This New York conference is a unique opportunity for writers with completed novel manuscripts, narrative non-fiction, 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 Ace, 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.

Stop by our NYC Pitch and Shop NEWS page for the latest updates on project requests and contracts signed, and read How It Works for more details on conference benefits. Simply put, the NYC Pitch and Shop goal is to set writers on a realistic path to publication by providing not only opportunity, but guidance on the novel from the best industry professionals in New York.

Additionally, 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.

Is This Writers Conference Right For You?

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 Algonkian Writer Conferences and the New York Writers Workshop (NYWW).

The acquisition Editors attending the "NYC Pitch and Shop" writers conference represent a variety of genres, including literary, general commercial, women's fiction, mystery/crime/thriller, historical, YA, and SF/F. 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 and NYWW have melded faculty, connections, and expertise to produce the first novel pitch conference in NYC (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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