Young Adult Author
Sun Versus Snow is right around the corner and people have been posting their queries here for feedback. I’ve been asked to open a post for people trying to perfect their first 250 before the contest starts.
Your wish is my command!
Post your first 250 words of your novel below and allow others to offer up corrective criticism and help you tighten it up to gain the attention of Michelle and Amy come contest day!
For those of us that participated in #pitchMAS, a few days before the contest took off on twitter, a post opened to give people a chance to work out their pitches and get feedback from others. Now, Sun Versus Snow is around the corner, I thought there’s no time like the present to get these queries perfectly polished.
Feel free to paste your query in the comments below. Limit it to only your query and if there is interest, I can always open another post for everyone to post their first 250 words.
With #pitchMAS in full swing, I’m moving forward into January and preparing for other contests out in the blogosphere. Luckily, there are two! First is #pitmad on twitter, which is just like #pitchMAS and dealing with twitter pitches, but later in the month is #sunvssnow and it focuses on your query and first 250 words.
Details:
Hosted by: Michelle Hauck (Team Snow) and Amy Trueblood (Team Sun)
Submissions Open: Saturday, January 18th at noon Eastern time
Submissions Close: Sunday, January 19th at 8:00 pm Eastern time
Open to: Adult, NA, YA, and Middle Grade with POLISHED and READY manuscripts
Qualifications to enter: Follow both Michelle on Twitter and their blogs (see original post for information)
What to Submit: Query & First 250 words of your manuscript
What to Expect: Michelle & Amy will pick 15 queries each. Mentors will provide feedback from JAN 23 – JAN 27 as will each of the 30 participants. After receiving two days to make improvements, the new queries and 250 words must be resubmitted by 8pm, January 29th. Beginning Feb 1, agents will have access to your work. There is also a FREE PASS opportunity you can win, where you get to skip the selection process and get placed directly in the pile to be viewed by the agents.
So are you going to enter? I can’t wait!
