2020 Pitch Wars Wishlist
Hello Pitch Wars Hopefuls!
We’re Team Snickersnee (Sandra Proudman and Shannon A. Thompson) and this is our Pitch Wars YA manuscript wish-list! We’re on the lookout for all the YA science fiction, romance, fantasy, horror, contemporary, retellings, gothic, and STEM! Especially from marginalized voices!
If you’re here, you’re likely familiar with Pitch Wars. But if you’re not…Pitch Wars is a mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer to spend three months revising their manuscript. It ends in February with an Agent Showcase, where agents can read a pitch/first page and can request to read more. Learn more at PitchWars.org.
P.S. Since you’re likely reading this, shout-out to you, our Future Mentee! Let’s get ready to rumble!
ABOUT SHANNON
Shannon A. Thompson is the bestselling author of the Bad Bloods series and the Timely Death trilogy. When she is not writing, she is climbing rooftops, baking cookies, or watching KDramas in the middle of the night, often done with her cats by her side. She is represented by Katelyn Uplinger at D4EO Literary Agency. Thompson graduated from the University of Kansas with a BA in English with an emphasis on creative writing. Visit her blog for writers and readers at www.ShannonAThompson.com.
You can learn more about her on: Twitter / Instagram / Newsletter
Find her books on: Amazon / Goodreads / Author Website / Barnes & Noble
ABOUT SANDRA
Sandra Proudman writes young adult and middle grade stories with unabashed Latinx protagonists. She lives in California with her awesome husband and hanging-on-by-a-thread houseplants. In the time of COVID, when she’s not at her day job—where she’s a graphic designer and marketing coordinator—you can find her baking banana bread, on zoom with writer friends, and working on home improvements.
Sandra is represented by Hannah Fergesen of KT Literary. Before signing with Hannah, she was in Pitch America ’17 and Query Kombat ’18.
You can learn more about her on: Twitter / Instagram / Newsletter
BOOKS WE LOVE SIMILAR TO OUR WISHLIST:
Contagion by Erin Bowman
Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera
Labyrinth Lost/Bruja Born by Zoraida Cordova
Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
The Good Demon by Jimmy Cajoleas
The Kingdom by Jess Rotherberg
Want/Ruse by Cindy Pon
Wicked Fox by Kat Cho
Wilder Girls by Rory Powers
MOVIES WE LOVE:
Aliens
Annihilation
Arrival
Ex Machina
Howl’s Moving Castle
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Descent
The Fifth Element
The Girl With All The Gifts
What Happened to Monday
TV SHOWS WE LOVE:
Altered Carbon
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Hemlock Grove
Memories of Alhambra
My Holo Love
Stranger Things
Supernatural
The 100
The Expanse
FUN FACTS FROM SHANNON:
I published my first novel at 16.
I’ve lived in six states: Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Georgia, Kansas, and Missouri.
During the day, I work at The Story Center, which is a grant-funded project that brings equal opportunity storytelling courses to Kansas City via the library.
I leave half-empty water glasses everywhere, just like the girl in SIGNS. I also consistently throw away spoons. This is not fixable.
I have narcolepsy, and it often causes hypnopompic hallucinations, which I use as inspiration to write!
FUN FACTS FROM SANDRA:
I have sold photography prints worldwide.
My favorite hike in the world is trekking up a dormant volcano at Lassen Volcanic National Park.
I am growing an avocado tree! Just 10+ more years to go till it bears fruit!
I recently learned that outlines are a writer’s best friend (no regrets)
I make a mean banana bread loaf (with chocolate chips, of course!).
