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Pitch Madness 2016 Mario Kart Edition … Game On!

Wednesday, 9 March 2016  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

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Welcome to Team Yoshi Falls! It’s been a long week of reading through all the amazing pitches. Our wonderful readers have narrowed the slush, and your game hosts have chosen sixty-eight pitches for the game. To meet the slush readers go to this post here. And you can find out more about the amazing agents playing the game on this post here.

thunder cloudFor those of you not familiar with Pitch Madness, it’s a contest where agents compete in a game against their peers for pitches and you can find the rules and instructions of the game here.

For this Pitch Madness game, we’re playing Mario Kart. bob-omb

mega mushroomScroll down to view all 17 picks for my blog or click on the links to each post … blooper

 

Middle Grade

B1: MG CONTEMPORARY WITH SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS: LINETTE DOUCET AND THE LOUP GAROU

B2: MG CONTEMPORARY: BIG FAT POND FISH

B3: MG FANTASY: DANDELIONS

B4: MG FANTASY: AMANDA JONES AND THE QUEST TO SAVE ZEE

 

Young Adult

B5: YA URBAN FANTASY: VITIUM

B6: YA SCI-FI: INTO THE SKYE

B7: YA SPECULATIVE THRILLER: THE DARKNESS RISES

B8: YA CONTEMPORARY: STAGED

B9: YA SCI-FI: SCARS WE BARE

B10: YA CONTEMPORARY: DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND

B11: YA FANTASY: A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN

B12: YA CONTEMPORARY: FAULT LINES

 

New Adult/Adult

B13: ADULT FANTASY: DAUGHTER OF FURY

B14: ADULT MYSTERY: PORTSIDE SCREW

B15: ADULT SCI-FI: UNTIL THE END

B16: ADULT UPMARKET CONTEMPORARY: YEAR OF THE LETTERS

B17: ADULT THRILLER: CANARY HILL

 

gold coinGo to all the hosts’ blogs to read more winning pitches …

 

Rainbow-road-n64Rainbow Road on Summer Heacock’s site

 

 

 

Bowsers CastleBowser’s Castle on Rebecca Coffindaffer’s site

 

 

 

moo moo meadowsMoo Moo Meadows on Sharon Johnston’s site

 

 

 

Comments are set to moderation so the agents won’t see their competitors’ bids. Please no comments other than those from the agents. After the game, we’ll release the moderation and let you all comment on the entries.

donkey kongWe’ll reveal the agent requests on March 11 at 12:00PM (that’s noon) EST.

Please note: We will email submission details for all requests by the agents. After the contest, agents will make requests to us for the pitches they loved and did not win.

All the twitter fun will happen on the hashtag #PitchMadness! mario and bowser

bullet billCongratulations to those who’ve made it into the game! For those who haven’t made it (and whoever else wants to join us), we are hosting a Twitter Pitch Party on March 17 from 8AM to 8PMEST on the hashtag #PitMad.

How do you twitter pitch? You can find all the details here.

A huge HUGE thank you to my team, Kimberly P. Chase, K.T. Hanna, Dannie Morin, and Heather Cashman

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