Friday, October 4, 2013

Pitch Wars ... announcing the mentors!



Pitch Wars seems forever away, but it will be here before you know it! What is Pitch Wars? Is it another contest? Oh, no, it's so much better. Pitch Wars is a contest where 46 published/agented authors, editors, or interns choose one writer each, read their manuscript, and offer suggestions to shine it up for agents. The mentors also critique the writer's pitch to get it ready for the agent round. Mentors will pick two alternates each in case their writer drops out of the contest. We'll hold a special alternate showcase on some of the mentors' blogs and the mentors will critique the alternates' pitches. 

Why am I announcing this contest so early? Cause writers will get to send applications (query and first page of manuscript) to four mentors and I want you all to have time to get to know our mentors and decide which ones would be the best fit for you.

I will have more details up soon about formatting, agents, and specific mentors' wishlists. So get your manuscripts finished and your queries ready.

 Here's the schedule ...
  • 11/20 Mentor's post bios and wishlists
  • 12/2: Submission Window
  • 12/3 -12/10: Mentors read their applications 
  • 12/11: Mentor's announce their picks 
  • 12/11 -1/17: Mentors work with their writers 
  • 1/22-1/23 Agent Round
 And here are the FANTABULOUS mentors ...



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16 comments:

  1. Boisterous Bibliophile aka AlyssaOctober 4, 2013 at 10:25 AM

    I have a lot of writing and editing to do.....:-)

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  2. Charlie N. HolmbergOctober 4, 2013 at 10:30 AM

    How fun!

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  3. Carol GarvinOctober 4, 2013 at 11:34 AM

    Wow! What a great list of mentors! I'm off to mark 11/20 and 12/2 on the calendar (and do a lot of polishing in the meantime). :)

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  4. PatchiOctober 4, 2013 at 12:43 PM

    And we only get to pick 4... Tough choices!

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  5. Kelli KOctober 4, 2013 at 1:07 PM

    Holy cow. *bows to the contest queen*

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  6. SStokesOctober 4, 2013 at 1:46 PM

    I had such a blast with this last year, and learned SO much from my mentor. Good luck to everyone who enters (and you all should enter!)

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  7. UnknownOctober 4, 2013 at 3:02 PM

    Phenomenal!

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  8. UnknownOctober 4, 2013 at 3:03 PM

    Phenomenal!

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  9. Xao ThaoOctober 4, 2013 at 3:52 PM

    Sounds interesting. I'll have to try and finish writing by then!

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  10. SM JohnstonOctober 5, 2013 at 2:49 AM

    I'm definitely ready to be in Pitch Wars. The problem will be narrowing it down to which three mentors to pitch to.

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  11. UnknownOctober 5, 2013 at 6:29 AM

    SO EXCITED! :D

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  12. AnonymousOctober 5, 2013 at 7:35 AM

    Such an awesome opportunity. Thanks for doing it yet again, Brenda!

    -Vicki

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  13. Sally LotzOctober 6, 2013 at 1:58 PM

    As usual AMAZING.

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  14. Stephanie Renee dos SantosOctober 7, 2013 at 11:48 AM

    Wow - Wow. I will be participating, and thank you Brenda for hosting this.

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  15. Melinda BenningtonOctober 8, 2013 at 11:01 AM

    Thank you for your efforts on our behalf, Fairy Godmother!

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  16. C.R. EversOctober 9, 2013 at 4:36 PM

    How fun! And a great way to encourage new writers and build up the writing community as a whole! I love it!

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