I'm new and would love to chat about the Pitchfest

[Trustworthy Fuchsia Toad]

Hi,

I'm Megan Castle and joined Savvy Authors in time for the Pitchfest. Feeling grateful to be here. In this season I am writing middle grade speculative and sci-fi. I am shopping my first MG literary sci-fi novel. I've been writing most of my life and was published in the early 2000's. Since then, I've been raising kids, teaching, and writing part time... until now. I have a master's of professional writing from USC and a master's in education with an emphasis in upper level Language Arts. Stories are my passion.

Can anyone give me some pointers on their experience at Pitchfest? Did you take pitch classes to prepare? Is there a limit to how many agents and editors we can pitch to? And how has this worked out for you? What have you learned so far? Do published authors use Pitchfest as well?

Wishing everyone peaceful vibes, confidence, and teachability on this fabulous platform.

Smiles,
Megan

 

[RJ Garside]

Hi Megan,

Welcome! Thanks for joining us. We do offer a pitch prep class that starts two weeks prior to the pitch event. Angela Knight is awesome and helps registrants massage and polish their pitches. I'll let other authors chat about the other things.

There are some published authors that use pitchfest. If you are agented, we ask that you clear this with your agent before your pitch. Otherwise, yes, there are previously published authors that also pitch during the event.

Here are the FAQs which hopefully mention everything: Pitch Rules and Information

We do have a few pub pros that are within the same publishing or literary agency so we ask that you select the one that best fits your book and only pitch to one of them.

Thanks! Happy pitching!

RJ