Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2023 Sweetheart Pitchfest and in particular thanks to the Agents who reviewed all your amazing pitches! Wow!

Read on for the list of requests. This list is final.
Thanks for participating and don't forget to register for the 2023Autumn Pitchfest!

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Jordy Albert at Booker Albert Agency

Please send a query letter, synopsis, and first 3 chapters to: Query Submission

• Fathom
• The Only Ones
• Of Dust and Earth
• SHOWDOWN AT ORION'S CROSS
• Going Green in Hollywood
• Malicious Devotion
• THE THIEF, THE COOK, AND THE WITCH’S BOOK
• AMY HAS FANGS
• Fate's Secret

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Katie Salvo at Metamorphosis

Please send the first 3 chapters, along with a full summary, and your contact information to [email protected]. Include SAVVY Authors in the subject line.

• BACK BURNER by Meghan Schiereck
• BABY WITH A TIME MACHINE by Jany Campana
• Babysitting Gandhi by Jo Fraley
• THE STONE OF LOVE by Margaret Izard
• Truth or Scare by Ellen Mulholland
• Mystic Bay~A Haven in Texas by June Faver
• The President’s Dog by Kim O’Brien
• Fast Frequencies by DM Shepard
• WOMAN IN THE PAINTING by Christina Boyd
• A CHRISTMAS TREE IN MY SCHOOL? By Patti Livingstone
• Miss-Trusted by Janice Bremec Blum
• Destiny Bound by Sandra Carmel
• The Way We Never Parted by Erin McAnoy
• The Titanic Caper by Lauri JB Corkum
• Scarred Heart by Denise Redman-Satterly
• MAGIC IS MALARKEY by Anneliese Schultz
• DAD, THE FEARLESS STORYTELLER by Cassie Silva
• MAZLO THE VENDING MACHINE by Cassie Silva
• Chasing Mr. Rochester by Christy
• REBOUND FOR RENT by Susan Reinhardt
• HOW TO WASH A DOG by T. C. Weeks
• The Corset Girl by Annie R McEwen
• OPEN YOUR EARS, WHAT DO YOU HEAR? By Erin Will
• Death at Wildbough at Starr Diethorn
• SNOW...UH-OH by Scott Wolf

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Adria Goetz at P.S. Literary Agency

Please send me their query letter and the first ten pages pasted in the body of their email, to [email protected].

• Blood After Midnight - Megan Cox
• The Dirty Version - Tracy Kahn
• Baskets and Bakesales - Harri Tysoe and Alicia Maslin

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Shari Maurer at The Stringer Literary Agency

Please submit query, synopsis, and first five pages to: Query Submission

Ensure the first line of their query letter states they were part of the Savvy Authors Pitchfest, for prioritizing their submission

• Erika Romero: The Great Dessert Battalia
• Carrie Golus: The Pajama Eleven
• Sarah Curtis: The Stage
• Audrey Dowling: Ghosted By Our Parents
• Charles Marshall: Fall from Graceland
• Author MMB: Science, Secrets and Scoundrels
• KL Kranes: Radio Silent and Tangled Web
• Charlotte Hebert: Going Green in Hollywood
• Christy: Chasing Mr. Rochester
• Yash Bhutada: Upma, Chai and Rosemilk.

Hello!

Happy first day of the Sweetheart Pitchfest. We have worked hard to try to make this easy to navigate.

* This event will close on Friday February 17th at 9:00 p.m. EST. *

If you have any questions, please check out our general Pitchfest Information. There are tabs (under the orange Register Now for the Next Pitchfest! button) that you can click on that will give you more information.

All about Pitchfest!

• Want to know if you're ready to pitch? Check out Ready to Pitch?
• Want to learn how to prepare your pitch? Check out Prepare Your Pitch.
• Want to know how to bookmark your pitch? Check out Day of the Event.
• Want to know how you know if you've got a request or when we will announce the pitch requests? Check out After the 'Fest'.

Will more pub pros be joining the event?
No, unfortunately, there won't be any more publishing professionals joining this pitchfest. There are a lot of other pitch events and conferences that are going this month, so we were unable to secure any more agents. We are planning for a bigger event in the fall, and as it looks right now, there won't be many competing events so we are hoping to have many more publishing professionals..

We appreciate you participating in our Pitchfest.

RJ & The SavvyCrew

Hello everyone! I recently discovered this site through a pitch party calendar and I'm thrilled to be a part of this community of writers. Currently, I'm in the process of querying my new crime novel to agents, with some fulls out, but also aware of how slow and challenging the querying process can be. Despite this, I'm excited to connect with fellow writers. Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Personally, I've been a bit of a lurker in the writing community just kind of sitting in the back and watching.

