Pitch Wars 2017

Mentor picks are in. Hoping the best for everyone here at AW - if not mentors, then encouraging words and useful feedback, and eventually the right agent and publisher for our works.

It's gonna be a long night waiting!

noranne said:

I'm feeling fine, pretty meh about the contest. I haven't gotten any requests so I've been considering PW as over for me for a while now. Wishing everyone else well and good luck!

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That's exactly where I am. Getting 0 requests means that, at least, I have no stress about the reveal. I know I'm not going to be on anyone's list. It was an interesting experience.

Collie said:

That's exactly where I am. Getting 0 requests means that, at least, I have no stress about the reveal. I know I'm not going to be on anyone's list. It was an interesting experience.

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Don't sell yourself short yet. Some mentors said that last year, they mentored based on query and first pages only.

Maggie Maxwell said:

Don't sell yourself short yet. Some mentors said that last year, they mentored based on query and first pages only.

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Well, theoretically possible I suppose but I'm not going to get my hopes up lol.

yeah, my inclination is there won't be many (any) surprises like that this year.

Wow they just announced that instead of 150 mentees, there will be 180 this year

And the list is up!

And I see someone familiar on it. ;D

Not me, but someone familiar. CONGRATS!

You got lucky. By the time I went to take a look the site had already crashed. Whole lotta' nervous writers on the Internet today.

Oh yeah, now I'm reading the names, Brenda is posting them on Twitter. Congratulations, AWers, it's tough to get in.

I saw the sight before if crashed. Alas I'm not on it. Congrats to those who are though!

Congrats to those who got through!

Congrats to the mentees!

I (of course) didn't make it. Didn't make the drawing either. Ah, well. So it goes. Someday I'll learn to be a better writer.

Congratulations to those of you who got in!

So thankful Dawn Ius took a chance on my MS, despite the "risk" and I'm so overwhelmed right now!

I really appreciate all the support from you all! helios, a big congrats and I'm hoping for great things for the rest of you!

Congrats to all who made it!

Congrats to CJ and helios!!! You rock!!! Best of luck for the next two months and wishing you both great success!!!

For those of us who didn't get in--good news is--this site is fantastic and filled with great and generous critters!!! I've learned so much here!!! Let's keep supporting each other coz there's so many ways to find success!!!

Best wishes to all of us going forward!

Sage said:

Hooray for CJ, Smiley, and helios!

(Helios, I didn't know your author name, so I couldn't recognize you on the list)

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Thank you for always cheering us on, Sage!

That's awesome that 3 AWers are in the 150/180! Smiley, congrats (I missed you)!

I owe a lot to AW and all here who've helped me. I know with 100% certainty I wouldn't have been chosen if I hadn't already been "mentored" by many of you in SYW and QLH. So thank you!

And I gotta give a shout out to DarienW, who encouraged me to enter Pitch Wars when I wasn't planning on it (and wasn't sure I'd even be done my rewrite in time).

Congratulations guys!

BreeC said:

Wow! Congratulations to all those who got selected!!

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PeteMC said:

Congratulations guys!

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Thank you, BreeC and PeteMC!

Congratulations CJ, Smiley and Helios.

arikdiver said:

Congratulations CJ, Smiley and Helios.

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Thank you, arikdiver!