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Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors Rejoice- #SFFpit is Coming!

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An interesting thing happened two weeks ago. As you know June 4th was #PitMad day. I couldn’t take part, but I did my fair share of cheering and retweeting. After awhile I searched the Twitter feed for authors pitching their fantasy genre-subgenre novels. And stumbled onto something called #SFFpit.

Of course, I was all ‘what in the what?’ Curious, I clicked the link and what did I discover? Another and more genre focused pitching contest. Geared towards, and you guessed it by the ‘SFF,’ science fiction & fantasy authors.

Now here’s a bit of history about #SFFpit…It was first held on June 11, 2014 and December 9, 2014. So this is their second year. Didn’t have much success with your SSF manuscript last #PitMad session? Well, you now have a second chance.

#SFFpit is exclusively for science fiction and fantasy authors. It follows the same rules as #PitMad. But unlike #PitMad, it takes place twice a year instead of four. June 18th, this upcoming Thursday is the first #SFFpit challenge of the year. The next one takes place again in December 2015.

Your pitch has to introduce your MC, stakes, conflict, or title/book comparisons. As well as the age category. If it’s young adult (YA), new adult (NA), middle grade (MG), etc. And the book’s genre/subgenre.

Not sure what your subgenre is? Then read Connor Goldsmith’s “SF/F Subcatergories” definitions. Don’t know what subcategory hashtag to use? Click the following link and scroll down to find the subgenre tags.

Also read Dan Koboldt’s “9 Ways to Get Ready for #SFFpit.”

I’m not participating in this Twitter pitch. But I will be cheer leading. Hopefully, I will next year and in the meantime I’ve written some practice pitches (needs some tweaking) for my work in progress, an epic fantasy, “Harbingers of El Tinor“:

  • Aithne wants to secure her rights as heir. Cassandra only wants to save a dear friend, the world be damned. And Lucinda seeks to destroy the world per His command. Who will prevail? #SFFpit #EF
  • 17yo Aithne only wanted to secure her rights as heir &gain recognition as a swordswoman. Who knew she had to face the wrath of a god to do so. #SFFpit #EF
  • What does a runaway noblewoman, a seer & an insurgent have in common? Nothing. But the fate of the continent. #SFFpit #EF

Happy #SFFpit!

11 comments

  1. This is such a cool concept. I’m not sure how I’d do having to combine all those elements into a single Tweet (and make it sound intriguing). It would be a challenge for me, that’s for sure. I’m sure you’ll meet lots of new people during the event and you’ll probably pick up a few pointers (I will check it out solely for that reason).

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    • It really is a great event. Even more so for other authors than the agents. You get to connect with other writers writing in your specific genre. And you can use it as a study session. Learn from the pitches, to see what agents are interested in, what they’re looking for in pitches, etc.

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  4. After finding that one, finding another which is similar and geared to a specific genre must be good! Especially good for those of this genre though, because there will be less pitches to sift through. I think they should do this for every genre, really 🙂

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    • You know I was thinking the same thing. It’ll increase an author’s chances in meeting agents. But there are many other Twitter pitch and similar contests held throughout the year.

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