APPLICATION PERIOD OPEN FOR NEW YORK PITCH JUNE 20 - 23

Conference Stars for New York Pitch : Writers Sign With Talcott Notch   Agent News re New York Pitch Conference A couple of accomplished Algonkian writers, Barbara Conrey and Dave McMenamin, met their future agent, Paula Munier, at an Algonkian event, and after some jostling and pitching, signed with her agency Talcott Notch Literary. Commentary by Barb and Dave :

Roberta Gately's New Novel "The Bracelet" Selling and Selling!   New York Pitch Alum News After Algonkian broke out Roberta's first novel, she's at it again! Boston nurse Abby Monroe and New York Times reporter Nick Sinclair find themselves entrenched in the middle of a human trafficking ring overseas. When Abby realizes she may have witnessed the murder of a Pakistani woman by a high-ranking official, she and Nick must break the story ...

Conference Stars for NY Pitch : Writer Signs With Writers House Agency   Agent News re New York Pitch Conference Kelley McNeil says, "I wanted to pass along the good news that I signed with Writers House this week, and they'll be representing my novel Tiny Dancer. I'm certain that I would not have gained their attention were it not for the vastly improved novel and pitch I crafted at the NY conference in June :

David Klein's Novel "Second Break" On The Stands   New York Pitch Conference News David's second novel is out from Broadway. A riveting tale of psychological suspense about a woman who finds herself in an impossible situation. Lured by the hope of a better life for herself and her son, Celeste Vanek must deal with the emotional and physical resistance of her compulsive gambler husband ...

Literary Agent Paula Munier Joins NYC Faculty   New York Pitch and Writers Workshop News Paula Munier has joined the New York Pitch faculty as a writers workshop leader for mystery/thriller and general fiction. Senior Literary Agent and Content Strategist at Talcott Notch Literary Services, Paula boasts broad experience creating and marketing exceptional content in all formats across all markets for such media giants as Disney, Gannett, Greenspun Media Group, and Quayside.

A Conference Star for Rosemary DiBattista's "Murder Marinara"   New York Pitch Conference News Just when we're kicking back to toast our successes, the good news never stops! One of our fav Pitch alums, Rosemary DiBattista, just sent us the news that she signed with NAL and veteran NYC pitch editor Sandy Harding, thanks to BookEnds agency. According to Rosemary ...

Michael Neff Looking for New Films and Fiction at New York Pitch   New York Pitch and Writers Workshop News New York Pitch director, Michael Neff, now an associate with AEI Films and Books in Los Angeles, is not only workshop-leading in New York, but also on the search for high-concept SF/F, mystery/thrillers, historicals, and generally darn good fiction, upmarket or otherwise.

A Conference Star for Luke McCallin's "The Scar Life Leaves"   New York Pitch Conference News What does it take to get a new mystery novel by an unknown author published? Mystery writer Luke McCallin met his editor Tom Colgan at the New York Pitch and NYC staff set him up with his current agent, Peter Rubie from Fine Print Agency. It all worked like a dream. According to Luke ...

New York Conference Graph Climbing   New York Pitch Conference News More than 45% of total ms presented are requested, and 50% of all ms requested are requested by more than one editor. This high percentage is made possible via intelligent project screening, great projects, dedicated workshop leaders, attentive editors and liberal applications of superb pitch craft ...

A Conference Star for Kim Boykin's "The Wisdom of Hair"   New York Pitch Conference Commentary Kim Boykin enticed three publishers, and inevitably, a strong agent as a result of the conference. THE WISDOM OF HAIR was signed by Marsal Lyon literary who in late December 2011 sold it to Berkley Books represented by Leis Pederson, a New York Pitch acquisition editor pitched by Kim at the conference. As Kim says ...

New York Pitch Hears From Putnam Author Natasha Bauman   New York Pitch Commentary "I have already had a novel published by a major publisher, but getting the second book out there has turned out to be more difficult than I expected. I asked my agent what she thought about taking the new book to the New York Pitch Conference ..."

From Obedience to Dominance - Lavender Not For Squeamish   New York Pitch and Writers Workshop Alum News New York Pitch Conference alum, Will Lavender, whose novel Obedience earned it's way to a contract via the conference, now has a new thriller novel, Dominance. According to BOOKLIST: "The Silence of the Lambs meets And Then There Were None ...

When and How Does the Pitch Tail Wag The Novel Dog?   The Writer's Edge (photo to left of Madapple by C. Meldrum) New York Pitch Neff posts on The Writer's Edge re the topic of using the first-plot-point-with-cliff-hanger pitch model to diagnose problems in the novel itself. A concise summary of the diagnostic workshop method in action.

New York Pitch Talks To Caitlin Alexander of Random House   New York Pitch Interviews These days it appears more and more true that for various genres of fiction aspiring authors often have an edge in getting a first novel published if they possess an authentic platform for telling the story ...

A Flash Gallery of New York Pitch Great Moments<   The New York Pitch Gallery A flash photo gallery of NYC greats. Pics of Ripley Greer studios, pitch sessions in progress, AMERICAN IDOL day, group pics, + faces showing large amounts of teeth. To the left we have Charles Salzberg being flirtacious with Emmy winner Cindy Roesel.

All of the publishing editors on our faculty work with fiction and nonfiction. Our New York pitch conference promotes aspiring authors writing memoir and narrative nonfiction, and in the fiction genres, serious and humorous women's fiction, paranormal and historical romance, general fiction, literary fiction, urban fantasy, historical fiction, mystery/thriller and detective, and high-concept young adult fantasy.

Four times a year in New York City (March, June, Sept., Dec.) the conference comes together to provide a unique opportunity for writers with completed manuscripts or works-in-progress to not only workshop their novel with professional fiction editors, but meet and pitch top acquisition editors from major publishing houses such as Berkley, Doubleday, Penguin, Random House, Viking, and more. Following the conference, on an average, one out of three projects are requested for a close read by publishers.

As needed, we will produce agent and further publishing contacts for writers who have very competitive manuscripts. If our writers succeed, we succeed. See our commentary by former attendees for a realistic assessment.

Was it right for those who met with success as a result of the conference? See commentary by former attendees, and our news page, both noted above. Also, please review our criteria for who should participate in this conference and who should not. If this pitch conference is not right for you and you require craft instruction from professionals, we recommend the intensive craft-and-pitch workshops run by Algonkian Writer Conferences.

The acquisition Editors attending the "New York Pitch Conference" writers conference represent a variety of genres. All of them have worked with top authors and most work with more than one genre. Their bios, as well as more information on the sponsors and the bios of the workshop leaders can be found here.

What Makes This Conference Different?

Algonkian Writer Conferences, together with our affiliate authors and editors in New York, have melded faculty, connections, and expertise to produce the first writer pitch conference in New York (and the U.S.) that not only provides writers with sufficient time to properly pitch top editors from major publishers, but also three intensive "pitch workshops" designed to teach the art of the pitch and at the same time, work with writers to improve their novels.

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