Twitter Pitch Party Calendar for 2023
Updated: Mar 2
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.
PitMad is no more — 2022 ANNOUNCEMENT from #PitMad #PitchWars founder, Brenda Drake.
January
January 25 (8am—8pm EST): #IWSGpit — Twitter pitch to agents/publishers for all un-agented authors of every genre and age category
February
February 15 to 17 (9am—11:59pm EST): Savvy Authors Pitchfest — Sweetheart Pitch Fest (non-Twitter event) pitch completed novels directly to agents, editors or publishers participating in the pitchfest
February 16 (8am—8pm EST): #PBpit — Twitter pitch to agents, exclusively for picture books
March
March 1 (Midnight—1am EST; 5pm—7pm EST): PBParty Contest (non-Twitter event) for unagented writers and author/illustrators with finished and polished picture book manuscripts.
March 16: #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
April 6 (8am—8pm EST): #MoodPitch — Twitter pitch for all un-agented authors of all genres and age categories, with a mood board image added
TBC — April ? (8am—8 pmEST): #LGBTNPit — annual twitter pitch event for queer, trans, and nonbinary authors with a special focus on trans and nonbinary people
May
TBC — May ? (8am—8pm Eastern): #PitDark — Twitter pitch for manuscripts that contain an element of horror or darker writing in a range of age categories
June
TBC — June 1 (8am—8pm EST): #CanLitPit — twitter pitch party just for Canadians
June 22 (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
TBC — July ? to ?: Pass or Pages Query Contest — (non-Twitter event) win feedback from agents about whether they would pass or request pages based on your query
August
TBC — August ? to ? (8am—8pm ET): #DVPit — Twitter pitch to agents for marginalized authors and illustrators only for adult fiction/nonfiction and for artists & illustrators using #DVart
TBC — August ? (9am-4pm BST): The Jericho Writer's Pitch Festival — ROMANCE — Does your novel make hearts flutter? Then today is the perfect day to snatch our agent’s heart with your romantic pièce de resistance. Use the hashtag #Romance, along with #JWPitchFestival
TBC — August ? (9am-4pm BST): The Jericho Writer's Pitch Festival — CHILDREN'S AND MIDDLE GRADE FICTION —Are you looking to engross the mind of the next generation? Is your book filled with fun, playful wonder and maybe even a lesson or two? Our agent is ready to be inspired your children’s & middle grade fiction. Use the hashtag #ChildrensBook or #MiddleGrade, along with #JWPitchFestival
TBC — August ? (9am-4pm BST): The Jericho Writer's Pitch Festival — CRIME & THRILLER — A cunning detective? A murder most foul? If your novel is dripping with mystery, intrigue and heart-pounding tension, you might just catch the eye of our watchful agent. Use the hashtag #Crime or #Thriller, along with #JWPitchFestival
TBC — August ? (9am-4pm BST): The Jericho Writer's Pitch Festival — SCI-FI & FANTASY — Calling all ghouls, goblins, wizards, astronauts and aliens! This is your chance to pitch your SciFi or Fantasy work and paint your vibrant world and epic characters to our agent. Use the hashtag #SciFi or #Fantasy, along with #JWPitchFestival
TBC — August ? (9am-4pm BST): The Jericho Writer's Pitch Festival — LITERARY FICTION — Does your work ooze with class? Is it alive with metaphor? Does it perhaps break the chains of convention in favour of style, character and theme? Our agent would love to hear your literary pitches. Use the hashtag #Literary, along with #JWPitchFestival
September
TBC — September ?: #LatinxPitch — Twitter pitch for all unagented and agented Kidlit LATINX authors, author-illustrators, and illustrators
October
TBC — October ? to ?: 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 25 to 27 (9am—11:59pm EST): Savvy Authors Pitchfest — Autumn Pitch Fest (non-Twitter event) pitch completed novels directly to agents, editors or publishers participating in the pitchfest
TBC — October ? (8am—8pm Eastern): #PitDark — Twitter pitch for manuscripts that contain an element of horror or darker writing in a range of age categories
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 2 (8am—8pm EST): #MoodPitch — Twitter pitch for all un-agented authors of all genres and age categories, with a mood board image added
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.
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Emma Lombard is the award-winning author of The White Sails Series.
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