We Have A Winner!!!

Month9Books editor, Courtney Koschel, has picked a winner! Woo-hoo! To celebrate, and keep you in suspense just a tad longer (yes, I am evil), here are some balloons.

And now... 

The winner is...

Joan He

YA light scifi: INGENICIDE
65k

In the year 2089, education has been reinvented; prodigies run rampant in every imaginable work field. Before the "Genocide," a violent movement designed by Normals to topple the meritocracy, sparked in the US, 16 year old Sibyl Kenschild only wanted to be a Space Manipulator and design rooms that evoked the deepest stirrings of human emotion. But when the the bullets go off at the post-graduation dance, she realizes that it'll take not a Space Manipulator, nor a prodigy, but a traitor to survive.

Please send the query, first 50 pages, and a one page synopsis (ending included) to Courtney Koschel with the words "Three, Two, One, Pitch Contest Winner" in the subject of the email.

CONGRATULATIONS!

And thank you to all that participated! I am always impressed with the quality of work we get here when we run these contests. You guys are awesome. Really.

Heads up for November's Three Two One Pitch Contest

So you think you can pitch? It's time again for us to give aspiring writers everywhere a chance to pitch their manuscript. But this time it's not to a literary agent; it's to an editor at a publishing company! What an exciting opportunity, right? The next Three-Two-One pitch contest takes place November 20th and 21st. This gives you all about three weeks to get your manuscripts and pitches ready. Just a reminder to those who haven't participated before, a Three-Two-One pitch contest goes like this:

• THREE - Pitch your story in only three sentences.
• TWO - Two days to enter: November 20th and 21st.
• ONE - One editor will judge and pick a winner.

Doesn't that sound great? Well then, get those pitches ready!

Do not enter your pitch on this post. We will make an official contest entry post on November 20th and entrants will post their three-sentence pitches (no run on sentences!) in the comments section of that post. At midnight on November 21st, We will turn off comments and no other entries will be accepted. 

We will announce our spectacular judging editor sometime prior to the contest, so keep an eye out!

This contest is open to completed and polished manuscripts in the genres of:

Speculative* Middle Grade
Speculative* Young Adult

To be eligible, you must:

• Follow this blog - go ahead and click "Join this Site" or click the Bloglovin' button on the right if you haven't already
• Follow Dorothy on Twitter
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• Spread the word! Tweet, Blog, or mention on Facebook about the contest and link back to this post or the official entry post.

So, don't forget: three sentences, two days to enter, one editor will judge. Good luck, everyone. We can't wait to read all of your pitches. See you back here on the 20th of November! :)

* From Wikipedia: Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, weird fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as related static, motion, and virtual arts.