Sentences with phrase «conference pitch session»

Pat: When you like what you hear during a conference pitch session, what would trigger a request for the full manuscript?

Not exact matches

The sold - out conference featured an open pitch session showcasing five early - stage social ventures: Agri - Neo, Forward Vision Games, Local Buttons, Specialisterne Canada and Textbooks for Change.

Another way the two VCs are investing in women - led startups is True Wealth Ventures first pitch session during South by Southwest Conference & Festivals (SXSW) next month.

The post conference session will include a pitch session for start ups and an affiliate session with dating super-affiliates presenting to the industry.

Try another way to get that agent's attention, like in a blind date or pitch session at a writers conference, or through a mutual friend.

The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and self - publishing, as well as agent pitch sessions, roundtables, and open mics.

The conference offered panels and talks for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers, as well as one - on - one pitch sessions with agents for writers who are working on book - length manuscripts.

Generally this teaser is the first step to conveying your novel idea to an editor or agent, whether in a query letter, proposal, or during a pitch session at a conference.

If you want to find a publisher, sign up for writer's conferences that offer pitching sessions to agents.

And while from time to time you can hear someone say that it's rare for an agency to land a real catch at a pitch session, there are more than 50 working agents signed to listen to pitches at this year's conference.

One of the country's premier conferences for writers, SleuthFest is an intensive four - day conference featuring writing workshops, social events, and pitch sessions.

The Nonfiction Writers Conference is always jam packed with great sessions and this year I was invited by one of the panel agents to submit a book proposal during Pitch the Literary Agents!

At various times, I've participated in writing critique groups, attended writers» conferences, braved pitching sessions with agents, and read books on the writing craft.

For those writers seeking a traditional book deal, however, pitches may still be directed at an agent or acquisitions editor, either in writing or at face - to - face writers conferences with blind - date or ask - the - pro sessions.

It can also be worth attending literary festivals and author conferences where agents offer one - to - one pitch feedback sessions — I'm doing an event like this at The London Book Fair called «The Write Stuff» as part of their Author HQ programme.

I had an unnerving 10 - minute pitch session with an editor from Harpers at a writer's conference.

I snagged my agent in a practice pitch session at the first writers conference I attended, Crime Bake in Boston, 2010.

The program this year includes boot camp sessions, a one - day self - publishing conference, and the regular conference with agent pitch slam.

Consequently, I argue that the best way to get an agent is to (a) attend conferences that offer an agent pitch session (most of them do), and (b) PERFECT YOUR PITCH.

The conference featured publishing panels, pitch sessions,...

The giveaway included a 3 - day pass to Writer's Digest Conference and a ticket to a Pitch Slam session.

Cassandra: I had a novel that ranked as a semifinalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, and I attended conferences where I pitched that book to agents in these timed pitch sessions (a terrifying practice).