Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Genre: Contemporary/Magical RealismCategory: Young AdultTitle: THE UNFORTUNATE WISHES OF MATTHEW WATSONWord Count: 79,000 Three Sentence Pitch: Former private schooler, Matt, uses an aloof genie to get out of his crappy bully-filled public school. But the genie doesn’t use magic; he “makes things happen,” which apparently translates to “ruins everything.” Now Matt’s scrambling to fix his life, avoid a bully and woo a girl, all while his genie is setting buildings on fire for funsies.   Read more…

Genre: ContemporaryCategory: Young AdultTitle: AUSSIE OUTSIDERWord Count: 63,000   Three Sentence Pitch:  Rory Turner used to have the typical American family, but now she’s an Aussie outsider, living on a Dr. Pepper can-sized island with the dad she’s only just met. Settling into her new life is hard enough without the seemingly harmless pranks someone is pulling on her, stuff like leaving a dead bird on her bed. Rory is determined to find out why, Read more…

Genre: Fantasy with Romantic ElementsCategory: AdultTitle: THE PAIN BEARERWord Count: 117,000 Three Sentence Pitch: Rosalina DeMagna suffers from a mysterious affliction—unexplained pains which neither medicine nor prayer can cure. Though she believes the affliction is penance forced upon her by vengeful gods, the arrival of Warlord Thorne Kierin reveals she is his Pain-Bearer, an unfortunate soul forced to suffer every ache, pain, and fatigue on the warrior’s behalf. Unfortunately, Thorne’s enemies learn of Rosalina’s affliction, Read more…

While you wait to see who makes the top 36 into the agent round, here’s the fabulous agents that will be participating in Trick or Treat with Agents. Our agents will post comments under their costumed disguises and they can give as many treats, aka manuscript requests, as they wish. Their identities will be revealed October 31st at 6PM EDT. JEM– Our pink-haired, 80’s rock star of an agent represents MG, YA, and Adult.  Right Read more…

Submission window opens at 11AM EDT (NY time) on October 24th. All emails sent prior to the submission window will be deleted. To enter, your manuscript MUST be completed and ready for submission. Accepting MG, YA, and Adult–all fiction genres. (NO Erotica or Memoir) How to Enter: Step 1: Compose an Email Step 2: Address the email to trickortreatwithanagent@gmail.com Step 3: In the subject line put your- Category, Genre, Title,  Word Count                                                                  Example: YA, Read more…