Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Mentor Names: Stephanie Garber & Stacey Lee Mentee Name: Rachel Horwitz Title: THE BOOTLEGGER’S BIBLE Category: Young Adult Genre: Alternate History Word Count: 70,000 Pitch: In 1942, as America enters the war, Evelyn’s family wages a war of their own—against other bootleggers. She must outsmart the mob and raid speakeasies to survive, but finds it’s teaming up with the son of her family’s greatest rival that puts her in the most danger. Excerpt: One letter—that’s Read more…

Mentor Name: Stephanie Scott Mentee Name: Dawn Norman Title: THINGS WE CAN’T SEE Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 63k Pitch: When 16-year-old Penny is the sole witness to a plane crash in the California mountains, her search for answers leads to another mystery: who caused the death of her washed-up Riot Girl neighbor? Clues point to Penny’s new boyfriend. Only uncovering his secrets means risking their lives from money-hungry crash scavengers. Excerpt: She Read more…

Mentor Name: Trisha Leigh Mentee Name: Anna Patel Title: EXODUS Category: Young Adult Genre: Science Fiction Word Count: 77,000 Pitch: Eos Europa is a genetically engineered specimen, raised by the government in space until she’s called to fulfill her Purpose: to deploy to Earth and fight a plague that transforms humans into The Muted. Monsters with pitted eyes, skeletal faces, razor-sharp groupthink capabilities, and an insatiable hunger for flesh, The Muted are extinguishing humanity. But Read more…

Mentor Name: Virginia Boecker Mentee Name: Rosalyn Eves Title: THE BLOOD ROSE REBELLION Category: Young Adult Genre: Historical Fantasy Word Count: 90,000 Pitch: Unable to use magic in a Victorian world governed by it, sixteen-year-old Anna Arden will do anything to belong. But when exiled to Hungary for spell-breaking, Anna must choose: deny her unique ability for high society life—or embrace it, destroy her world’s greatest spell, spark a revolution, and change the face of Read more…

Mentor Name: Brighton Walsh Mentee Name: Kelly Siskind Title: CHASING CRAZY Category: New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance (Dual POV) Word Count: 80,000 Pitch: Pininfarina’s name has got to go. Predictably, her reinvention as Nina, non-disaster magnet, tanks within seventy-two hours. In New Zealand. All it takes is scalding soup and a picture-happy mean girl. Then there’s mayhem-inducing Sam. Falling for his infuriating self has no place in her fiasco-free life plan. Not when her coordination Read more…