BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:09b42c44e7982d5d96ce661f878e34a6662 CATEGORIES:Events SUMMARY:September 2022 Agent Pitch DESCRIPTION:
Is your pitch clear? Is it engaging? Is it likely to make an agent want to request your manuscript for review and possible r epresentation?
Prepare Your Pitch can serve as a
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In addition, Prepare Your Pitch can be the first step toward the Agent Pitch Event in September, describe d below. If you plan to do Agent Pitch, you must register for Prepare Your Pitch. In the past, members who did Prepare Your Pitch rec eived significantly more requests from agents and required less help from v olunteers to meet formatting and content requirements.
August 1-7, 2022
This peer-review event is designed to provide
participants with feedback from fellow writers regarding their 75-word pitc
h. Expect to give and receive lots of feedback during this time. Participan
ts will post their pitches on October 18, and then will have a week to give
and receive feedback. There will also be an opportunity to post your 500-w
ord excerpt for proofreading, as preparation for Agent Pitch.
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Participa nts will be placed into groups by sub-genre. You will be expected to provid e feedback on the pitches of those in your group. In return, you’ll get fee dback on your pitch from others. Comments on any pitch throughout the forum are also encouraged.
This event is free to members. Please note, though,
that this event requires a significant time investment
Please cancel at least five days in advance if yo u become unable to join. The coordinators of this event are volunteers, and fewer last-minute surprises will help them.
Bas ed on agent and participant feedback from past events, we have increased th e length of pitches to 75 words, and removed the requirement to state the p rotagonist's emotional journey directly in the pitch. Agents say they want pitches to convey stakes and plot, so we will help you focus on those eleme nts! Please see examples of pitches that received multiple agent requests in previous WFWA Agent Pitch events.
Protagonists must be nineteen-years-old or older, as agents gene rally consider manuscripts with younger protagonists to be Young Adult. If you believe you should be granted an exception to this rule for your eighte en-and-under protagonist, please email PitchEvents@womensfictionwriters.org< /a> for instructions on how to apply for an exception.
Want to plan ahead to get the most out of the event? Get started now with the WFWA Prepare Your Pitch resource list.
Prepare Your Pitch Week happens once per calendar year.
You may participate in this and future Prepare Your Pitch weeks even if you are not ready to participa te in the Agent Pitch Event, but if you want to do Agent Pitch, you must register for Prepare Your Pitch. Even if you've participated in a previous Prepare Your Pitch, because the length and style of pitches has changed, we recommend participating again. If you'd like to apply for a n exception, please email us at pitchevents@womensfictionwriters.org.
September 6-20, 2022
An optional follow-up to this Prepare Your Pitch Week, the 2022 Agent Pitch Event is an opportunity to submit your 75-word pitch and 500-word excerpt from the beginning of your manuscript to approximately 20 agents who are seekin g women's fiction manuscripts. Here is a list of this year's p articipating agents.
Registration for both Prepare Your Pitch and Agent Pitch will open at noon EST on July 18 and close at midnight EST on July 20. Because P repare Your Pitch is required for Agent Pitch, there will be a single regis tration form, but on your form you can indicate if you do not plan to parti cipate in Agent Pitch. Registration for Agent Pitch will be capped at 120 p articipants, so please register ASAP.
Questions?
Email us at pitchevents@womensfictionwriters.org.