I think it's time though I step forward and say a "hello".

I'm a fiction author who is writing in the Fantasy genre, though it usually has a bit of a western sub-theme due to my country heritage.

I'm still shopping for literary agents, but if you are also a fantasy fan whose selling point isn't how they are "breakthrough" or anything but instead how they are unusual, unique, and maybe even weird please stop by and say hello!

Hello,

A friend directed me here after sending a long list of Pitch Fests.

My name is Phoenix and I’m currently working on way too many projects. The one I’m attempting to get ready for publication is the first book in a new adult epic fantasy series entitled Creatures of Fate. Right now I’m also writing a queer cozy mystery and a superhero novel, which may or may not be the first in a universe.

Always open to advice and querying opportunities.

Thanks.

Hello all! I'm Yakira and I'm a new member!

I'm a writer of all things YA fantasy, and am currently querying three novels. I've had one novel published, but due to complications, I am searching for a new agent to help me through the hurdles of publishing once again! Other than that, I've had some short stories published in online magazines and anthologies, as well as a devotional in a compilation.

I recently joined to take part in the upcoming Pitchfest! Hope to get to know more new authors!

~Yakira

Hey, everybody! I'm Jo Morgan Sloan. I go my Jo in my day-to-day, and Morgan is my pen name. I'm querying three fiction novels at this time, rewriting a seven-book fanfiction series, and I also write nonfiction essays and poetry. I was fortunate enough to be published last year in Drunk Monkeys, was shortlisted in an essay contest, and am proud to say my favorite book baby is currently longlisted for the Chanticleer Somerset Award! I joined Savvy Authors to participate in the Sweetheart Pitchfest—last year, I had a bad experience with a schmagent, so I'm much more cautious and selective about sending out queries and have slowed way down.

Hope to meet new people and make some good connections. I'm in Northern California if anyone's around here!
- Jo

I tweaked my first chapter after superb advice from a small publisher. I'm excited about my book (again) and looking forward to the next pitch event.

I posted the chapter on a review site and had some great feedback. One reader suggested I make it more obvious in chapter one that the characters are time travelling. I'd put in subtle hints, eg they're in Aztec Mexico, call each other noobs and suchlike, and refer to WW2.

Do you think it's better to gently lead a reader in to keep them page-turning or shove it in their face to cause maximum WTH reaction? This reader wants the latter but it smacks a bit of "telling not showing" to me...

Hi everyone! I'm MJ, writer and game dev from Toronto. Found the site through the Twitter Pitch Party calendar, and always excited to connect with other writers!

In terms of where I'm at with some semblance of a writing career, I'm currently querying agents with a new queer YA romance I finished a first draft of in the fall. I had a full manuscript request from an agent I'd really love to work with, so I'm currently waiting hell! I also have a couple titles under my belt, Murder at the World's Fair, a YA steampunk murder mystery, and Queer Werewolves Destroy Capitalism, a very much not-YA collections of sci-fi smut!

Hope everyone's having a great 2023 so far, and excited to participate in some pitch events with folks!

Dear Sir or Madam:

I inadvertently posted a 'post' in the forum threads that I would like to REMOVE/DELETE:

<< Could someone please step me through how to do so? I don't see any way to do so within the GUI. >>

Thanks much for your prompt reply,
B.

So I’ve started writing short stories, and the thing abt short stories is they can be very obvious genres, but when we write about the nitty gritty, the dark sides of life genre becomes more difficult to define. I have been defining mine as “political/domestic horror” because they are bizarre like The Lottery. But then I started watching The Premise, which is considered “comedy/drama,” and I realize that genres are currently f*ed. Or maybe tv doesn’t give a shit abt genre. I wouldn’t care, but to find a magazine/publisher one must define oneself so as to be properly categorized with other sellable writers. I would love to be categorized as a sellable writer, but how do I define what I write. I’ve got this in the novel world. But shorts can be so much more esoteric, philosophical. The obvious answer seems to be read every possible place you could get published, but then who has time to write. Genre is a great shorthand for authors and editors/agents to find each other. But if you’d define my story one way and I another. How do we learn each other’s language?Thoughts?

Thank you!!

Hello Team!

According to the Savvy email regarding classes paid for and participated in, I should be able to access my 'old' classes indefinitely. Like forever...?

