Twitter Pitch Parties—The Updated Edition by Stacy Hoff

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A few months ago I posted an article about Twitter pitch parties: http://bit.ly/2prHy8Z. That post got a ton of hits! Given its popularity, and the fact that this December brings two major pitch parties, I decided to give an update.

For those who missed my original post, a Twitter “pitch party” is when writers use a particular hashtag on a date when literary agents and publishing house editors are checking the feed. It’s an effective way for publishing professionals to scan the “Twitterverse” for potential manuscript acquisitions. Authors have to tweet a one-sentence summation of their story, hopefully one that captures the main character’s voice, objective, and conflict.

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Some reminders about Twitter pitch parties:

1. Using the Twitter party’s hashtag is mandatory (or your tweet won’t show up in the party’s feed). Examples of Twitter party hashtags are: #PitMad, #SFFPit, #PitDark, and #DVpit. These party hashtags are typically included at the end of a tweet-pitch, although it can be included at the very beginning of the tweet.

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2. it is very helpful to include the hashtag age-range for the book, such as: children (#C), children picture book (#CP), middle grade (#MG), young adult (#YA), adult (#A), and “new adult” (#NA) which is applicable for protagonists who are either college-age or right out of college.

3. the genre hashtag is also important to include in your tweet. Some popular genre hashtags are: romance (#R), SciFi (#SF) SciFi/fantasy (#SFF), fantasy (#F), horror (#H), suspense (#S), thriller (#T).

Here are the dates for the two December Twitter pitch parties:

December 7, 2017: #PitMad http://www.brenda-drake.com/pitmad/ (open to nonfiction and fiction)

December 14, 2017: #SFFpit http://dankoboldt.com/sffpit/ (open to science fiction only)

Unfortunately, another popular December pitch event, #PitchMas, has been ended by the party hosts. http://pitchmas.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-note-from-jessa-and-tamara.html? spref=tw  I wish the party hosts well.

Some more events to watch out for:

#PitDark, which will happen sometime in March, 2018. http://jasonhuebinger.com/pitdark/ (#PitDark is open to “dark” literature only)

#DVpit (open only to diverse, marginalized voices). The next date has not yet been announced.

Are these events not enough for you? Then follow me on Twitter! I tweet publishing news, including pitch party announcements, on a regular basis. My Twitter link is below.

You might ask yourself, “Do Twitter pitch parties really work?” I hope so. In fact, I hope to be living proof sometime soon. I pitched a manuscript during a recent #PitMad and #PitDark, receiving “likes” from a publisher and lit agent. I’m truly interested in both of them. (That said, I strongly recommend you throughly research any agent or editor who “likes” your pitch before submitting. Caveat emptor!) The book I pitched for those two events is different from what I usually publish, so the opportunity to pitch to a new pool of people was truly appreciated.

For even more information about how pitch parties work, click on the very first link I provided: http://bit.ly/2prHy8Z.

Good luck to everyone who pitches!

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