tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post6507235681288936327..comments2023-12-02T05:59:27.143-05:00Comments on YAtopia: Pitch contest with agent Mandy HubbardSM Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03546994863993080465noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-60629666285947947792012-06-20T06:36:22.626-04:002012-06-20T06:36:22.626-04:00I would love to, but how to join.canvas prints | c...I would love to, but how to join.<a href="www.geniusprinting.com.au" rel="nofollow">canvas prints</a> | <a href="www.geniusprinting.com.au" rel="nofollow">canvas printing</a> | <a href="www.geniusprinting.com.au" rel="nofollow">photos to canvas</a> | <a href="www.geniusprinting.com.au" rel="nofollow">photos on canvas</a> Is this open until now. I am wondering if this is still available. I seldom join contests, but if the prize is good why not. <a href="www.geniusprinting.com.au" rel="nofollow">canvas prints</a> | <a href="www.geniusprinting.com.au" rel="nofollow">canvas printing</a> | <a href="www.geniusprinting.com.au" rel="nofollow">canvas prints Sydney</a> | <a href="www.geniusprinting.com.au" rel="nofollow">printing photos on canvas</a> This is one way of getting a reward from the hard work you have done. <a href="www.rooprints.com.au" rel="nofollow">cheap canvas prints</a> | <a href="www.rooprints.com.au" rel="nofollow">cheap canvas printing</a> | <a href="www.rooprints.com.au" rel="nofollow">photos on canvas</a> | <a href="www.rooprints.com.au" rel="nofollow">canvas prints</a>Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00156684070008979439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-87601838665131963832012-01-25T10:55:02.701-05:002012-01-25T10:55:02.701-05:00I would love to join. But what is the criteria and...I would love to join. But what is the criteria and the price. This could be an amazing way to inspire me to join and be one of the winners. Let me know what are the prices too. Thanks.<br /><a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/cool-online-art" rel="nofollow">Contemporary Wall Art</a> | <a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/cool-online-art" rel="nofollow">Cool Online Art</a> | <a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/corporate-art-and-gifts" rel="nofollow">Corporate Art</a> | <a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/corporate-art-and-gifts" rel="nofollow">Corporate Gifts</a> | <a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/unique-and-unusual-gifts" rel="nofollow">Unique Gifts</a> | <a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/unique-and-unusual-gifts" rel="nofollow">Unusual Gifts</a> | <a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/modern-wall-art" rel="nofollow">Modern Art</a> | <a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/modern-wall-art" rel="nofollow">Modern Wall Art</a> | <a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/" rel="nofollow">Personalised Gift</a> | <a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/abstract-canvas-art" rel="nofollow">Abstract Art</a> | <a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/abstract-canvas-art" rel="nofollow">Abstract Canvas Art</a> | <a href="http://www.dnaart.com.au/contemporary-wall-art" rel="nofollow">Contemporary Art</a>Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00156684070008979439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-40027006505050502142011-11-01T12:28:06.775-04:002011-11-01T12:28:06.775-04:00Me too! :)Me too! :)Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12870655070026853342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-30055287538988992132011-10-16T16:09:31.093-04:002011-10-16T16:09:31.093-04:00I would also like to know if the results of this c...I would also like to know if the results of this contest will be posted.Sandra Cormierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00231342310371529022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-75840755659725826422011-10-06T20:41:19.320-04:002011-10-06T20:41:19.320-04:00Do we ever find out who received MS requests? Jus...Do we ever find out who received MS requests? Just wondering!No Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802794822033933906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-61584063203633373082011-10-06T01:20:36.163-04:002011-10-06T01:20:36.163-04:00Name: Elaine Cho
