This Year's #PitchMe Finalists

 Without any ado, here are the #PitchMe finalists* in no particular order:

PB

A.W.'s THE PICKLE INCIDENT

A.W.'s WORRY STONES (a different A.W., I promise!)

R.J.'s QUOKKA CAN'T FROWN

R.M.K's HEADLINE FROM THE HEIGHTS

K.R.'s I'M NOT A CINNAMON ROLL

K.P.'s MY BA'S AMBODO

S.K.R.'s SOUR DOUGH

(Also, it's worth mentioning that Tara reads these entries blind so her opinions are unbiased!)

MG

T.M.'s A RECIPE FOR DISASTER (contemporary)

C.L.'s MAIRA AND THE RAINBOW CITY (fantasy)

A.M.'s ARDEN WOOD AND THE MAGICAL MUSICAL (contemporary fantasy)

C.D.'s KONRAD BLOOM AND THE REJECTS OF TECH-E ACADEMY (sci-fi mystery)

S.P.'s MURDER AASAN (fantasy mystery)

J.K.'s NEWTON'S NOVELTIES (sci-fi)

D.A.'s THE TRINITY KNOT (historical)

YA

P.C.H.'s ONCE UPON A ROAD TRIP (romantic comedy)

K.N.'s DANCING WITH THE ALL-STARS (contemporary romance)

J.W.'s MY NAME IS MARY READ (historical)

K.B.'s SONG FOR LOST SOULS (fantasy)

A.T.'s THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF A FLOWER (contemporary)

E.C.'s A MAJOR IN DROWNING (speculative mystery)

K.O.'s BEAUTY TO ASHES (horror)

I.L.C.'s THE WONDER BENEATH (fantasy)

Adult

P.T.Z.'s DARK RUN (thriller)

M.F.'s PROMISE THEM A STORM (fantasy)

D.B.'s DREAM MACHINE (sci-fi)

M.P.'s THE WIZARD'S CORPSE (fantasy mystery)

E.K.'s FINDING THE MUGWORT GIRLS (cozy mystery)

R.M.'s THE SOMEDAY GAME (speculative romance)

S.L.'s AT THE END OF TIME (literary fantasy)

E.J.C.'s TOPSIDERS (sci-fi)

Congratulations, finalists! I really can't wait to dig in and help you make these awesome projects just a little awesomer.

If your submission wasn't chosen, thank you so much for submitting, and please, please, please don't give up. 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 20 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 20, the day AFTER the agent round, so I can spend these next few weeks reviewing the finalists' work.

*As I alluded to yesterday, the allocation of the wildcards is simply a reflection of what the agents who agreed to participate in #PitchMe are looking for right now. Of the 14 agents who signed up, 4 are looking for PB, 10 are looking for MG, 12 are looking for YA, and 10 are looking for adult. (The lurking editors are only on the hunt for kidlit, from PB to YA.)