Anyone who has a completely finished, completely polished Young Adult manuscript that's read to start making the submission rounds will want to join in on the fun of Get Your Pitch On (#PitchOn is the Twitter hashtag). You won't regret it.
Workshops for Get Your Pitch On will start on October 1,
but you can send your pitches through now to secure your spot with a host blog.
There is no date deadline for the workshops. Each blog has
allocated a set number of pitches that they can host and once those spots are
full then no more submissions will be taken.
Important Rule: If
you want to participate in a workshop, you must be prepared to comment on at
least one other pitch.
How to submit: Email
your draft pitch to pitchonws@gmail.com and include PitchOnWS and
the title of the manuscript in the subject line. Pitches must follow the formatting
as specified for the Get Your Pitch On contest. If you missed if before check
out this post here and you can see the list of blogs participating here.
Draft pitches will be evenly distributed between host
blogs.
And interview with Commissioning and Managing Editor of
Hardie Grant Egmont, Marisa Pintado, will be coming up soon on my
blog so that you have an idea what she's looking for before she takes your
pitches both here on Down Under Wonderings and on my group blog YAtopia
on October 15th. The exact contest opening times will be included in that post.
An Opportunity to get Critiqued
Head on over to the other host blogs to
critique more pitches. For each critique you leave in the comments, you
get an entry into the drawing to win one of eight 10-page critiques
from one of the following hosts: Sharon Johnston, Larissa Hardesty, Stephanie Diaz, Catherine Scully, Jodie Andrefski, Paula Sangare, Talynn and Kaitlin Adams. Please use the exact same name for all of your critiques. The opportunity ends 10/14/2012.
Have fun honing your pitches!
Good Luck!
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