Agent Judged Contest Has Begun!

Our agent-judged one-line pitch contest began today, Thursday, March 3rd at 9:00 am Eastern Standard Time. Agent Weronika Janczuk from the D4EO Literary Agency is judging the contest.

The contest entry window is 24 hours and will end at 9:00 am Eastern Standard Time on Friday, March 4th.

You may only enter one project. Please be certain all projects are complete, edited, and polished enough to present to an agent.

Submissions must be made via our online submission form. (A free QueryTracker.net membership is necessary to use the form and can be accessed from the form page.) Only entries received through the online form will be accepted. Entries emailed directly to the agent or agency will be disqualified.

This contest is for ADULT fiction only, so no MG or YA projects in this contest, please. The genres include science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller, and romance.

Ms. Janczuk wants to receive one-line pitches and the first 100 words of your manuscript (+ or – half a sentence. Don’t just end mid-sentence).

Details for this contest were posted yesterday and have been in the contest widget in the sidebar for several days.

The response time and announcement of the winners (who will receive requests for additional material from Ms. Janczuk) will depend on the number of entries. The more entires, the longer it will take--one of the pitfalls of not having an entry cut-off. Ms. Janczuk hopes to have the results within two weeks. I'll give updates as to her progress and the winners will be notified directly via email as well.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to post them in comments!

Best of luck to everyone and special thanks to Ms. Janczuk for judging.

Agent Judged Contest Begins Tomorrow!

Agent Weronika Janczuk from the D4EO Literary Agency will be judging our March contest, which opens at 9am EST tomorrow  (Thursday, March 3rd) and will run for 24 hours, until 9am EST on Friday (March 4th). A form will be activated and a link will be posted on this site at the start of the contest tomorrow morning. There is no advantage to being one of the first to enter as we will accept all entries submitted within the 24-hour window.

This contest is for ADULT fiction only, so no MG or YA projects in this contest, please.  

Ms. Janczuk wants to see a one-line pitch and the FIRST 100 words (plus or minus 1/2 sentence--don't just cut it off mid sentence) of COMPLETED science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller, or romance novels.

A free QueryTracker.net membership will be necessary to use the form and can be accessed from the form page. Only entries received through the online form will be accepted. Entries emailed directly to the agent or agency will be disqualified.

To help you get ready:
The how-to of one-line pitches:
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2009/04/dreaded-pitch-what-to-include-in-that.html

Examples of excellent pitches:
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2009/04/one-line-winners.html
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2010/05/from-chris-richman-winners.html
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2010/04/from-jason-yarn-winners.html

Please note: Sometimes the email notifications from this blog do not go out right when the post is published (a Google Blogger issue we cannot control). If you are an email subscriber, please realize this email might arrive after the contest has begun.

March Contest Coming Later This Week: Adult SF/F/H, Thriller, and Romance

March Contest: Adult SF/F, Horror, Thriller, and Romance

Agent Weronika Janczuk from the D4EO Literary Agency will be judging out next contest, which opens at 9am EST on Thursday of this week (March 3rd) and will run for 24 hours, until 9am on Friday (March 4th).

This contest is for ADULT fiction only, so no MG or YA projects in this contest, please.  

Ms. Janczuk wants to see a one-line pitch and the FIRST 100 words (plus or minus 1/2 sentence--don't just cut it off mid sentence) of COMPLETED science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller, or romance novels.

Submissions MUST be made via an online submission form that will become available starting at 9am EST on Thursday, March 3 (don't worry, we'll post a link so you can find it)! A free QueryTracker.net membership will be necessary to use the form and can be accessed from the form page. Only entries received through the online form will be accepted. Entries emailed directly to the agent or agency will be disqualified.

To help you get ready:
The how-to of one-line pitches:
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2009/04/dreaded-pitch-what-to-include-in-that.html

Examples of excellent pitches:
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2009/04/one-line-winners.html
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2010/05/from-chris-richman-winners.html
http://querytracker.blogspot.com/2010/04/from-jason-yarn-winners.html

Please note: Sometimes the email notifications from this blog do not go out right when the post is published (a Google Blogger issue we cannot control). If you are an email subscriber, please realize this email might arrive after the contest has begun.