E-mail: itsallgoodxP (at) gmail (...Name: Elaine Cho<br />E-mail: itsallgoodxP (at) gmail (dot) com<br />Title: FADE<br />Genre: YA Urban Fantasy<br />Word Count: 100,000<br /><br />In a world where magic corrupts the soul, Rinoa has never questioned her secluded life or the fear of Lethes that dictates society. When she turns into a Lethe herself, however, she is forced to decide her allegiances as she becomes the cornerstone to both her father’s campaign against magic and the resistance fighting him.<br /><br />I spread the word at my website blog: http:/www.choelaine.com/tisburelaine.htmldragonslayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17649610695365106706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-45001048626499034842011-10-05T23:02:58.178-04:002011-10-05T23:02:58.178-04:00Name: Gillian Speace
E-mail: Gillian (dot) Speace ...Name: Gillian Speace<br />E-mail: Gillian (dot) Speace (at) gmail (dot) com<br />Title: THE NINTH CHILD<br />Genre: Middle Grade<br />Word Count: 30,000<br /><br />Ten-year-old Gideon, one of eight rambunctious siblings, describes the funny-yet-spooky events that unfold when a mysterious Ninth Child shows up, claiming to be part of the family. Gideon quickly realizes that the Ninth Child is determined to be included--even if that means taking someone's place.<br /><br />I spread the word on Google+ (under my personal name)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-79441999591887854192011-10-05T17:05:19.745-04:002011-10-05T17:05:19.745-04:00Pitch:
Skye learns that the land of snow and cry...Pitch: <br /> Skye learns that the land of snow and crystal castles she's been dreaming of is real, part of a magical world called Iris. <br /> And she's a princess.<br /> Now she'll have to journey there to save it from a powerful and haunted King – who also happens to be her brother.<br /><br />Your name: Amie Salmon<br />Email: amie_salmon134@hotmail.co.uk<br />Title: The Children of Iris: Discovery<br />Genre: YA Fantasy<br />Word count: 80,000<br /><br />Tweeted about it here: http://twitter.com/#!/AmieSalmon/status/121691952759582720<br /><br />Thanks for such an amazing opportunity!AmieSalmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11902800785882682491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-56491956268482912522011-10-05T12:04:29.449-04:002011-10-05T12:04:29.449-04:00Name: Kelley Lynn
Email: kger215@gmail.com
Title: ...Name: Kelley Lynn<br />Email: kger215@gmail.com<br />Title: All She Needs is Love<br />Genre: YA Contemporary<br />Word Count: 65,000<br /><br />Blogged about it here: http://getbetweenthebookends.blogspot.com/2011/10/yes-you-can-run-half-marathon-recap-of.html<br /><br />Eight year old Gigi’s purpose is to beef up Emma’s college applications by adding those very important volunteer hours for a little girl who has no family aside from a deadbeat dad. What Emma doesn’t expect is for Gigi to wrap herself around her heart and when Gigi’s father kills himself in a drunk driving accident, Emma must decide whether to give up her dreams and take Gigi in or leave Gigi to the foster care system, which Emma herself is a product of.<br /><br /><br />Thanks again!Kelley Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06373650788799372118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-80028889227605982972011-10-05T11:53:43.836-04:002011-10-05T11:53:43.836-04:00Name: Kelley Lynn
Email: kger215@gmail.com
Title: ...Name: Kelley Lynn<br />Email: kger215@gmail.com<br />Title: Sacrifice<br />Genre: YA Dystopic Adventure<br />Word Count: 96,000<br /><br />Blogged about it here: http://getbetweenthebookends.blogspot.com/2011/10/yes-you-can-run-half-marathon-recap-of.html<br /><br />The lights on the other side of The River call to Ava, tease her of the life she was forced to run from after the King’s murder was placed on her head. But she’s adapted, joined a feared gang, kept her head low, even fell in love with a kid from the wrong side of town, all-in-all content to live with the hand she was dealt, until the life of a friend from the past is threatened to draw her out of hiding.<br /><br /><br />Thank you for this opportunity!Kelley Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06373650788799372118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-77662263784763503282011-10-05T08:28:22.124-04:002011-10-05T08:28:22.124-04:00Name: Linsey Miller
