Live Pitches – WriteHive Annual Conference

Live Pitch Schedule

Here is the place for all information regarding Live Pitches!

Before signing up for a Live Pitch, we highly recommend reading the session information to ensure your genre/content is a good fit. Failure to do so may result in your spot being given to an attendee on the waitlist.

Live Pitch Time Slots

WriteHive is excited to offer the chance for attendees to pitch their novels directly to an agent or acquiring editor this year! To qualify, attendees must be from a marginalized community, have a novel ready for submission, and the novel must fit the agent or editor’s MSWL. Attendees may apply for as many pitches as fit their story, however only one pitch will be awarded.

All attendees who register for a specific Live Pitch will be entered into a lottery for that session. If you are selected, WriteHive will reach out and request your query letter. WriteHive staff will check the query to confirm it fits the particular agent or editor’s MSWL. If it does, the attendee will be notified of their acceptance for the Live Pitch time slot. If the query does not match the agent’s parameters, then the opportunity will be given to another on the waitlist.

During the sessions, attendees will have 5 minutes in which to deliver their pitch and 10 minutes for the agent or editor to ask questions or discuss the pitch further. You may have up to 15 minutes time for your pitch. We ask that you respect the time limit as there may be sessions or other obligations prior to and after your time slot.

Keir Alekseii from Azantian Literary Agency

Agency: Azantian Literary Agency

MS Wishlist: Click here

Time Slots Available:

Saturday, July 12 from 10:30 – 12pm (5 slots)

Sunday, July 13 from 10:30 – 12pm (5 slots)

Platform: Zoom

Genre & Audience: YA & Adult SFF and YA contemporary. ONLY open to receiving queries from writers who identify as belonging to a marginalized or underrepresented group such as (but not limited to) BIPOC, LGBTQ+, immigrants, ND, folks who speak English as a second language, and DIS people

Trigger/Content Warning: No content restrictions.

Anjanette Barr from Dunham Literary

Agency: Dunham Literary

MS Wishlist: Click here

Time Slots Available:

Friday, July 11 from 5:30 – 7pm (5 slots)

Platform: Zoom

Genre & Audience: Open to most genres and all age categories.

I’m currently especially hoping to build my non-fiction list. Send me your compellingly written popular science, crafting, cooking, outdoor living, economics, lifestyle, and history books. Accessible and fresh prose is a must. I’m less interested in memoir, religion, and purely academic titles at this time.

Trigger/Content Warning: No content restrictions.

Lauren Davila from Inked in Gray Press

Agency: Inked in Gray

MS Wishlist: Click here

Time Slots Available:

Friday, July 11 from 3:3o – 6pm (5 slots)

Friday, July 11 from 8:3o – 10pm (5 slots)

Platform: Zoom

Genre & Audience: Adult, NA, YA

Sangy Vasquez from Inked in Gray Press

Agency: Inked in Gray

MS Wishlist: Click here

Time Slots Available:

Saturday, July 12 from 12 – 1:30pm (5 slots)

Saturday, July 12 from 4 – 5:30pm (5 slots)

Platform: Discord

Genre & Audience: Adult, NA, YA

Syrone Harvey from Belcastro Literary Agency

Agency: Belcastro Literary Agency

MS Wishlist: Click here

Time Slots Available:

Saturday, July 12 from 4:30 – 6pm (5 slots)

Sunday, July 13 from 6 – 7:30pm (5 slots)

Platform: Zoom

Genre and Audience: I’m eagerly seeking picture book, middle grade and young adult manuscripts. Currently I’m focused on finding stories with strong diverse and multi-cultural voices.

Trigger Warnings: None mentioned

Kaitlyn Katsoupis From Belcastro Literary Agency

Agency: Belcastro Agency

MS Wishlist: Click here

Time Slots Available:

Saturday, July 12 from 3 – 4:30pm (5 slots)

Sunday, July 13 from 3 – 4:30pm (5 slots)

Platform: Zoom

Genre & Audience: See MSWL

Trigger/Content Warning: No content restrictions.

Shannon Lechon From Azantian Literary Agency

Agency: Azantian Literary Agency