Emma Lombard AuthorTwitter Pitch Party Calendar for 2022
Pitch your manuscript to agents in real time on Twitter’s pitch parties or check out some other (non-Twitter) mentoring and editing opportunities happening this year.
Disclaimer: please be sure to check out these events for yourselves in case there are any changes, and to ensure they are right for you.
January
January 12–14: Author Mentor Match — (non-Twitter event) un-agented authors matched with writing mentors
January 26 (8 am to 8 pm EST): #IWSGpit — Twitter pitch to agents/publishers for all un-agented authors of every genre and age category
February
February TBA (8 am to 6 pm Eastern): #SFFpit — Twitter pitch to agents/editors for science fiction and fantasy only—all age categories
February 16–18 (9 am to 11:59 pm EST): Savvy Authors Pitchfest — (non-Twitter event) pitch completed novels directly to agents, editors or publishers participating in the pitchfest
February 17 (8 am to 8 pm EST): #PBpit — Twitter pitch to agents, exclusively for picture books
February TBA (8 am to 8 pm EST): #MockPit — Twitter event where writers can practice their Twitter pitches. Authors are invited to tweet the pitch for their manuscript and encouraged to give constructive feedback to other authors
March
March TBA: Pass or Pages Query Contest — (non-Twitter event) win feedback from agents about whether they would pass or request pages based on your query
March TBA (8AM—8PM EST): #PitMad — Twitter pitch for all un-agented authors of every genre and age category
March TBA (8am—6pm CT / 9am—7pm ET): #FaithPit — Twitter pitch to agents specifically for faith-based fiction and non-fiction
March 17: #RevPit — Twitter contest to win developmental edit on a full fiction manuscript from a professional editor
April
April 1: #CampNaNoWriMo — (non-Twitter event) Tackle any writing project, set your own word-count goal, and join a 12-person writing group
May
May TBA (8 am to 8 pm Eastern): #PitDark — Twitter pitch for manuscripts that contain an element of horror or darker writing in a range of age categories
May TBA (8 am to 8 pm EST): #MockPit — Twitter event where writers can practice their Twitter pitches. Authors are invited to tweet the pitch for their manuscript and encouraged to give constructive feedback to other authors
June
June TBA (8AM—8PM EST): #PitMad — Twitter pitch for all un-agented authors of every genre and age category
June TBA: Pass or Pages Query Contest — (non-Twitter event) win feedback from agents about whether they would pass or request pages based on your query
June 23 (8am—8pm EDT): #PitchDis — Twitter pitch event to showcase pitches from the disabled community
July
July 1: #CampNaNoWriMo — (non-Twitter event) Tackle any writing project, set your own word-count goal, and join a 12-person writing group
August
August TBA (8 am to 8 pm EST): #MockPit — Twitter event where writers can practice their Twitter pitches. Authors are invited to tweet the pitch for their manuscript and encouraged to give constructive feedback to other authors
September
September TBA (8am—8pm EST): #PitMad — Twitter pitch for all un-agented authors of every genre and age category
September TBA (8am—8pm CDT): #LatinxPitch — Twitter pitch for all UNAGENTED and AGENTED Kidlit LATINX authors, author-illustrators, and illustrators
September TBA (midnight EDT)—September 30 (10pm EDT): #PitchWars Mentee Submission Window Opens— Twitter contest to enter mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each to mentor
September TBA (8am—6pm CT / 9am—7pm ET): #FaithPit — Twitter pitch to agents specifically for faith-based fiction and non-fiction
October
October TBA: Pass or Pages Query Contest — (non-Twitter event) win feedback from agents about whether they would pass or request pages based on your query
October TBA (8 am to 8 pm Eastern): #PitDark — Twitter pitch for manuscripts that contain an element of horror or darker writing in a range of age categories
October TBA (8am—8pm ET): #DVPit — Twitter pitch to agents for marginalized authors and illustrators only for children’s & teen fiction/nonfiction
October TBA (8am—8pm ET): #DVPit — Twitter pitch to agents for marginalized authors and illustrators only for adult fiction/nonfiction and for artists & illustrators using #DVart
November
November 1: #NaNoWriMo — National Novel Writing Month — a month-long creative writing challenge during which participants are challenged to write a 50,000-word first-draft of a novel
November TBA (8am—8pm EST): #MockPit — Twitter event where writers can practice their Twitter pitches. Authors are invited to tweet the pitch for their manuscript and encouraged to give constructive feedback to other authors
December
December TBA (8am—8pm EST): #PitMad — Twitter pitch for all un-agented authors of every genre and age category
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