Email: Miller.Linsey@gmail.com...Name: Linsey Miller<br />Email: Miller.Linsey@gmail.com<br />Title: The Ash Plague<br />Genre: Young Adult Fantasy<br />Word Count: 75,000<br /><br />Link: http://twitter.com/#!/LinseyMiller/status/121551920870588417<br /><br />Adalmund Port will do anything to save her country—she’s gone to war, been an assassin, and sacrificed her arm for the princess. Now, her country needs her to work with a masked and misguided revolutionary in a neighboring country to stop a war, but at this point she’d rather take another arrow to the arm if it meant he’d stop talking.L.M. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834881688010514126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-68085899260250551482011-10-05T04:07:15.612-04:002011-10-05T04:07:15.612-04:00NAME: Jo Danilo
EMAIL: jodanilo@hotmail.com
TITLE:...NAME: Jo Danilo<br />EMAIL: jodanilo@hotmail.com<br />TITLE: The Curtain-Twitcher’s Handbook<br />GENRE: YA Ghost Story <br />WORD COUNT: 75,000 words<br />This is my second entry here (thanks for helping with the last one when I had a cookie problem, Wendy Higgins!) so I am also telling everyone about this competition on my website: www.jodanilo.me<br /><br />PITCH:<br /><br />Curtain Twitching is an art, as 16-year-old Daisy learns when her crotchety old neighbour dies and is replaced by the McKenzie family. <br /><br />Within a week, Daisy’s life is turned upside down by the boy next door who claims that his house is trying to kill him... and the thing is, he could be right.<br /><br /><br />Thanks again!Jo Danilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724838566627089989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-18430406379694019282011-10-05T01:09:58.157-04:002011-10-05T01:09:58.157-04:00I am on PST - I was unsure of what time zone the e...I am on PST - I was unsure of what time zone the entries officially closed in (it's only 10:08PM Oct. 4th here now). I hope that you still accept my entry for consideration. Thank you - best of luck to everyone.R.A.Desiletshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440729149601654745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-50034843139474158892011-10-05T01:06:29.348-04:002011-10-05T01:06:29.348-04:00My name: Rachel Desilets (R.A.Desilets)
E-mail: r...My name: Rachel Desilets (R.A.Desilets)<br />E-mail: rdesilets (at) gmail (dot) com<br />Title: RUHE<br />Genre: YA Contemporary<br />Word Count: 50k<br />Link: I blogged about it here - http://radwrites.blogspot.com/2011/10/yatopia-pitch-contest.html<br /><br />Pitch: After Sophie's vicious gossip ruins her friendships, she takes a vow of silence as she enters her freshman year of college. With her overly gregarious roommate dragging her back into the same social scene and a new love who hasn't quiet severed ties with his ex, Sophie needs to find the courage to use the voice that once destroyed her.R.A.Desiletshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440729149601654745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-56662702842242128262011-10-04T22:08:54.308-04:002011-10-04T22:08:54.308-04:00Sean Campbell
sean@nowhereville-series.com
Title: ...Sean Campbell<br />sean@nowhereville-series.com<br />Title: Nowhereville<br />Genre: Ya Science Fiction<br />49,000 words<br />www.nowhereville-series.com<br /><br />I shared this on my twitter account at twitter.com/seancampbell<br /><br />Thanks for this opportunity! I'm a new follower of YAtopia, and its a very nice site.<br /><br />Pitch:<br />After his mother’s death, sixteen year old Seth Bradley chooses to leave behind his friends, his school, and his entire life within the rusted, broken down space station Ticonderoga. With his sister Jenna in tow, he sets out to join a father he barely knows in the orbital city of Grass Valley, a monument to human achievement floating three hundred miles above the Earth.<br /><br />He’s never seen the open sky before. Never seen a robot either, until he meets Anne, a strange, quiet shopgirl that no one ever seems too bothered to notice.<br /><br />When Grass Valley is caught in the crossfire of an all-out war between Earth and Mars, Seth, Jenna and Anne must work together to survive as they find themselves trapped in a world that is literally crumbling around them.<br /><br />A city with secrets all its own.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332773124702078202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-47093566172043645312011-10-04T21:41:04.147-04:002011-10-04T21:41:04.147-04:00Your name: Sophia Chang
