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.