Submission 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 ready for submission. Accepting MG, YA, and Adult--all fiction genres. (NO Erotica or Memoir)
To enter, your manuscript MUST be completed and ready for submission. Accepting MG, YA, and Adult--all fiction genres. (NO Erotica or Memoir)
How to Enter:
Step 1:
Compose an Email
Step 2:
Address the email to trickortreatwithanagent@gmail.com
Step
3: In the subject line put your- Category, Genre, Title, Word Count
Example: YA, SciFi, The Apollo Academy
Step 4: In
the body of the email, include your 3 sentence pitch, Answer to question 1, Answer
to question 2, and the first 200 words.
Please leave your name/contact info at the bottom.
- Remember to answer question 1 and 2 in 2 sentences or less.
- If the 200th word ends in the middle of a sentence, please finish the sentence.
An automatic
delivery receipt will be sent to everyone who enters the contest.
Those who
make the first 150 entries after 11AM EDT on October 24th and follow guidelines
will then receive another email letting them know they made it into the
contest. Please note this may take some
time to receive.
The top 36
pitches will post at midnight on October 29th and will remain online until
midnight October 31st. 12 pitches per blog.
Agents will
request "candy" in the comment section. Any kind of sugar candy
(Skittles, Starbursts, etc) means you've gotten a partial request and chocolate
candy (Snickers, M&Ms, etc) means you've gotten a full manuscript request.
Agents can comment on as many entries they like. AND multiple agents can
request on the same pitch, so you might find your bag full of treats!
Costumed agents will
be revealed at 6PM EDT on October 31st.
Anyone who
receives candy, should email into trickortreatwithanagent@gmail.com for further
submission instructions. You will then receive an email with the correct
submission guidelines to follow. DO NOT contact the agent without getting the guidelines
first.
Please No
Commenting on the pitches. This is an Agent Comment Only contest.
I might be very stupid (a high possibility there) but what are Question 1 and 2? I don't see any questions. What am I missing? Help!
ReplyDeleteI've added the flyer from a previous post at the end of the post that answers your question. Let me know if you have any other questions. ;)
DeleteOh thank you so much! I am a ditz! :-)
ReplyDeleteOh and in regards to question one - do you mean which costumed character as in which one of the agents, or just which costumed Halloween character in general.
ReplyDeleteHi, Brenda,
ReplyDeleteSuch a great and fun contest. I will try again... If anything, I am persistent. LOL. Hope all is well with you.
Thanks for the contest!Is there a character count for the sentences? I don't think I have run-ons, but they're long.
ReplyDeleteI've been working on my entry for two weeks, so I hope to make it in this round. The agent wish list is right up my alley and hopefully, my manuscript will be right up the agents WISH LIST!!! hehe!
ReplyDeleteAs far as contact information, is name and email address sufficient, or do you want a mailing address and phone number, twitter handle, blog address, or the radio frequency that sometimes resonates through our dental fillings? I don't want to put too much personal info in, but I want to make sure I put everything necessary! :D
ReplyDeleteDarn. I was going to enter, but I draw a blank at what's meant by 'costumed character' and, apparently, my story isn't unique or marketable.
ReplyDeleteMy best guess as a reader of this blog, is that question 1 means what costumed character would the main character of your story relate to? Costumed character could mean anything you might dress up for Halloween.
DeleteAs for unique and marketable, I'm sure you can come up with one facet of your story that makes it stand out. Good luck!
Yeah, what she (Stephsco) said.
DeleteThese contests are great and a fun way of getting your writing critiqued. Meeting and supporting other writers and a great way to build connections. I'm on phone and it's freezing up or I'd go on. Thanks for hosting, Brenda!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like one big mess on my draft email. Do you want us to 'title' each part. i.e. put 'pitch', Q1, Q2, etc?
ReplyDeleteThat's what I'm doing.
DeleteMe too!
DeleteI got a tweet from WritesForApples which said 'yes, please!'.
DeleteHi - so excited for this!! Counting down the minutes ~ so I hope you see this in time. In step 3, you ask for word count, but it's not listed on your example. So - word count in the subject line? Yes or no? Thanks, so much!! :)
ReplyDeleteYES! Don't forget word count in subject line please
DeleteThanks!!
ReplyDelete