This page will be updated as I find contests without entrance fees taking place April–July 2015. This will also be my last seasonal roundup, since I’ve found other contest lists which are updated regularly: Carissa Taylor’s list of contests, updated each year; the contests hosted by Adventures in YA Publishing, open for MG–NA manuscripts; KIDLIT 411’s … Continue reading April–July Pitching Opportunities 2015
There are so many pitching opportunities coming up in the next few weeks and months that I might be forgetting one. If you know of any more contests, please let me know in the comments! Note that I am only including contests and pitching opportunities that are open to unpublished writers and which either have no entry … Continue reading January-March Pitching Opportunities 2015
Or, general tips and tricks for pitching on Twitter, and how pitching SFF is different from pitching other genres. This is going to be a long one, folks. Skip around as needed! Update from 2021—We Need Diverse Books no longer uses the #ownvoices hashtag or label. Read why. Update from 2018—I wrote this post in 2014, … Continue reading Tips and Tricks for Writing Successful Twitter Pitches
I’m excited to reveal my new project of diversion. I majored in interdisciplinary studies, which is a fancy way of saying “I couldn’t decide on just one major, so I proposed my own to the university, and they accepted.” I called my curriculum “Visual Communication.” It included studying the written word (literature, writing, and editing) … Continue reading Covers of Classics: a Genre Mash-Up
Lara Willard 