Enter your query, first 250 words, and answer the question: What is your main character’s most stressful relationship? Who really makes them sweat? In 100 words or less. 26 entries will be chosen to move onto a mentor and then an agent round.ġ0/20: #PitDark – Open to manuscripts containing an element of horror or darker writing. Open to all categories except picture books and erotica. Chosen winner to receive a critique of the first 10 double-spaced pages of your work by agent Annie Hwang of Folio Literary Agency, one-year subscription to and choice of the Guide to Literary Agents 2017 or the Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market 2017.ġ0/14: Nightmare on Query Street – Entry opens at 4pm EST to the first 250 entries or 6pm. Pitch your manuscript via Twitter using the #DVPit hashtag between 8am – 8pm EST.ġ0/6: #DVPit – Open to Adult Fiction and Nonfiction about and especially by marginalized voices. Pitch your manuscript via Twitter using the #DVPit hashtag between 8am – 8pm EST.ġ0/10: Dear Lucky Agent Contest – Open to adult upmarket, literary, or book club fiction. Submit the first 150-250 words of your completed manuscript. Honor Award winner receives $500.ġ0/5: #DVPit – Open to Children’s and Teen Fiction and Nonfiction about and especially by marginalized voices. Winner receives a publication contract and $1000. Pitch only once in the 24 hour period.ĩ/30: New Voices Award – “ Open to writers of color who are residents of the United States and who have not previously had a children’s picture book published.” Enter your 1500 word or less fiction, nonfiction, or poetry manuscript for children ages 5-12. There are always more contests!ĩ/30: #PitchCB – Open to Contemporary Fiction. Pitch your manuscript to Curtis Brown and Conville & Walsh agents via Twitter using the #PitchCB hashtag. If your manuscript is not ready, don’t despair. Most contests are for completed manuscripts. With all these pitch days coming up, don’t forget that you can post your pitches in our Sub It Club Submission Support Group for feedback so you can get them polished up and ready to shine when it’s time to pitch!Īs always, contests are listed by closing dates. (If you aren’t up on how to take part in Twitter pitch contests check out How to #Pitmad.) There are even some opportunities for illustrators. Above all, she is always on the hunt for gifted storytelling that stretches its genre to new heights.If there is a Twitter pitch season this seems to be it! There are lots of opportunities coming up in the next few months, especially Twitter pitch days. When it comes to non-fiction, she is open to fresh, smart, well-branded nonfiction in the areas of pop science, pop culture, diet, health, fitness, food, lifestyle, and humor. She loves to champion underrepresented voices and is particularly drawn to complex characters with emotional resonance, deftly braided narratives, and captivating layered plots. Since joining Folio Literary Management she's had the pleasure of working with both debut and seasoned authors alike.Īnnie is actively building her list and gravitates toward literary fiction featuring diverse characters and authentic voices rich historical fiction where the setting takes on a life of its own visceral literary thrillers with dark psychological grit and nuanced speculative fiction that explores what it means to be human in the age of technology. As a former journalist, she possesses a keen editorial eye which she brings to her approach to agenting, taking an active role in helping clients reach their full potential. Originally from Los Angeles, Annie represents literary fiction and select nonfiction.
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