Yet I cannot for the life of me determine as to how to get to those, my word, 'archived' classes:

<< Can anyone help me find the class(es) I've taken in the past? >>

Thank you very much for the assist -- Let's make it the best new year,
B.

Good morning all!
Just found this site from a random name drop in a Becca Syme video!
I'm a brand new mystery author, fleshing out 1st rough draft currently.
Looking forward to joining up with others on their writing journeys!
Michelle

OK, ya'll. I know if you are like me you read CONSTANTLY. So what books did you read this year that are still with you? What book did you read that you could not put down and thought about when you were not reading it? I read mostly in the evening after the dishes are done and the dogs are tired and napping and there are those books that I so look forward to.
These are my top three books of 2022, what are yours?

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig and recommended to me by @Dawn_McClure

Red Storm Rising: A Suspense Thriller by Tom Clancy

The Reign of Wolf 21: The Saga of Yellowstone's Legendary Druid Pack (The Alpha Wolves of Yellowstone Book 2) by Rick McIntyre
OK, your turn! What three books will you always remember from 2022?

@Dawn_McClure @RJ Garside and @Walker I tag you as well!!

Happy Sunday, all

Going to do a few sprints in the Sprint Room Chat for the next couple of hours if anyone is interested

Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2022 Autumn Pitchfest and in particular thanks to the Agents who reviewed the nearly 1,500 pitches! Wow!

Read on for the list of requests received so far. We are waiting for updates and this post will be updated when we get that.
Thanks for participating and don't forget to register for the 2023 Sweetheart Pitchfest!

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Jacqueline Lipton at The Tobias Literary Agency

Please submit their query and first 20-25 pages (wherever is a convenient stopping point e.g. a chapter break) to me via QM

And in the "referred by" field, they should note Savvy Authors Autumn Pitchfest 2022.

• Desire in Dairyland (Michelle Caffrey)
• The Jingle Run (Erin Pullmann)
• What Happened to Emily Peal (Kara Q Rea)
• On Fire (Amy Reitz)
• Promises (Linda Vick)
• Never Go Back (Stephanie Cotela)
• The Blueprint of You and Me (Sara DeVries)
• Not Here to Make Friends (Catie Stewart)
• That Which is Lost (Alice Fitzpatrick)
• Perfect Monsters (Jennifer Howell)
• Ship Me (S.M. Levine)
• The Only Ones (Elle Evans)
• The Townie (E. Clayton)
• The Dirty Version (Tracy Kahn)
• Revenge Has No Bounds (Jennifer Kelly)
• The Nesting Plot (Catherine Mallette)
• The Capitol Codebreakers (Gabrielle Barone)

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Jordy Albert at Booker Albert
Please submit to me through my query link Query Submission Look forward to reading!

• Pastry For Your Thoughts by S. Scales
• The Girl’s Guide to Hitchhiking by Laura Martz
• SAVAGE ARIA by Ely Azure
• FRESH TRACKS by John Zeleznik
• Barefoot in Blue Heron by Katie Eagan Schenck
• Flame & Shadow by AK Nevermore
• Sukidayo, Honey-sensei by B. M. Valdez
• ANTIQUISTS: THE GHOSTLY MANUSCRIPT by Kathryn Faye

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Lynnette Novak at The Seymour Agency

Please paste your pitch and query in the body of the email and attach the first three chapters as a docx. Put your title and Autumn Pitchfest in the subject line and send to: querylynnette (at) theseymouragency (dot) com. #ExcitedToRead

• Little Pink Notes by Charlie Penny
• DEVIL IN THE DETAILS by Ely Azure
• ON FIRE by Amy Reitz

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Jennifer Herrington at The Harvey Klinger

There were SO many amazing pitches! Thank you to all the authors that participated and pitched to me. Please submit query, synopsis, and first three chapters to:
QueryManager.com/JenniferHerrington/SavvyAuthorsAutumnPitch

Note: that if it was a picture book submission, please upload the full manuscript.

Thanks! Excited to read!

