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Just saw this on Twitter:
Irene Goodman is looking for brilliant new historical fiction, and is holding a pitch contest to find those hidden pearls. Irene currently represents historical fiction authors Diane Haeger, Carrie Bebris, Amanda Elyot, newcomers Anne Barnhill and Juliet Grey, and many other New York Times bestselling authors. Here are the rules:
- The event will start with pitches only. Please submit your pitch in the body of an email to [email protected]. If you have a question, send it to this email address. A pitch should consist of 3-4 single-spaced paragraphs. It should include a brief plot description, the major characters, and the time period and setting. The final word count of the novel should be indicated.
- The cutoff date for pitch submissions is JULY 1, 2011. If you want to submit after that, you must go through the regular channels of this agency. You will hear from Irene if she is interested. If you don’t hear anything by August 1, 2011, it means that your pitch wasn’t right for her. However, she will read all pitches submitted. She reserves the right not to read anything that is not submitted in the specified manner.
- She will ask to see chapters on the pitches that she likes. If she likes the chapters, she will ask to see a complete manuscript. All submissions should be emailed. Winners will be announced on our web site on August 15, 2011.
- Irene will consider anything European, but especially England, Scotland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Ireland. Some American settings will be considered, but the market is not currently favoring those, so selectivity is essential. A few Asian subjects might work, but again, selectivity will be crucial. Irene is not looking for books set in ancient Egypt, Greece, or Rome. Historical means anything from the dawn of time to World War One.
- The book must be a novel based on real or fictional historical events. Time travel is okay, but other paranormal elements should be limited. Books set both in the present and in the past are okay.
- The book must be completed, or in the final stages. If Irene asks to see it, it needs to be ready.
- Winners will be offered representation. There may be one winner, or multiple winners. Irene reserves the right not to declare any winners (but hopes there will be more than one!)
- This agency receives many thousands of queries every year. If we represent a book now or in the future that bears reasonable similarity to something you submit for this event, we cannot be responsible for the similarity.
