Pitch to an Agent

Have you finished a manuscript? Are you having trouble getting it out there? Never fear! The New England Writers' Centre is here!
We know how hard it is to get the attention of a literary agent. Most of them are closed to new submissions and if they are open then there's the slush pile to deal with.
So we are bringing literary agent Pippa Masson to Armidale — for one day only!

What Pippa wants...

  • Uplit/commercial women’s fiction with a twist, quality book club fiction, interesting new voices!
  • Narrative non-fiction, some memoir, fiction and upper middle grade for kids.
  • Word limits for final manuscripts (approximate): adult fiction/non-fiction: 70-90k words, upper middle grade: 30-40k.

What Pippa DOESN'T want...

  • Fantasy, sci-fi, stage/screenplay, poetry, a self-help book, a children’s picture book, an early reader book, a young adult book, a comic book, a short story, a cookbook or educational book, a corporate book or a translation, illustrators.

Stuff you need to know...

When: Saturday the 24th of August
Where: Granny Fi's Toy Cupboard
              120 Dangar St, Armidale (across from Black Dot Music)
Cost: $85 for NEWC members, $100 for non-members
We will contact you a week before the event to confirm the exact time of your pitch.
Click HERE to book

What you need to do next...

Make sure you read all of this before booking!
  • Send us your genre and first chapter. These will NOT be read by Pippa, but we need to make sure that your work fits what she's asking for. Email this to newcprogrammanager@gmail.com with 'Pitch' in the subject line.
  • Prepare your pitch
  • Have your genre, intended market, word length and author platform ready
  • Have a 1-2 minute 'elevator pitch' ready
We recommend that you book into our Submission Process workshop held over three weekends starting the 27th of July.