The Perfumery of Pancake Hollow by Virginia Davidson

• Hillary Hawthorne and the Enchanted Quill by Jessica Guest
• Rhema Maxwell: Ghosted By Our Parents by Audrey L Dowling
• THE ACCIDENT by Lori Miller Kase
• TINY PURPLE THREADS by Stephanie Rondeau
• LAKESONG FARM by Grace Stone
• TIME TO GO BIG by Susan Reinhardt Laws
• A is A Scarlet Letter by Priya Ardis
• Fresh Tracks by John Zeleznik
• TITLE? by Lindsey Hobson
• LOAD GAME by Emilie Nantel
• Monster Hunter: Ruby Larsen by Sky Sprayberry
• The Care and Feeding of Monsters by Christine Iverson
• Neighbors by Chance by Mia Heintzelman
• The Devil You Know by Grace Carroll
• Heather and the Haunted Mirror by Nicolette Nuytten
• Me and My Rebozo by Victoria Aranda
• CINDERELLA CATERPILLER (A MONARCH TALE) by Emily Dolbin
• Beth Death by Amanda Poll
• PERIODIC ATTRACTION by Lana Pattinson
• Mahal Kita Means I Love You by Carmen dela Cruz
• TITLE by Cat Urbain

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Kortney Price at Belcastro Literary Agency
Please send the first 50 pages to the QM form specifically for this event

• The Half of It by Theresa Christine
• Sweetest Swap by Elizabeth Perry
• Ruby Larsen, Monster Hunter by Sky Sprayberry
• THE PERENNIALS by Lauren H. Dowdle
• DAD, THE FEARLESS STORYTELLER by Cassie Silva
• The Secret of Wychwood Forest by Alison Thayer
• A Time for Hope by Kayla Kensington
• How Dogs Talk by Jani Holder
• Revenge Has No Bounds by Jennifer Kelly Christy
• Shhh! Dino is Sleeping by Louisa Wilkinson
• HOCUS FOCUS by Ashlee MacCallum
• MOMO AND THE DANGOS by Robert Shibasaki

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Kate Salvo at Metamorphosis
Please submit your manuscript, along with a summary and bio to [email protected]. Allow 6-8 weeks for a response.

• THE BLUEPRINT OF YOU AND ME
• NOT HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS
• Annie's Fate
• SEA WOLF AND SPIRIT BEAR
• The Consequences of Normal
• Hold Still
• the Prison
• Girls Would
• The Imprint of Desire
• No One Special
• 139 Moss Lane
• The Soda Fountain Sister and the Flower Lady
• Charlie Penny
• HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO
• The Captain's Wary Heart
• Desire in Dairyland
• The Jingle Run
• Could've Been

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Carol Woien at Blue Ridge Literary
Please submit your first 3 chapters to me here: Blue Ridge Literary Agency

THE TIES OF TRUTH

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Jared Johnson at Olswanger Literary -- Just updated --
Please submit pitch and first 25 pages: to jared at olswangerliterary dot com
Include SavvyAuthors Pitchfest in the email title.

• Mortgage and Mayhem, Carol Ayer
• Finding the Mugwort Girls, Ellie Kim
• Drawing Dahlia Graves, Christi Silver
• Tent City, Amy Bernstein
• Folie a trois, Viktoria Dahill
• A Murder Most Fowl, Carmela Dutra

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Leslie Truex at Blue Ridge Literary

Please submit query, synopsis and 3 chapters through my Query Manager If you can’t meet that timeline, she will open to queries, and you can submit in January when she re-opens. https://QueryManager.com/2347 by November 13.

• thealonastark - Teach Me
• HCumiskey - The Sooner I Go (new adult)
• Judy Malcolm - HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO (romantic suspense)
• MichelleCaffrey - Desire in Dairyland (romantic suspense with humor?)
• Mary_Rose_Luksha - SUPERNATURAL CAUSES (paranormal romance with humor?
• DMSHEPARDDMSHEPARD Torched (romantic suspense - firefighter)
• Virginia Brasch GRANNY HEIST (rom com)
• mizard Title: THE STONE OF LOVE
• Kate Godfrey - Unwilling psychic Delphia Thoren
• Shundayah - A WHISPER OF DEATH
• roserayneriversThe Cupcake Cowboy (romance)
• hodginmd - Safe
• jeremybcohen - THE SURF
• twright050371 YA fantasy GHOST MEETS ANIMAL HOUSE.
• Sburdorf DANGER ON THE MOUNTAIN romantic suspense
• Sburdorf CAT'S PAW

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Colleen Oefelein at MacGregor & Luedeke
Please send your query, synopsis and first 20 pages pasted into an email with "Pitchfest: TITLE" as the subject to: [email protected]. Thank you!

