Saturday, January 31, 2015

#ICBDKidLitArtPitch Twitter ART Pitch Party for PB through MG

                                        "Come Join the Fun!"        by Dyann Joyce
Hello there!

I am writing as April 2 is International Children’s Book Day (ICBD) and Hans Christian Andersen's birthday. In celebration, and with the rising popularity of Twitter Pitch parties, we are hosting and formally inviting you to the #ICBDKidLitArtPitch International Children’s Book Illustration Day Twitter Party.
This is an invitation to participate in the Twitter pitch party on April 6, 2015. I am contacting agents and publishers with submissions open to PB, CB, and Illustrated MG novels in the hopes of making it a memorable day for artists and representatives alike!

A Pitch accompanied by excerpts from a picture book dummy will be the content of the Pitches to favorite (star) if you may be interested in seeing the whole Picture Book dummy for #BB or #PB (board book or Picture book), or samples of the illustrations with Pitch for #CB (early reader chapter book that relies heavily on the illustrations), or illustrated #MG (early or later middle grade), we are considering MG covers and usually MG has interior art. We hope to have submissions from cardboard books to illustrated MG novels!


I am making a list of agents and publishers and will post it with constant updates once confirmations come in.


Please join us in this first annual Twitter Art Pitch Party #ICBDKidLitArtPitch to celebrate International Children’s Book Day (ICBD) and Hans Christian Andersen's birthday. The Twitter Art Pitch Party will be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. PST to respect work and school hours.


We will be formally announcing it and starting the social media blasts the week of Valentine’s Day to honor what could be the perfect match for Children’s Book illustrators and Writer/illustrators with that perfect agent or publisher seeking new talent or new MS.
My co-host is Mark Mitchell from the Make Your Marks and Splashes! Illustration course and Illustrator/Author Match Up. We are also releasing a recorded 6-part series in Spring/early Summer 2015, “The Making of a Children’s Book.”

We will also have free goodies and Illustration Critique prizes throughout the day.

Watch for announcements as we will offer Book Dummy Twitter Pitch making and Illustration Twitter Pitch Workshops beforehand, as well as a "Querying after the Golden Star" workshop afterwards.The point is to make the perfect match!


 We hope to have a Holidays Twitter Art Pitch Party also!


We hope by announcing early artists can get their MS and Picture Book Dummy's ready while we invite agents and publishers to drop by.


Thank you so much for your time!

Sincerely,

Dyann Joyce









~~If you want me to personally send a reminder to you when we post contests or the week before the Twitter Art party please leave a  TWITTER # or an  EMAIL below IN THE COMMENTS or a note you have emailed it privately to me~
~ May the Golden Stars ever be in your Favor!! Let's have fun with this!!! Hope to see as many as I can in print! ~~

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  1. UnknownJanuary 31, 2015 at 9:38 AM

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  2. Iris BiranMarch 30, 2015 at 3:57 AM

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  4. Iris BiranMarch 30, 2015 at 5:03 AM

    I would like to take part since I'm working on a dummy these days.
    The only problem is that I'm not quite experienced with Twitter. (although I have an account).
    So what is needed to submit are my thumbs with this hashtag:
    #ICBDKidLitArtPitch ?

    Thank you!

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  5. UnknownApril 2, 2015 at 9:39 AM

    Hi there, this was moved to the 6th so theres still a few days! You need to submit a 140 character pitch with up to 3 panels/pages/scenes from your dummy.

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  6. UnknownApril 2, 2015 at 9:39 AM

    For any submissions to an agent or publisher they want a query letter that starts with a pitch of usually one line. This is the same as the Twitter Pitch and with illustrated books, you can submit a photo or panel of 3 on Twitter with your pitch- so perfect for getting notice by an agent or publisher who wants to see more. They ask for more by hitting the golden star to "Favorite" your pitch. This skips that slush pile, its just like at a SCBWI conference when attendees can query in an open window.

    Good Luck and May the Golden Stars be in your Favor!
    April 6, 2015
    8-8pm PST
    use #ICBDKidLitArtPitch

    Dyann Joyce
    @DyannJC

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