Have questions about submitting to Pitch Wars or just want to know what it is? Start here!

Our Mentors

McKelle George
McKelle George is not mentoring this year, but has mentored Young Adult
Pitch Wars owl
McKelle George
scribble divider

McKelle George is a reader, writer of clumsy rebels, perpetual doodler, and reference librarian at the best library in the world. She mentors with Salt Lake Teen Writes and plays judge for the Poetry Out Loud teen competitions (but has no poetic talent herself). Her debut young adult novel Speak Easy, Speak Love comes out from Greenwillow/HarperCollins in 2017, and she currently lives in Salt Lake City with an enormous white german shepherd and way, way too many books.

Favorite Books
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Saga series by Brian Vaughn and Fiona Staples
Years Mentored
2017