Business Sourcebooks #OwnVoices Pitchfest

SavvyAuthors is partnering with Sourcebooks and offering a #OwnVoices pitchfest opportunity for authors of Color, LGBTQIA+, and Own Voices/Diverse romance! We're working with Deb Werksman, Editor, Sourcebooks to help her find great diverse authors and get them published!


Deb and Sourcebooks are currently looking for:

Authors of Color, LGBTQIA+, and Own Voices/Diverse romance

• Single title only, please (80-100,000 words)
• Contemporary romance, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, historical romance
• Visit us to see our Romance submission guidelines

Your Pitch should include:

• Subgenre, book title, series title
• The series hook and book hook
• 2-3 sentence pitch
• 1-2 sentences about the next 2 books in the series
• Author sales history (are you debut, hybrid, self-published, commercially published, and how many books published?)

Questions about how pitchfests work? See our Pitchfest FAQ!