• Could've Been
• To See and Be Seen
• Pastry For Your Thoughts
• In the Out
• The Jingle Run
• Last Resort
• Lucy and the Privateer
• The Half of It
• No One Special
• Charlie Penny
• ALL THE SECRETS THAT AREN'T
• The Room at the End of the Hall
• the Prison
• Tropical Entanglement
• Promises
• TIME TO GO BIG
• Flame & Shadow
• Drawing Dahlia Graves
• The Hidden Jules
• Joan Ramirez
• TOUCH THE SKY
• Cheecho the Magnificent Magico
• The Love Consult
• ANNABEL IN OCEAN BEACH
• A Spell of Dance and Silence
• NOT HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS
• The World As We Don't Know It
• Summer by the Book
• THE AMORTALS - Bleeding Daylight
• Born To Love You. Again.
• Finding Beauty
• Closure
• Buried Love
• The Ripple
• A Time for Hope
• The Truth within the Lie
• Revenge Has No Bounds
• PICK IT UP!
• THE CASE OF THE FILTHY BEAST
• Love Collides with Salter's Path
• MOMO AND THE DANGOS
• Space Boys Are Easy
• The Other Side of Here

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Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2022 Autumn Pitchfest and in particular thanks to the Editors and Publishers who reviewed the nearly 1,000 pitches! Wow!

Read on for the list of requests received so far. We are waiting for updates and this post will be updated when we get that.
Thanks for participating and don't forget to register for the 2023 Sweetheart Pitchfest!

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Totally Entwined Group
The authors can send their full manuscript to [email protected] along with either their original pitch or a synopsis, and if they include Savvy Authors Pitch in the subject line that would be useful.

Totally Bound

• Deck the Mall – Evie Bennet
• Fast Frequencies – DM Shepard
• Grinding Gears – DM Shepard
• The Cupcake Standard – Maren Jenner
• Time to Go Big – Susan Reinhardt Laws
• Hungry is the Night – Robin Jeffrey
• This Kind of Love – Ashley Detweiler
• Austen Inspired – Asia Karpuleon
• I’ll Break All the Rules for You – Madyn Rose
• Serial Killer Games – Katherine Stone
• Outside the Lines – Susan Burdorf
• Untitled Susan Burdorf – Adult Shifters/Billionaire/CEO, Smart/Sexy
• Warrior of Eden – Fenley Grant
• Safe – Meghan Hodgin
• An Education – James Goetz

Pride

• The Song of Sariel – JJ Graham
• The Cupcake Cowboy – Rose Rayne Rivers (think this should be for TB, but it’s in the Pride pitch section)
• Night Out – Michael Fynan

Finch

• Just a Girl & Her Dog – Kelly Kandra Hughes
• The Missing Memories of Cordy O’Reilly – Tonya Preece
• No One Special – Elizabeth Soule
• The Science Behind Happily Ever After – Jaime Dombrowski
• The Price of a Princess – Susan Burdorf
• Violet Ink and the Loneliest Girl – C S Patra
• Zaire Escape – Autumn Tompkin
• Crushing – TR Simmons

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Reagan Rothe at Black Rose Publishing
Please follow the guidelines to submit.

• Starborn Retribution by Sonja Hutchinson
• A Drink of Darkness by DM Shepard
• Time To Go Big by Susan Reinhardt
• Desire in Dairyland by Michelle Caffrey
• Under the Dogwood Tree by Kari Wirth
• That Which is Lost by Alice Fitzpatrick
• Extinguishing Shadows by Heather L. Beal
• The Winning Brother by Kari Wirth
• Pick It Up! By Becca Spence Dobias

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Changeling

Please see submission guidlines to submit. https://www.changelingpress.com/submissions.php

• Barefoot in Blue Heron by Katie Eagan Schenck
• Sukidayo, Honey-sensei by B. M. Valdez
• ANNABEL IN OCEAN BEACH by Lori Beth Mahaney
• Hungry is the Night by Robin Jeffrey
• I’ll break all the rules for you by Madyn Rose
• Fresh Starts, Dirty Money by Lynda Rees
• So Close by Maggie Belle Morgan
• Fantaghiró by Isadora H. Petrovsky
• SERIAL KILLER GAMES by Katherine Stone
• Safe by Meghan Hodgin
• Three Chords & You by Sarah Wyland
• Between Sets by Kelly Gicale
• Fate Loves Collateral Damage by Jocelyn Chen
• NIGHT OUT by Michael Fynan
• Alone On Earth Book One of Vampires in Bed-Stuy by Michal Scott
• BETRAYED by Bev Irwin
• CRUISING HEARTS by Bev Irwin

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Sword & Silk Books
Please follow directions through our submissions page and note in their submission that it’s a SavvyAuthor request:

• THE ACCIDENT by Lori Miller Kase
• Drawing Dahlia Graves by Christi Silver
• DEVIL IN THE DETAILS by Ely Azure
• FORGED IN CHAOS by Abigail Glenn
• A Drink of Darkness by DM Shepard
• The Choker and the Cincher by Kavga Bjelodana

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Meg Gaertner at North Star Editions
These authors can submit their query letters and full manuscripts to me at [email protected]. The subject line of the email should read: Autumn Pitchfest Request - TITLE.

