NA Alley: Pitch Critique Session


For those of you who haven't heard, on July 10th YAtopia are hosting a New Adult pitch contest.

Rules

In the wee hours of July 10th (EST, like all of our contests here), the official pitch contest post will go up at yatopia.blogspot.com. To enter the contest, you must post the following information as a comment on that post before 11:59 PM on July 10th. The pitch contest will be closed if 100 entries are submitted, no matter what time of day it is. One pitch per person.

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Title
  • Genre
  • Word-count
  • 35 word pitch (This is a hard and fast rule. Pitches with 36 or more words will be immediately disqualified)
Winners

Sara and Heather will pick their winners and we will post the results within the week. We have no rule that says both Sara and Heather can't request the same manuscript! The number of winners depends entirely on the quality of the pitches! There is no pre-set number of winners so they may request ten pages from one person or they could request fulls from all of you – it’s all up to you!

That is why…

Critique Session

NA Alley, THE blog dedicated to New Adult fiction, is going to help everybody out by hosting a pre-pitch critique session on July 3rd!

On July 3rd, they’ll put up a post where you can post your pitch in the comments and receive feedback from other contestants, as well as YAtopia and NA Alley contributors, and Special Guest Lynn Rush, new adult paranormal romance author! All they ask is that you critique three other pitches.

If you're thinking of entering the contest, join in today to get your pitched polished. If you're not entering the contest, still hop along to give writers that are some advice.
 

11 comments:

  1. Advice from me? I could do some permanent damage...

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    1. No, I want to hear it. I wouldn't be asking otherwise. Please, be honest about my pitch. (that is, if you have the time, and want to of course).

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  2. That's awesome about the NA Pitch/Critique session, although a shame my NA novel isn't anywhere near ready, but I'll be looking out for the other entries. :)

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    1. Oh, that's a shame your novel isn't ready. Though I'm sure there will be other similar things in the future.

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  3. The YAtopia gals rock. What a fun contest! ;)

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    1. It seems like a fun place, and the contest is an awesome idea. :)

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  4. For some reason, I can't read the entries! So, I couldn't chime in- Boo! Not sure what's up with that...trying to figure it out. I also wanted to throw in a pitch, but just didn't have the time/mind to pull it together. So, I'm an EPIC fail today.

    Good luck on your entry, sorry I couldn't comment!

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    1. Oh, how odd. I'll be posting my entry shortly if you wanted to see it.

      It's a shame you couldn't get a pitch together, but the contest isn't until 10th (yesterday was just the critique session) if you're still interested.

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  5. Too bad I don't write YA. I wish I'd seen this earlier though so I could have posted about it.

    .........dhole

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  6. I heard about the pitch. It's a great idea and I wish you the best of luck.

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    1. Thanks. It is a fantastic idea, a great opportunity for New Adult writers.

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