Manuscript Status: Finished Mentors: Elly Blake & Ron Walters Mentee: David Kane Title: THE ADVENTURES OF KIRBY DARING Category/Genre: Middle Grade Science Fiction Word Count: 35,000 Pitch: Kirby Daring is...
Read MoreManuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Sarah Cannon Mentee: Elle Evans Title: SAMTO DIES AGAIN Category/Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary Humorous Fantasy Word Count: 55,000 Pitch: When Samto bounces back to life after a tragic...
Read MoreManuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Brooks Benjamin and Caroline Thompson Mentee Name: M. L. Brown Title: LIGHTS! CAMERA! BRAINS? Category: Middle Grade Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 49,000 Pitch: When Marty, a squeamish seventh-grader, takes...
Read MoreManuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: J.C. Davis, Addie Thorley Mentee Name: Laura Lashley Title: IN THE NARROWS Category: Middle Grade (upper) Genre: Fantasy, illuminated manuscript with excerpts from scientific field...
Read MoreManuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Shanna Rogers Mentee: Katharine Manning Title: THE WILDCATS Category/Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary Word Count: 30,000 Pitch: Ten-year-old Hailey dominates the Wildcats soccer team with her fierce...
Read MoreManuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Jessica Vitalis Mentee: Yael Mermelstein Title: EIGHT TIMES CRAZY Category: Middle Grade Genre: Contemporary (with a dash of magic) Word Count: 59,000 Pitch: When twelve-year-old Orville receives...
Read MoreManuscript Status: Finished Mentors: Gail Nall and Abby Cooper Mentee: Rebecca Bischoff Title: HOLE IN THE ROCK Category/Genre: Middle Grade Contemporary Word Count: 58,000 Pitch: Eleven-year-old Lizza, a dedicated vegan,...
Read MoreManuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kevin Springer Mentee Name: Erin Fry Title: A TALE OF TWO ROLFS Category: Middle Grade Genre: Mystery Word Count: 53,000 Pitch: Two years ago, twelve-year-old Rolf Malus was imprisoned inside a book...
Read MoreManuscript status: Completed Mentors: Wade White & Timanda Wertz Mentee: Triona Murphy Title: SHIFTING GEARS Category: Middle Grade Genre: Science Fiction Word Count: 57,000 Pitch: When 12-year-old mechanical genius Edie accidentally hitches a ride to...
Read MoreManuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kate Foster Mentee Name: Melanie Dixon Title: THE WITCH CATCHER Category: Middle Grade Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 43000 Pitch: When thirteen-year-old Evie accidentally smashes a...
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