• THE ACCIDENT by Lori Miller Kase
• LAKESONG FARM by Grace Stone
• THE CHAMPION by Rachel Wilson
• RADIO SILENT by K.L. Kranes
• DOUBT OUR STARS ARE FIRE by Priya Ardis
• THE TRUTH ABOUT MONSTERS by Dede Fox

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Josh Gregory at Albert Whitman
Please send full manuscripts to jgregory at albertwhiman dot com

• Two Hearts – Susan Johnston Taylor
• Cheecho the Magnificent Magico – Manuel Padilla Jr.
• Right Here – Molly Ippolito
• A Special Day – Erika Romero
• Monday…Again! – Luce Williams
• Soak, Bubble, Stomp – Luce Williams

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Nivair H. Gabriel at Albert Whitman
Authors should follow the submission instructions on our website, here, but email me directly at [email protected] and include SavvyAuthors in the subject line.

• Light Up the Night, Anna Lazowski
• Two Peas in a Pod, Cheryl Simon
• Not the Right Yema, Imelda Taylor
• Helper Dog Sally, Dianne Ochiltree
• The General and Jesse, Kim O’Brien

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Jess Verdi at Alcove Press and Crooked Lane
Please send a synopsis and first three chapters to jess.verdi at alcovepress dot com

• The Soda Fountain Sister and the Flower Lady by Sheri Taylor-Emery
• Sweetest Swap by Elizabeth Perry
• Granny Heist by Virginia Brasch
• Barefoot in Blue Heron by Katie Eagan Schenck
• Drawing Dahlia Graves by Christi Silver
• Every Woman Knows by Patricia Beadle
• Sukidayo, Honey-sensei by B. M. Valdez
• The Love Consult by Viktoria Dahill
• Neighbors by Chance by Mia Heintzelman
• The Blueprint of You and Me by Sara DeVries
• Summer by the Book by Kristi Dosh
• If the Stars Should Appear by Kim Crisci
• The Dirty Version by Tracy Kahn
• The Half of It by Theresa Christine
• Fate Loves Collateral Damage by Jocelyn Chen
• Night Out by Michael Fynan
• Ship Me by S.M. Levine

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Melissa Rechter at Crooked Lane and Alcove Press
Please send the first 4 chapters, a bio of the author (2-4 lines about themselves and any previous works or books, if applicable) and a full synopsis to melissa.rechter at crookedlanebooks dot com

• Mortgage and Mayhem by Carol E. Ayer.
• Evening Table by Alexandria Faulkenbury
• A is A Scarlet Letter by Priya Ardis
• For Love of Family by Pamela Jonas
• Annie's Fate by Pam Mortensen
• The Gathering Silence by Elizabeth Lyvers
• That Which is Lost by Alice Fitzpatrick
• Death in Miniature by Pamela Meyer
• In the Blood by Ann R. Loverock

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Rachel Gilmer at Sourcebooks
Please submit full synopsis of the project (including the ending), the manuscript, and any applicable sales history.
Please submit materials to rachel.gilmer at sourcebooks dot com

Materials should include a full synopsis of the project (including the ending), the manuscript, and any applicable sales history.

• Could’ve Been by Savannah Gardiner
• 139 Moss Lane by Sheri Taylor-Emery
• Lakesong Farm by Grace Stone
• Devil in the Details by Ely Azure
• Beauty & the Bluestocking by Ella Kay
• The Blueprint of You and Me by Sara DeVries
• Just My Luck by Emily Nakeff
• Ship Me by S.M. Levine
• The Imprint of Desire by Catherine Lawrence
• Barefoot in Blue Heron by Katie Eagan Schenck

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Tamara Grasty at Page Street Publishing

Please submit full length pitch, a full manuscript synopsis if available, and their full manuscript to me to tamarag at pagestreetpublishing dot com

• The Devil's Music by Elle Taylor
• Savage Aria by Ely Azure
• Gale by Adrianne Karasek

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Ezra O’Neil at Scarsdale Publishing
Please submit the full manuscript and synopsis as Word docs to scarsdale at scarsdalepublishing dot com. Please add SavvyAuthors Pitchfest to the subject line.