Email: sophiathewriter at ...Your name: Sophia Chang<br />Email: sophiathewriter at gmail<br />Title: SWEET AMBROSIA<br />Genre: YA Fantasy<br />Word count: 51,000<br />Link: https://plus.google.com/105238348935042088465/posts/bfve4owSwgR<br /><br />Pitch:<br />Ambrosia Wyne: half-nymph, all-nerd...destroy of Mount Olympus? It was a Really. Bad. Day.Sophia Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946233873722107937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-11484128914144684712011-10-04T21:25:10.217-04:002011-10-04T21:25:10.217-04:00Name: Crystal Schubert
Email: Crystal (dot) Schu...Name: Crystal Schubert<br />Email: Crystal (dot) Schubert (at) gmail (dot) com<br />Title: AWAY FROM ME<br />Genre: YA Contemporary<br />Word count: 71,000<br />Shared here: http://twitter.com/#!/CrystalSchubert<br /><br />Pitch:<br />When Charlotte Guest’s asshole dad ditches her (and her mom)—probably to start a better family or lounge on the beach somewhere sunny—she figures scheming to make out with hot, punk rocker Logan would be a great distraction. She pushes away concerned family and friends, especially her best friend Aiden—who suddenly wants to be her therapist, not realizing that she’ll need to lean on them all when she discovers her dad’s disappearance is shrouded in more scandal than she knows.<br /><br />Thanks for the pitching opportunity!Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04553993991195412089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-88245145065841344202011-10-04T19:42:16.556-04:002011-10-04T19:42:16.556-04:00Name: Sarah Kay Steele
Email: sarahkaysteele at gm...Name: Sarah Kay Steele<br />Email: sarahkaysteele at gmail dot com<br />Title: Jade<br />Genre: YA Contemporary Fantasy<br />Word Count: 79K<br />Shared on: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/#!/sarahkay2003<br /><br />Em Perkins never wanted much more from her annual summer vacation than two parental-free weeks and a decent tan. Then an unexpected summer fling with the boy next door not only reveals he is from a different world, but reveals just how important Em is in saving her universe.Sarah Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520707316481087712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-57896417977915635782011-10-04T16:06:14.261-04:002011-10-04T16:06:14.261-04:00Name: Theresa Paolo
Email: tmpmarkmajor@aol.com
T...Name: Theresa Paolo <br />Email: tmpmarkmajor@aol.com<br />Title: Uncharted Territory<br />Genre: YA Contemporary <br />Word Count: 80,000<br />I'm a follower and linked at:<br />http://theresa-foreverours.blogspot.com/2011/09/head-over-to-yatopia-right-now.html<br /><br />Pitch: Ivy League is the only connection Anna Hayward has to her father after he is gunned down in the line of duty and she is determined to get accepted even if it means ditching her party loving best friend for homework and community service. Everything is going according to plan until Dean, a bitter homeless boy shows up at her local soup kitchen and forces her to realize that while there are many things you can plan, life is not one of them.<br /><br />Thanks again for the awesome contest and Good luck to everyone :)Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957479478228268972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-8969608560098420742011-10-04T14:42:05.092-04:002011-10-04T14:42:05.092-04:00Name: Donea Lee Weaver
Email: donealw(at)aol(dot)c...Name: Donea Lee Weaver<br />Email: donealw(at)aol(dot)come<br />Title: The Glass Prince<br />Genre: YA Magical Realism<br />Manuscript word count: 65,000 <br /><br />Pitch: When 17-year-old Clara goes to New York to spend the summer with her estranged Grandmother, she touches a glass prince heirloom that cuts her finger, binding her to the family curse. She must work with Snow White's immortal son, and against her own Grandma, to break the curse or she risks dying on the day of her future child's first birthday, just like her dad did.<br /><br />Thanks, YAtopia. I'm a follower! Tweeted about the contest here: http://twitter.com/#!/DoneaLeeDonea Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393184831994368021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-6208175477296678082011-10-04T13:20:17.321-04:002011-10-04T13:20:17.321-04:00Name: Tasmin Bowerman
