#PitchMe Finalists 2023

Please note that we had several entries with very similar titles, so definitely make sure your title AND initials match before you get too excited:

PB

A.N.W.'s ECHO CAVE

K.M.'s SPACE KNIFE: THE TRUE STORY OF KING TUT'S DAGGER

E.E.'s THE COPPER-COLORED MITTENS

M.T.'s EILEEN COLLINS: DETERMINED, FOCUSED, FIERCE - NASA'S FIRST FEMALE PILOT & MISSION COMMANDER

S.G.'s THE BOY OF THE CINNAMON ISLAND

M.S.'s WREN'S FRIENDS

N.G.'s THE LOCKDOWN RULE

MG

C.L.'s TANGLED UP (contemporary)

M.B.'s WHAT LINGERS AT THE CRESCENT (horror)

E.M.'s THE SORCERER OF WESTMINSTER (historical fantasy)

R.B.'s NIGHT BECOMES NOON (contemporary)

T.B.'s THE ODD ONES (fantasy)

M.A.'s THE MARITIME DETECTIVE COMPANY: THE CURSE OF THE MERMAID'S PEARL (mystery)

J.K.'s THE PECULIAR BLOOMS OF POSEY AVENUE (magical realism graphic novel)

M.D.'s HOW NOT TO DIE IN A SWAMP (horror)

YA

B.R.'s A GOOD NIGHT TO SAY GOODBYE (historical mystery)

A.L.R.'s DEEP ROOTS (contemporary)

O.S.'s TERRA (fantasy)

M.R.'s MURDERLAND (thriller)

J.D.M.'s SECRETS DON'T STAY BURIED (thriller)

R.B.'s LAWNMOWER LEAVING (contemporary)

N.M.'s THE AMULET OF AMUN (historical adventure)

Adult

F.T.'s THE SELF-DESTRUCTION OF SYMPATHY D (speculative)

R.J.'s A LITTLE OVER THE TOP (contemporary romance)

L.F.'s BYSTANDER (thriller)

S.L.'s THE LOST DIARIES (Gothic mystery)

J.K.'s BETWEEN BREATHS (historical women's fiction)

D.L.'s THE DREAMS THEY CARRY (magical realism)

S.S.'s THE IMPERFECT STORMS (women's fiction)

S.P.'s HEIST RACE (thriller)

Congratulations, finalists! Tara and I can't wait to dig in and ultimately share these awesome projects with our agents and editors.

On the other hand, I know that this news comes as a huge letdown to the majority of you. I wish one writer's acceptance didn't always have to equal another writer's rejection, but in most cases, it does (and in most cases, I've been on the raw end of that equation, so I know how much it hurts). To try to mitigate the sting, I'm once again offering feedback to everyone who entered #PitchMe. I took notes on every entry and wrote down something positive about every single one (and usually a suggestion, too). If you don't find an agent between now and October 26 and would like to hear my thoughts on your pitch, query, and first page, you're more than welcome to respond to your original submission with a request for that feedback. I only ask that you hold off until Thursday, October 26, the day AFTER the agent round, so I can spend these next few weeks reviewing the finalists' work.