Genre: Magic Realism Category: Middle Grade Title: MOLLY LONG LEGS AND THE SLEEPING BUG Word Count: 40,000 Three Sentence Pitch: Eleven year old English schoolgirl, Molly Jeffries, discovers she can physically enter...
Read MoreGenre: 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...
Read MoreGenre: FantasyCategory: Young AdultTitle: WE WHO REMAINWord Count: 75,000 Three Sentence Pitch: An African-inspired fantasy of a young aspiring scientist who befriends an “untouchable” preparer of the dead and joins...
Read MoreGenre: 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...
Read MoreGenre: Dark Contemporary Gothic Category: Young Adult Title: TENDRIL Word Count: 68,000Three Sentence Pitch: Opal MacBride’s inheritance includes albinism, a lecherous uncle, and a family curse that says she’ll never find true love....
Read MoreWhile 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...
Read MoreSubmissions for Trick or Treat with Agents is Closed! To enter, your manuscript MUST be completed and ready for submission. Accepting MG, YA, and Adult–all fiction genres. (NO Erotica or...
Read MoreSubmission 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...
Read MoreJanet Sumner Johnson: Musings of a Children’s Writer I am beyond delighted to announce another Pitch Madness success story. The crazy talented Janet Sumner Johnson signed with Victoria Marini of...
Read MoreWelcome to the agent round of Pitch Live! The following entries have made it through the first round and are in the following posts after this one. Please no comments...
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