I'm looking for compatriots in the ABNA contest. Would love to talk about how you wrote your pitches, wanting a little sympathy and support while we wait. And wondering who is choosing the 500 pitches from the thousands of entries? Does anyone know?
I entered the contest last year. I made it to the Semi finals. But, alas that's as far as I got. The only thing I can say is that I took what was important to my novel and put it into my synopsis. I entered my story, The End of Olivia's Innocence. The story is basically about a woman that is forced into an arranged marriage. And, her best friend in the world, is a known "seducer of innocents" But, everything is not how it seems. Nathan's reputation is far more overblown and more rumor than fact.
When it comes to who is choosing the pitches, I wouldn't know. It might be different this year. Usually they have the list of judges on the site itself. They always have links on the side. Check it out and see if they have it posted somewhere.
I entered again this year but made a major goof in my submission by forgetting that I'd put my manuscript into standard manuscript format with my name in the header, so I'm pretty sure I disqualified myself. It was a good experience writing the pitch though, and the deadline for entry made me get myself in gear and finish the novel edit, so I'm not too upset with the potential disqualification, lol.
I entered. Glad to find someone else there. I thought maybe it was publishing people choosing the pitches, but perhaps that was wishful thinking. Isn't it March 14th that we see who made the top 500?
Hey, I entered. I did make the 500. Is that like the 300 (I think there was a movie about that a year or two ago).
I see you did. I'm over in Science Fiction. My excerpt is "Second Skin" - it's a mix of both mystery thriller and SF - I just picked the one that most of my readers would be drawn from.
To think reviewers from PW are reading our whole manuscripts - theoretically.
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The only thing I can say is that I took what was important to my novel and put it into my synopsis. I entered my story, The End of Olivia's Innocence.
The story is basically about a woman that is forced into an arranged marriage.
And, her best friend in the world, is a known "seducer of innocents"
But, everything is not how it seems.
Nathan's reputation is far more overblown and more rumor than fact.
When it comes to who is choosing the pitches, I wouldn't know. It might be different this year. Usually they have the list of judges on the site itself. They always have links on the side. Check it out and see if they have it posted somewhere.
I see you did. I'm over in Science Fiction. My excerpt is "Second Skin" - it's a mix of both mystery thriller and SF - I just picked the one that most of my readers would be drawn from.
To think reviewers from PW are reading our whole manuscripts - theoretically.