Our judging agent, Bree Ogden, seemed really impressed with the entries. In fact, she said, "Wow, those were some amazing pitches! So hard to choose one." So without further ado, here's our winning entry:
•Megan Orsini
•Fall of a Sparrow
•YA contemporary
•60,000
•Set within the confines of a traveling freak show, in this modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic tragedy Hamlet, Ben McPherson, son of the proprietor of McPherson's Traveling Carnival of Wonders, must avenge his father's untimely death. Narrated by Ben's best friend Liam, Fall of a Sparrow explores the monsters and madness that hide in the shadows and the secrets that can eventually become our downfalls.
Congrats, Megan! Bree would like to see your full manuscript and, as a bonus, would like to critique your query! How cool is that! (Please send your full in an attachment, the query in the body of the email, use the subject line "Requested Material: FALL OF SPARROW" and mention this contest as a reminder of where she found you, to bree@d4eo.com - and good luck!)
Thanks to everyone who participated, especially our awesome agent judge. You rock, Bree!
Keep writing and polishing, everyone. Our next pitch contest takes place September 21st and 22nd! Details to come.
5 comments:
Wow. That DOES sound awesome. Well deserved!!
Congrats, Megan! And thanks, Dorothy, for hosting the contest and, Bree, for taking the time to judge. :)
Sounds awesome! Congrats, Megan!
That sounds like a really neat premise. Congratulations, Megan. And thanks Dorothy for hosting and Bree for judging.
Interesting POV! Reminds me of "Great Gatsby" in that sense. (No pressure or anything.)
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