Pitch your novel. Best Twitter parties

If you have a complete (and polished) novel you want to find an agent and/or a publisher for, AND you’re NOT engaging in any Twitter pitch parties, you’re probably missing something out (including fun and a good opportunity to make friends with fellow writers in your field).

What is a pitch party? It’s a day event where you twit a description of your novel in 280 characters, and if agents /publishers give you a “LIKE”, you’re invited to submit a partial to them. Exciting, isn’t it?

In the beginning, you can easily get confused -there are many around and “the rules of engagement” vary from one to another – but, trust me, it is well worth the hassle of learning them.

I have been participating for about one year or so, and here you have a few suggestions in case you decide to join the game.

#Pitmad >> one of the most famous, hosted by the same people of PitchWars (another, more complex contest held every year). You can pitch pretty much every genre.

#Pitdark >> pitch party specialised in “dark-ish” literature

#SFFpit >> pitch party reserved for science fiction and fantasy.

#DVPit >> pitch party reserved to marginalised /#ownvoices authors (even though the definition is quite comprehensive and you might found yourself included, too).

#AdPit >> reserved for all genres but only adult (if you write MG or YA, you’ll consider #KidPit instead)

#IWSGPit is for all genres, organised by the Insecure Writer Support Group.

There are many websites that give you in advance all coming dates for them. The one I use is this fantastic blog: Free Writing Events

If you want to give it a try, in a few days there’s a #Pitmad coming. I attach here the rules, make sure to look at various tags in order to pitch it properly. And remember to have fun!

6 Comments

  1. Tammy

    This is so cool! I’ve never heard of it before, but it sounds like a great tool for writers

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      It is. I know a few writers that got their agents with them. 🙂

      Reply
  2. ccyager

    Excellent info, Steph, thanks! I’m going to hang onto this post for future reference.

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Worth giving it a try for sure.

      Reply
  3. maddalena@spaceandsorcery

    The publishing world keeps changing in new and quite unexpected ways, indeed… 🙂

    Reply
    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      You can say that 😀

      Reply

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