tell. Like Read more…