Hi everyone. I thought I would do a little pitch session for the WVWriters annual conference.
When? June 11,12, 13, 2010
Where? Cedar Lakes, WV (about 30 minutes north of Charleston off I-77)
Price? If a member of WVWriters ($20 for a year's membership) it costs $120 for a 3 day pkg. If not a member it costs $140.
Why? Lots of reasons why. It's going to be a great one this year. Pitch sessions with Peter Lynch, Editorial Mgr. at
Sourcebooks, Inc., Christine Witthohn, founder of
Book Cents Literary Agency and Kelly Mortimer of
Mortimer Literary Agency. Workshops with Kaylan Adair, Associate Editor of
Candlewick Press. If you go to her workshops, you will receive a validation to submit a full manuscript for consideration. If you check out their site, Candlewick is not accepting submissions otherwise, so this is a chance to submit to them.
At the conference, you can post samples of your prose and poetry on the writer's wall. Attendees vote for their favorite. Go to the Awards Banquet on Saturday night and see if you won.
Go
here to get all the info.
Check out all the links to see the workshop schedule and presenter's bios.
I've went all out this year. I sent in 5 entries to their writing contests. I sent part of one of my manuscripts to Kaylan Adair to be critiqued by her. I also scheduled a 5 minute pitch session with Peter Lynch. I'm not sure what manuscript I'm going to pitch to him yet, but I have a while to figure that out.
I figure, if nothing else, it's good experience. I may fall flat on my face, but you never know unless you try.
Go ahead and check out the site. If you don't live too far away, think about attending. It's fun and you meet a lot of neat people who like to write.
Any suggestions on giving a 5 minute pitch?
