Pitch Contests
I recently entered a twitter pitch contest called #PitchMAS. Writer were to pitch their manuscript in 140 characters or less, including the hashtag #PitchMAS. The rules were: you can change up your tweet, but may only tweet your pitch twice an hour. Also, agents and editors who were scoping out the scene could ask for a specific genre, and if you had what they wanted you coulkd pitch to them directly and it wouldn't count as one of your two tweets. With me so far? Good.
This contest was held by Jessa Russo (@jessarusso) on her blog Jessa Russo Writes and Tamara Mataya (@feakysnucker) on her blog The Mad Ravings of a Feaky Snucker for two days. Then, the contest moved on to Twitter, where we could pitch our work. I missed out on the first two days, but found out about this awesome contest the night before. I had also missed out on Pitch Wars. Which is a shame, but we'll get to that in a minute.
So, I had all day to tweet my pitch and try to gain some attention. Unfortunately, again, my rotten luck had followed me and no one was nibbling. No one was looking for sci-fi. Not that my book is high sci-fi at all - superheroes counts as Sci-fi, so yeah. Ten hours later, I was ready to get on Hootsuite and auto post and go to bed. But, finally - FINALLY - someone bit. Patricia E. Riley from Spencer Hill Press asked to see a full and I screamed right then and there.
#PitchMAS was such a success that these lovely ladies plan to do it again next year and have a site in the works specified for the yearly contest. You can find it HERE .
So, on to Pitch Wars. I was pretty bummed I missed out on this. By the time I got word, submissions were closed. Brenda Drake hosts this contest on her blog HERE , and it's much different than any contest you've seen. Writers post pitches, and authors or intern editors choose a manuscript to take on and mentor. They can also choose two alternates in case they change their mind. Once the writers are chosen, the mentors work with them to edit their synopsis and the beginning of their MSs. Then, the writers have a chance to fix their work. Once that's done, the mentors pitch the MSs to the agents.
For those of you who were able to compete in these contests, I'm sure you'll be back next year if you haven't been picked up yet. And for those of you who missed out, no worries, there's always next year. OR, you can partake in the next pitch contest coming up January 25th (not entirely sure of this date) on Twitter called #Pitchmad (pitch madness). Keep an eye on the hashtag #Pitchmad for more info.
To wrap this up, pitch contest are terrific ways to gain exposure and pitch your MS right then and there. There's no waiting for six week replies, and it's an awesome way to see just how creative you can get with your pitch.
This contest was held by Jessa Russo (@jessarusso) on her blog Jessa Russo Writes and Tamara Mataya (@feakysnucker) on her blog The Mad Ravings of a Feaky Snucker for two days. Then, the contest moved on to Twitter, where we could pitch our work. I missed out on the first two days, but found out about this awesome contest the night before. I had also missed out on Pitch Wars. Which is a shame, but we'll get to that in a minute.
So, I had all day to tweet my pitch and try to gain some attention. Unfortunately, again, my rotten luck had followed me and no one was nibbling. No one was looking for sci-fi. Not that my book is high sci-fi at all - superheroes counts as Sci-fi, so yeah. Ten hours later, I was ready to get on Hootsuite and auto post and go to bed. But, finally - FINALLY - someone bit. Patricia E. Riley from Spencer Hill Press asked to see a full and I screamed right then and there.
#PitchMAS was such a success that these lovely ladies plan to do it again next year and have a site in the works specified for the yearly contest. You can find it HERE .
So, on to Pitch Wars. I was pretty bummed I missed out on this. By the time I got word, submissions were closed. Brenda Drake hosts this contest on her blog HERE , and it's much different than any contest you've seen. Writers post pitches, and authors or intern editors choose a manuscript to take on and mentor. They can also choose two alternates in case they change their mind. Once the writers are chosen, the mentors work with them to edit their synopsis and the beginning of their MSs. Then, the writers have a chance to fix their work. Once that's done, the mentors pitch the MSs to the agents.
For those of you who were able to compete in these contests, I'm sure you'll be back next year if you haven't been picked up yet. And for those of you who missed out, no worries, there's always next year. OR, you can partake in the next pitch contest coming up January 25th (not entirely sure of this date) on Twitter called #Pitchmad (pitch madness). Keep an eye on the hashtag #Pitchmad for more info.
To wrap this up, pitch contest are terrific ways to gain exposure and pitch your MS right then and there. There's no waiting for six week replies, and it's an awesome way to see just how creative you can get with your pitch.
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