• Windward
• Song of Sariel
• Entering the Otherworld
• Fantaghiro
• Sukidayo, Honey-Sensei.
• Amy Has Fangs

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Sharona Wilhelm at Scarsdale Publishing
Please submit the full manuscript and synopsis as Word docs to scarsdale at scarsdalepublishing dot com. Please add SavvyAuthors Pitchfest to the subject line.

• Desire in Dairyland
• The Prison
• Annabel in Ocean Beach
• Annie’s Fate
• Austen Inspired
• Death in Miniature
• Do Not Resuscitate
• For Love of Family
• Tangled Threats
• The Hartford Secret
• A Woman of Ruinous Face
• Sticks in a Bundle: The Early Years
• His Story

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Tess Jones at Egret Lake Books

Please send query email and the first thirty pages of your work. Can you email me at [email protected] with the following:

Email Subject:
GENRE – MANUSCRIPT TITLE – AUTHOR NAME – TODAY’S DATE – SAVVYAUTHORS AUTUMN 2022 REQUESTED MATERIALS

Email Content:
-Everything that you originally posted in your pitch (Currently looking for tags, genre, length, author, pitch)
-Short biography and your contact information including any social media or websites
-Is this your first novel? Have you published writing in any other form, and if so what?
-A summary including the beginning, middle, and end of the story
-Paste the first THIRTY pages of your manuscript in the body of the email. Do not attach content, all text must be inline in the email.

• To See and Be Seen by Sarah Estow
• The Soda Fountain Sister and the Flower Lady by Sheri Taylor-Emery
• When Cardinals Appear by Katie Eagan Schenck
• Barefoot in Blue Heron by Katie Eagan Schenck
• Sukidayo, Honey-sensei by B. M. Valdez
• TIME TO GO BIG by Susan Reinhardt Laws
• ANNABEL IN OCEAN BEACH by Lori Beth Mahaney
• The Love Consult by Viktoria Dahill
• Austen Inspired by Asia Karpuleon
• Mercy, Mercy, Us by Debbie Ehresmann Ochoa
• THE BLUEPRINT OF YOU AND ME by Sara DeVries
• The Museum of Happiness by Tracey Buchanan
• Heavenly Bodies by Kellie Wallace
• Summer by the Book by Kristi Dosh
• Reusable by Kaitlin Greco
• Saving Faith by Emily Marcason-Tolmie
• Once Again You by Kayla Kensington
• Secrets of Water and Fire by Louisa Wilkinson
• Of Course I Love What's Broken by Nathaniel Cairney

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Anne MacDonald at Indigo River Publishing

Please submit your cover letter, synopsis (if you have one) and your first 10 chapters to [email protected]. Please visit our website Indigo River Publishing - Hybrid Book Publishing Company for more information on us.

• Murder on Mackinac by Matt Schueller
• 139 Moss Lane by Sheri Taylor-Emery
• The Soda Fountain Sister and the Flower Lady by Sheri Taylor-Emery
• Lucy and Ricky Save Hollywood by Lauren Hasbrouck
• Last Resort by Lauren Hasbrouck
• Rhema Maxwell: Ghosted By Our Parents by Audrey L Dowling
• The Lockkeeper's Cat in Paris by Michelle Caffrey
• THE ORACLE LINE by Dor Atkinson
• Return By by Dutch Simmons
• The Lumin by David Kennedy
• Promises by Linda Vick/ Pen Name Vickie Acer
• Lindsey Hobson
• Flame & Shadow by AK Nevermore
• The Blood Run by Brittany Matsen
• Drawing Dahlia Graves by Christi Silver
• The Cupcake Standard by Maren Jenner
• ARI AND THE STAR KIDS by Jared Doles
• EVERY WOMAN KNOWS by Patricia Beadle
• My Michael by C. Deanne Williams
• WISHED FORWARD by Tavi Taylor Black
• BLOOD AND THUNDER by Kami Misch
• A BEACON OF HOPE by Sara Kruger
• DEAD GIRL by Kerrie Herron
• THE BLUEPRINT OF YOU AND ME by Sara DeVries
• The Museum of Happiness by Tracey Buchanan
• Radio Silent by K.L. Kranes
• Tangled Web by K.L. Kranes
• Heavenly Bodies by Kellie Wallace
• Lisa’s Legacy by Scott Kauffman
• Helen Pilz
• DEATH IN MINIATURE by Pamela Meyer
• Onward by Kimberly Mallek
• SPIDER SURVIVAL IN THE WILD by Tara Knox Cerven
• AMY HAS FANGS by Monica DePaul
• Not Gone Yet: How Scientists Are Saving Florida Species by Holly Ambrose
• A Christmas Journey by Heather Malone
• SERIAL KILLER GAMES by Katherine Stone
• A Murder Most Fowl by Carmela Dutra
• Bert Blurts by Jenny Stebral and Carrie Sayasithsena
• Why? By Jenny Stebral
• Silly Kitty: E is for Earthquake by Heather L. Beal
• Finding Beauty by Christy Sheer
• Sammy the Shoe-Ni-Corn by Heather L. Beal
• The Winning Brother by Kari Wirth
• Violent Ink and The Loneliest Girl by CS Patra
• Revenge Has No Bounds by Jennifer Kelly
• How Dogs Talk by Jani Holder
• Below the Cloud by D.A. Arden
• The Starlight Motel by Amy Craig
• THE CASE OF THE FILTHY BEAST by Emily Karmazin
• Neutrino Blues by Paul Starling
• Blue Milk Mustaches by Marilyn DeVries
• Scattered by Katherine Benfante
• MADELYN RIDDLE IS IN THE MIDDLE by Allison Green
• AMERICAN GIRL WHOSE LOVE OF PHYSICS GIVES US RAPID TESTING by Mary E Riser P
• Magawa's Mission by Hannah Roy LaGrone
• Diego, Whynd and the Block Island Ghost by Cat Urbain

