Pitch Wars 2018 … submission window is now open!

    The submission window for Pitch Wars 2018 is now open! You have until it closes on Wednesday, August 29 at 10:00PM Eastern Time to submit your entry form. This mentorship program is open to Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult completed, never before published, works of fiction. Are you ready to enter? You can either click the “Submit” tab in the menu above or just click here: SUBMIT TO PITCH WARS Read more…

Day Three: Writing Tips from this Year’s PitchWars Mentors

Welcome to day three of writing tips from your PitchWars mentors! Be sure to check out day one and two if you missed them. Andrea Contos “It’s always worth it to wait for the right agent. ALWAYS.” Read Andrea’s bio Site  Twitter  Instagram  Facebook     Sheena Boekweg “Sometimes all you need is three seconds of courage, and sometimes all you need are three CPs demanding the next chapter. Feed your courage, and your CPs.” Read more…

Day Two: Writing Tips from this Year’s PitchWars Mentors

Welcome to day two of writing tips from your PitchWars mentors! Be sure to check out day one here if you missed it.  Trisha Tobias “You’re going at your own pace, so don’t do yourself a disservice by comparing your publishing journey to someone else’s. Compete only with yourself; cheer on everyone else. Also, make it clear (to yourself and on the page) what your MC wants while drafting, revising, querying, pitching—really, at any point! If Read more…

Day 7: Pitch Wars Mini Workshops with mentors, Layne Fargo and Rajani LaRocca

Welcome to our Mini Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2018 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query or first page critique from one of our mentors. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a query or first page from our lucky winners. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you all get an Read more…

Day One: Writing Tips from this Year’s PitchWars Mentors

Every year, Pitch Wars hopefuls look high and low for the query advice that will get them selected. And what better place to look for that advice than from the mentors themselves!

Over the next three days, we will be featuring insider query tips from this year’s mentor lineup. It is our hope that you will take in their knowledge and let it be a help to you this Pitch Wars season. So check them out!

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Day 6 (Part 2): Pitch Wars Mini Workshops with mentors, Annette Christie and Carolyne Topdjian

Welcome to our Mini Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2018 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query or first page critique from one of our mentors. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a query or first page from our lucky winners. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you all get an Read more…

Day 6 (Part 1): Pitch Wars Mini Workshops with mentors, Sabrina Kleckner and Léonie Kelsall

Welcome to our Mini Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2018 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query or first page critique from one of our mentors. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a query or first page from our lucky winners. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you all get an Read more…

Day 5 (Part 2): Pitch Wars Mini Workshops with mentors, Helene Dunbar and Victoria Lee

Welcome to our Mini Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2018 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query or first page critique from one of our mentors. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a query or first page from our lucky winners. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you all get an Read more…

Day 5 (Part 1): Pitch Wars Mini Workshops with mentors, Jeanmarie Anaya and Kim Long

Welcome to our Mini Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2018 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query or first page critique from one of our mentors. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a query or first page from our lucky winners. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you all get an Read more…

Day 4 (Part 2): Pitch Wars Mini Workshops with mentors, Laura Brown and Gracie West

Welcome to our Mini Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2018 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query or first page critique from one of our mentors. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a query or first page from our lucky winners. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you all get an Read more…