Email: TasminBowerman@gmail....Name: Tasmin Bowerman<br />Email: TasminBowerman@gmail.com<br />Title: SPYDER<br />Genre: YA Paranormal Romance<br />Word count: 87,000<br /><br />Avery Gardener hears voices and she’s falling apart because of them. Terrified of hurting the people she cares about with her abilities and more terrified there’s something wrong with her, she has no choice but to trust a boy with his own strange abilities and more secrets than even she has.<br /><br />I linked here on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/lainasparetime/status/121265013645246464 and I'm a new follower.Lainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00134705793566699951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-40320036538921302792011-10-04T11:45:25.731-04:002011-10-04T11:45:25.731-04:00Ilima Todd
ilimatoddATgmailDOTcom
A SINGLE FEATHER...Ilima Todd<br />ilimatoddATgmailDOTcom<br />A SINGLE FEATHER<br />YA fantasy romance<br />54K words<br />Facebook<br /><br />When Chief Mamo meets carefree commoner Kila, all he wants is to throw off his island's traditions to be with her. But his position and the safety of his island are being threatened by a wicked man, and if he pursues Kila, he will lose everything else.ilimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899071063752311737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-14889926832816384162011-10-04T10:40:48.372-04:002011-10-04T10:40:48.372-04:00Name: Joy Givens
Email: joy.eilene(at)gmail(dot)co...Name: Joy Givens<br />Email: joy.eilene(at)gmail(dot)com<br />Title: UGLY STICK<br />Genre: YA Contemporary/Magical Realism<br />Word Count: 50,000<br /><br />Pitch: Seventeen-year-old April Somerfield is a shy, self-loathing misfit who would blend in with the wallpaper, if only the wallpaper were a little less attractive. When she discovers the family curse that made her who she is, April must decide if becoming beautiful on the outside is worth giving up the truly beautiful person she would otherwise become.<br /><br />I shared this contest on my blog: http://joyeilene.blogspot.com<br /><br />on Twitter: @joyeilene<br /><br />and on Facebook! :)Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230821456690943291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-86245394438996629822011-10-04T01:31:25.010-04:002011-10-04T01:31:25.010-04:00Name: Danielle Jensen
Email: daniellelynnjensen(at...Name: Danielle Jensen<br />Email: daniellelynnjensen(at)gmail(dot)com<br />Title: THE IRON-BOUND FAE<br />Genre: YA Fantasy Romance<br />Word Count: 91,000<br /><br /><br />Cecile’s fortunes deteriorate when the trolls of Broken Mountain discover she meets all the criteria on their curse-breaker checklist; but when kidnapping and bonding her to their prince fails to secure the trolls’ freedom, Cecile must seek another way out of their labyrinth. More beautiful yet more terrifying than the stuff of legends, the trolls are not what she expected; and Cecile’s fight to escape turns into a quest to free the prince she has hopelessly and irrevocably fallen in love with, no matter what the consequences of that freedom might be... <br /><br />I am a YATOPIA blog follower and tweeted about the contest here http://twitter.com/#!/dljensen_DLJensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01492572925795684717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202274659436317634.post-41407577140859748712011-10-03T23:02:18.749-04:002011-10-03T23:02:18.749-04:00My two sentence pitch:
Forget about the black-ho...My two sentence pitch: <br /><br />Forget about the black-hooded cloak and wooden scythe, everything you've ever heard about Death is false.<br /><br />He's fallen for a mortal but can he save her existence before all hell befalls him?<br /> <br />Name: Laura Stevens & Stephanie Lineback (mother/daughter)<br />Email: funloving52(at)hotmail(dot)com<br />Title: When Eden Falls <br />Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance <br />Word count: 34,351<br />Link to where you've shared the competition: http://twitter.com/#!/threegnomes<br /><br />I am a YAtopia blog follower.Russohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18310654493682083214noreply@blogger.com