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Helen Wu from Yeehoo Press

Please submit it to [email protected] per the submissions guideline.
Please put Pitchfest PB: [title] by [your name] in the email subject line. Thank you for sharing!

• Animals at Work: Theo the Therapy Llama by Kelly Kandra Hughes
• A RECIPE FOR MAKING FRIENDS by Elizabeth James
• THE TINIEST HELICOPTER RIDE by Abbi Lee
• HOLDING THE FUTURE by Kamilla Milligan

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Cassiel Knight at Champagne Book Group * NEW *

Thank you for sharing your work with us! Wow! There were so many wonderful pitches to choose from which makes it really hard for us to select what fits our needs. This always speaks to the talent and skill of the authors who make up Savvy Authors. While we couldn’t ask to see every work, please know that it isn’t a reflection of the skill of the author or the work itself but more of what CBG publishes and what we know attracts our reader base.

Please review send your material via our online submission form: Query Submission. We look forward to receiving and reviewing your work!

FULL:

• Austin Inspired by Asia Karpuleon
• Annabel in Ocean Beach by Lori Beth Mahaney
• Summer by the Book by Kristi Dosh
• A Clover Inn Christmas by Susan Burdorf
• A Home Town Holiday by Susan Burdorf
• The Princess and the Surgeon by Andrea Hutchinson

PARTIAL – First three chapters & a synopsis:

• Holding Out for a Hero by Judy Malcom
• Just a Girl & Her Dog by Kelly Kandra Hughes
• Magic in the Air by Adrianna Schuh
• Last Resort by Lauren Hasbrouck
• A Rogue’s Desire by Megan LB Minnick
• The Girl From There by Brad Goldberg
• Once Again You by Kayla Kensington
• Unnamed by Debbie Ehresmann-Ochoa
• Closure by Jamie Dombrowski
• The Danger of Tangled Threads by Shannon Arthur
• Revenge Has No Bounds by Jennifer Kelly
• First Impressions by Elizabeth Donne
• Under the Dogwood Tree by Kari Wirth
• Space for Us
• Flame & Shadow by AK Nevermore
• A Dark Departure
• Death in Miniature by Pamela Meyer
• Forged in Chaos by Abigail Glenn

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All results now posted.

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Note: Yasmin Maher at Fables and Facts had a family emergency and was unable to review pitches. She sends her apologies.

• Fables & Facts
  • No requests.

Thank you to all the participants for a great pitchfest! And to all the wonderful Agents, Editors, and Publishers who spend time reading the pitches!
Our next steps are pretty simple:

1. The Agents, Editors, and Publishers complete their review of the pitches. They may still ask questions about your pitch so do keep an eye on your pitches. I explained how to do that in the How do I know I got a request post.
2. The Agents, Editors, and Publishers will send us their final list within 1-2 weeks.
3. We publish that on the site, right here on the main feed, and notify everyone in the SavvyAuthors Weekly News.
4. We remove from public view all the pitches

If you have not registered yet for our February 2023 Sweetheart Pitchfest, definitely do that! We run these twice a year!

Hi! I was wondering when the Autumn Pitchfest 22 ends? There are two conflicting times!