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Events Search and Views Navigation
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May 2015
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Pitch: #kidpit on Twitter
Hey, Wordherders who write for kids... there is a pitch going on on twitter today, May 27, 2015 from 5 am to 5 pm Pacific time. Here's a blog that talks about what's involved. Pretty much you tweet the idea for your book, adding the hashtag #kidpit and another hashtag or two for age group and genre. I've already noticed a half dozen publishers who have also posted instructions for how/where to…
Find out more »June 2015
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2015 Great Movie Idea Contest
From the pitch contest webpage: Pitching to Hollywood is how films get made. The 8th Great Movie Idea Contest connects the winner with top studio producers, including execs from Lakeshore Entertainment (Million Dollar Baby), Benderspink (We’re the Millers), and other major motion picture companies looking for new concepts to develop. Any genre or subject matter accepted–just think big. For writers and non-writers alike, the contest gives its winners extensive, one-on-one development assistance to…
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Pitch Wars
From the Brenda Drake webpage: Pitch Wars is a contest where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each, read their entire manuscript, and offer suggestions to shine it up for agents. The mentors also critique the writer’s pitch to get it ready for the agent round. Writers send applications (query and first chapter of manuscript) to the four mentors that best fit their work. The mentors then read all…
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Curtis Brown Pitch Fest
From the Curtis Brown webpage: Curtis Brown and Conville & Walsh are to host a series of one day new writing events on Twitter. We are inviting unpublished writers to tweet a one-line pitch for their work, in 140 characters or less, using the hashtag #PitchCB. Our book agents will be online for each event to read each pitch and will be inviting successful authors to submit directly to them. Hosted by…
Find out more »September 2015
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#PitMad
From Pandamoon Publishing: The #pitmad Twitter pitch parties are hosted by author Brenda Drake. To learn more about #pitmad and how to pitch your novel, click here. #PitMad runs from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, Eastern.
Find out more »November 2015
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The First Line
The First Line posts intriguing first lines of stories and invites writers to submit stories beginning with the specified first line. They solicit first line stories four times a year, and publish the stories selected. Check out their webpage for more details, including submission instructions. The next First Line submissions, due November 1, must begin with the line: George pressed the call button and said, "Mrs. Whitfield, you have a visitor." Hat…
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#PitMad
From Pandamoon Publishing: The #pitmad Twitter pitch parties are hosted by author Brenda Drake. To learn more about #pitmad and how to pitch your novel, click here. #PitMad runs from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, Eastern.
Find out more »August 2018
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Wordherders Monthly Meeting: Practice Your Pitch!
Pitching your manuscript is a key step in getting an agent, an editor, and/or a publisher. Authors who plan to attend Rivers of Ink (August 17 - 18) or the PNWA Conference (September 13 - 16) will have a chance to pitch their books to agents. Practicing your pitch is an important part of your preparation. Wordherders is planning a "Practice Your Pitch" night at our August 13 meeting. Our friends, Maureen…
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