Pitch Madness 2017 Candyland Edition…Game On!
Welcome to Team Candy Castle! It’s been a long week of reading through all the amazing pitches. Our wonderful readers have narrowed the slush, and your team hosts have chosen seventy pitches for the…
Welcome to Team Candy Castle! It’s been a long week of reading through all the amazing pitches. Our wonderful readers have narrowed the slush, and your team hosts have chosen seventy pitches for the…
Title: Upstaged Age Category: Middle Grade Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Word Count: 47,000 Pitch: In a diverse, gender-swapped A CHRISTMAS CAROL retelling, an ambitious twelve-year-old actress, Ebi, vows to scare her co-stars into quitting. But a…
Title: Lucky Age Category: Middle Grade Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 42,000 Pitch: Twelve-year-old Ryan’s family crumbled post-lottery win. With Granddad dying, Ryan sets out to find his missing mom. But when his insulin’s stolen, Ryan…
Title: Curse of Silver Lake Age Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Fantasy Word Count: 68,000 Pitch: Gender-bent Swan Lake meets small town high school when untrained teenage witch, Maggie, becomes Ethan’s only chance at freedom…
Title: Gravity Road Age Category: Young Adult Genre: LGBTQ+ Contemporary Romance Word Count: 98,000 Pitch: Closeted sixteen-year-old Monty plays it cool after “straight” boy-next-door Jake comes home with a college boyfriend. Monty deflects his infatuation…
Title: The Fire Before Age Category: Young Adult Genre: Horror Word Count: 90,000 Pitch: When the cursed entities called the Fury compel people in her hometown to commit escalating acts of violence, Kindred Walker must…
Title: Saving Sophie Age Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 83,000 Pitch: Seventeen-year-old Gabe finds himself falling for Sophie, a disabled girl and the sole survivor of a devastating accident. Everything is perfect—as…
Title: The Goddess Candidate Age Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ Fantasy Word Count: 81,000 Pitch: When modern-day God offers up his job, popular-girl Devon’s father applies. Only taking his place can save Dad from…
Title: Sleepless Age Category: Adult Genre: Sci-fi Romance Word Count: 80,000 Pitch: Rose is finally earning her hard-won superhero license—if she can avoid breaking one important rule: No fraternizing between partners. But JiHo proves he’s…
Title: Temping for Death Age Category: Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 94,000 Pitch: When night-shift worker Ana injures Death in a freak forklift accident, she must take over his job while he’s on disability leave.…