Spooktacular Pitch Extravaganza Agent Round: The Lucky 50 Names Announced!

Please read this post carefully! If you emailed your pitch to the wrong email, email me at the correct email by October 23 letting me know this is what happened and we'll work something out!

It has come to my attention a few entries may have been sent to JamieCorrigan instead of JamieCorriganContests! Please make sure you send/sent your pitch to JamieCorriganContests (at) gmail (dot) com!

A list of alternates can be found above the list of top 50! Also a note has been added with the list of top 50 for the ones who didn't make the deadline! So there's still hope!! (This announcement was made today 10/19 so alternates aren't late!)

Top 50, please read notice #3!

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Today I'm very happy to announce the names of the lucky 50 people who have made it through to the agent round! Brittany and Jordy are very excited to read your pitches and I'm very excited to get to host them! I know, you're saying, "Get to the names already, woman!" We're getting to that. But first, the rules!

NOTICE: If I do not receive your entry by 8am EDT on October 19th, an alternate will take your spot. So, if you don't see your name on this list, watch my blog and the hashtag #SpookPitch on twitter to see if an alternate has been announced on October 19th.

NOTICE #2: Brittany Booker is no longer with the Corvisiero Literary Agency but is still taking on new clients while being in between agencies. She will still be playing and requesting pitches, so don't worry! She and Jordy are very excited to play and can't wait to redecorate your pitches starting this weekend!

FORMATTING:

If you've made it through to the agent round you MUST follow these instructions. Email your 3 line pitch (That's 3 sentences. No more and no less.) along with your first 250 words of your finished and polished ms (If it stops in the middle of a sentence, continue on until the end of that sentence.) from TODAY (October 17th) until Friday (October 19th) at 8am EDT to JamieCorriganContests (at) gmail (dot) com with the subject line Spooktacular Pitch: TITLE. Your entry should be formatted like this in a normal font:

Name: Jamie Corrigan

Title: SPARK
Genre: YA Dark Fantasy
Word Count: 61,000 words

3 line Pitch:

Sixteen-year-old Taisie Monahan's ghost problems explode into the real world once she discovers her ability to destroy immortality in magical beings, a power the malevolent Spark needs to regain the life he lost centuries ago. Holding her mom's soul hostage in his ghoulish realm, Spark agrees to set everyone free if Taisie wins a twisted game of hide-and-seek. Problem is, if she fails, Taisie's free will—along with her mom's soul—will be his forever and the world will not survive if Spark's allowed to return to the real world once again.

First 250:

Pressing myself against a brick wall, I tried to catch a break from the sea of students flowing through the floodgates of Saint Isabel High. I'd never seen so many name-brand clothes in one place before. I took a step forward and then quickly returned to the safety of the wall.

Get a grip. People are staring.

I tried to will myself to listen, to move away from the wall, but my fear kept me locked into place like a statue held by chains. Acting like a mess wasn't going to make my old rep of being a freak-girl go away in this school any easier.

“Hey! Come here!” My breath caught when the hot jock yelled and waved at me. Or what I wanted to be me. After all, didn't I try to make myself look like his type when I got up that morning?

My finger lightly swiped across my sorry excuse for lipstick, kicking up a slight hint of cherry from my lip balm, making me feel like a little girl in big girl clothing. My legs wanted to run away, but my brain ordered me to act like this was nothing new and walk over to him as if I'd done it a million times. No one knew the old me. The one I'd left behind. I could be different here. I just had to act the part.

I managed to plaster a huge fake smile across my face as I strolled over to him.

And now what you've all be waiting for...

ALTERNATES: If your name appears below, please email me your 3 line pitches along with your first 250 words by 9pm EDT tonight 10/19!

Fiery Na
Sue Frye
Laurie Litwin
Leah Goodreau
Stephanie Haefner
Kevin Winn
Talynn Lynn
Kathleen S. Allen
Mia K Rose
Meredith Mansfield

AGENT ROUND LUCKY 50: If your name appears below, please remember to email your submission to me by 8am EDT on October 19th so you won't be replaced.

NOTICE #3: If you were on the original list of top 50 and didn't see the list until now or forgot to send in your pitch, you can still email your entry to me by 9pm EDT tonight and I'll do my best to work you in.

Leiann Bynum

C Stewart Hardwick

Leslie

Chelle Bruhn

BookOmnivore

Ella Schwartz

Anabel Gonzalez

Kelly Heinen

Gail Nall

Ashley Keene

Stacey Nash

Debra Ann Gray-Elliot

Michelle Hauck

Shannon

Ariana Richards

Rachel Horwitz

Karen Lee Hallam

JA Sterling

Natasha Hawkins

Tlotlo Tsamaase

Melanie Conklin Redacted and wishing her much luck!!

Jessica Harvey

Tanya Spencer

Rhiann Wynn-Nolet

Axie Oh

Jamie Montgomery

Megan L. Reese

Robin Ambrose Weeks

John Krissilas

JESP

Lisa Swinton

Lori A. Goldstein

Jordan Sky

Rachel Pudelek

Heather

Donea Lee

Liana Brooks

Anya

Abby Cavenaugh

Ariel Miller

Amanda Foody

Ranee S. Clark

Ryan Hill

Angi Black

Alex Brown

Janet Robinson

Jason Nelson

Matt

Karen Y. Bynum
Alternate #1: Veronica Bartles

On October 20th - October 28th agents Brittany Booker and Jordy Albert will be redecorating these lucky 50 people's entries Halloween style. Remember the comments will be on moderation so only Brittany and Jordy can comment. However, I will be live tweeting and hosting a cheering party during that time on the hashtag #SpookPitch on twitter. So, if you like to shake your pom-poms or just want to know if a move has been made, stop by and say hi!

REQUESTS ANNOUNCED DATE:

On October 29th I will announce who won the editing Gift Certificate from Cassandra Marshall with the names of who landed requests from Brittany and Jordy. Plus I'll tell what those requests are along with instructions on how to get your requests into their hands. So, stay tuned for that!

A SPECIAL NOTE FROM ME:

Congratulations to everyone who made it to the agent round. If you didn't make it in, don't feel bad. I've entered many contests and have seen both sides of the random draw. While it can be a bummer, just remember that next time might be your time. So keep up the great work!

See you all on #SpookPitch and here on October 29th!