Pitch Sessions

We are planning Pitch Sessions for 2018. Please check back for additional information!

1. Find a publisher who best matches the work you are pitching. The number one reason a book is rejected is because it is not a good fit for a publisher. To find the right publisher, you must read the publishers’ writers guidelines which we’ve provided below.
2. Write up an elevator pitch for your book. This is a 150-word (or so) summary of your book. This is what you’ll tell the publisher first when you meet with him or her.
3. Create a proposal or summary of your book that you can give to the publisher.
4. Attend the pitch instruction session and bring your questions!
5. Only paid Guild attendees are allowed to pitch at the conference. CMN passholders may sign up for a pitch with a $20 registration fee. Please contact us for more details.
6. One more thing to note:
   • If you are a writer who has never been published and are pitching fiction (a novel) you must have the manuscript complete. You’ll also need a proposal.
   • If you are a writer who has never been published and you are pitching a non-fiction book, try to have three chapters done. The publisher will want a proposal.
   • If you have been published before and are either pitching non-fiction or fiction, you need not have the manuscript finished, but you should have a proposal completed.