Pitch Wars Blog Archive

We have winners … Can You Hit A Perfect Pitch? Contest with Ammi-Joan Paquette

I’m so excited! We have winners and more! I won’t go on and on about how great you all are and how supportive this community is because you’ll probably just skip it to see who got requests. So here it goes… From our fantabulous judge… Ammi-Joan Paquette What a terrific selection and great variety! It wasn’t easy narrowing things down, but I’ve finally decided on the winners:   Winners = please send your full manuscript Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

It’s on … Can You Hit A Perfect Pitch? Blogfest Contest with agent, Ammi-Joan Paquette

The contest is closed! Thanks everyone for participating and good luck. Please check back for the results soon! Official Entry Post! All entries must be posted in the comments below by 8:00am EST January 17. It’s finally here! Pitch your Young Adult or Middle Grade manuscript to agent, Ammi-Joan Paquette with the Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Please enter ONLY your entry to this post. If you have any questions, you can comment here.   About the agent… Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Can You Hit A Perfect Pitch? Blogfest Contest with agent Ammi-Joan Paquette

It’s a brand spanking new year and I’m excited for our newest contest. Can you hit a perfect pitch for your Young Adult or Middle Grade manuscripts to agent Ammi-Joan Paquette of the Erin Murphy Literary Agency? This is a great opportunity to get your work in front of her since she’s closed to submissions. Also, you’d be lucky to have her as your agent. She’s always been so kind during our communications. You can Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Win a copy of Trisha Wolfe’s DESTINY’S FIRE

   Update: The winner of Destiny’s Fire is Meradeth Houston.  Please email me at brendadrakecontests@gmail.com to claim your prize.      I’m so excited for one of my writing buddies, Trisha Wolfe, book release on January 10th that I’m giving away a book here and on DNA Writers. About the book …   It’s the year 2040, and sixteen-year-old Dez Harkly is one of the last of her kind—part of a nearly extinct race of shape-shifters descended Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Deja Vu Blogfest

DL Hammons at Cruising Altitude 2.0 is holding the Deja Vu Blogfest on his site. So I just had to enter cause I’m lazy like that. I love that all I have to do is re-post something I’ve already posted before.That’s how I roll. Here’s the deets… In his words:   Some of my longtime followers (any of you still out there) know that I’ve broached this before.  I even came up with the BLOG Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Can We Guess Your Character’s Age? Contest …we have winners and more!!!

It has been a whirlwind of fun on the blog lately, and it’s because of all the fantabulous writers and friends who participated in this blogfest. I just want to say how much you all mean to me! Thanks for all the positive comments and critique love you sent to your fellow writers. Each of you should be proud of the work you’ve done. Congratulations to everyone! You may not have won the prize, but Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Can We Guess Your Character’s Age? Contest …Semi-Finalists

We have semi-finalists! Each semi-finalist will have their own post, so scroll down and view each one. Please feel free to comment on the entries’ posts (be nice in your critiques). I have to say that the writing and stories were so fantabulous it was hard to decide. I hope you got enough critiques during the blogfest to determine if your characters’ voices matched their ages. Thank you to everyone for being so kind. I Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Semi-finalist #1

Name: Heather Webb The voodoo priestess tossed entrails into the fire. My throat tightened at the stench, and sweat trickled in hidden places beneath my damp, cotton dress. I drew in a smothered breath, laden with ash and rain not yet released. Mosquitoes buzzed. A night heron babbled in the brush. I twisted the sash on my dress into a knot. What possessed me to be so imprudent, to risk a lashing for visiting her, Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Semi-finalist #2

Name: Robin Weeks Brina knew better than to go out in public looking less than her questionable best. But she was late, it was rush hour, and home was thirty minutes away by car… but only ten by air. So she dumped her school bag, gym bag, and purse in her best friend Moira’s closet, threw open the window, and sat on the sill. She closed her eyes, and, concentrating on the gland behind her Read more…

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Semi-finalist #3

Name: Deborah Pannell Mr. Mooney was in a very bad mood. Driving home from work on the crowded West Side Highway north towards the Henry Hudson Bridge, he heard a funny clacking sound coming from under the hood that sounded suspiciously like the sound he heard the last time he brought the car into the shop. He sighed. Damn that mechanic. He’s been double-crossing me, he thought. You just can’t trust people anymore. Alexander Mooney Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago