Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Erin L. Schneider  & Veronica Bartles Mentee Name: Renée A. Price Title: WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 80,000 Pitch: After seventeen-year-old Brazilian soccer sensation Amélia causes the accident that leaves her professional goalkeeper brother in a wheelchair, she vows to give up soccer. But when childhood BFF, Noah, joins her family’s soccer camp in Rio, the temptation to break her promise may be harder than giving up soccer ever was. Read more…

  Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Molly Lee Mentee Name: C. L. McCollum Title: TRACES Category: NA Genre: SciFi Word Count: 90,000 Pitch: GI Jane meets The Matrix when a terrorist attack triggers telepathic abilities in Cadet Madeline Ray, landing her on the elite Psy-Ops One team. Her chemistry with her new CO, Trace, is worth crossing professional lines, and together they must eliminate the terrorist threat before the civilian population pays the price. Excerpt: Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Dan Koboldt Mentee Name: Michael Mammay Title: PLANETSIDE Category: Adult Genre: Science Fiction Word Count: 81,000 Pitch: An alcoholic Colonel near retirement races across the galaxy to find a politician’s missing son. The cover-up leads him right into a combat zone, where he must risk his life to expose a conspiracy that threatens all of humanity. Excerpt: I stepped off the shuttle in a shitty mood. Three straight days on Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kristin Wright Mentee Name: Mairi Kilaine Title: UNCONVENTIONAL Category: Adult Genre: Women’s Fiction Word Count: 92,000 Pitch: A meeting with film producers at CometCon would be a beautiful alternate reality for any broke sci-fi author. But for Hollywood-wary Molly Watson, it’s a living dystopia. While her sharp mind and brutal honesty may charm a handsome British television star, they also threaten to supernova any chance at a film deal. Excerpt: Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kellye Garrett Mentee Name: Kristen Valentine Title: LAST CALL Category: Adult Genre: Mystery Word Count: 92,000 Pitch: Since her cop father died in the line of duty, PI Roxane Weary’s only active investigation is the bottom shelf of her liquor cabinet. When she becomes a death row inmate’s last shot at proving his innocence, she uncovers a string of missing teenaged girls. Lives depend on Roxane cracking this case—hers included. Excerpt:  “Matt Read more…