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Sunday, 3 February 2013

Three Two One Pitch Contest Details: Meet the Agent

So you think you can pitch? Once again we'll be giving aspiring writers everywhere a chance to pitch to a literary agent. The next Three-Two-One pitch contest takes place this Friday and Saturday, February 8th and 9th. Are you 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: February 8th and 9th.

 ONE - One agent will judge and pick a winner.

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

And now it's time to meet our awesome judging literary agent: Myrsini Stephanides of the Carol Mann Agency! We're very happy to have such a wonderful agent judge our contest.




And now, on with the details:

Do not enter your pitch on this post. I will make an official contest entry post on February 8th, and entrants will post their three-sentence pitches (no run on sentences!) in the comments section of that post. At midnight on February 9th, I will turn off comments and no other entries will be accepted. The winner will get a full manuscript request!

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

  • Offbeat, literary, and graphic YA
  • New Adult
  • Upmarket Women's Fiction with a twist
  • Commercial Fiction

NO middle grade, science fiction, or category romance.

To be eligible, you must:

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

Not necessary, but in the spirit of paying it forward:



So, don't forget: Three sentences, two days to enter, one agent will judge. Good luck, everyone. Can't wait to read all your pitches. See you back here on the Friday!



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3 comments:

  1. G. B. Miller4 February 2013 at 02:09

    One question: Is there a minimum word count needed?

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  2. Dorothy Dreyer4 February 2013 at 06:40

    For a novel? Or for the pitch?

    There is no word count for the pitch. It just has to be 3 sentences (or less). A novel itself is generally at least 50K, but in this case acceptance will be at the agent's discretion.

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  3. G. B. Miller5 February 2013 at 02:00

    Gotcha...well, that eliminates me, 'cause I'm shopping a novella around this year.

    Oh well, maybe I'll have a novel finished for next year's resolution of getting a least one story published.

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