Trying to catch the eye of an editor? Well, now's your chance! Laurie McLean of Foreword Literary Agency will be reading pitches today.

SUBMISSIONS REQUESTED: Laurie is looking for adult genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, thrillers, suspense, horror, etc.) plus middle-grade and young adult children’s books.

Until midnight EST April 11th, members will have an opportunity to post their log line of no more than 5 words and a 25 word pitchas a comment to this post. Results will be posted within two weeks. Check back to see if you've scored a request!

Deadline extended to 4/10
Trying to catch the eye of an editor? Well, now's your chance! Ann Nibs of Etopia Press will be reading pitches today.

SUBMISSIONS REQUESTED: Etopia Press is looking for more traditional and cutting-edge horror, the kind that’sscary,not simply graphic depictions of death. Hauntings, rural backwoods horror, urban noir, the madness that lies within… it’s all good, as long as the mood is dark and there’s plenty of tension to drive the characters to the limit. If it’s a more traditional tale, make sure it hasn’t been done to death (graphic or otherwise). They want character-driven stories that will keep them up into the wee hours and make them scared to turn off the light. All lengths are welcome, but Etopia is particularly interested in more works over 50,000 words. Novella and short lengths will be considered for print collections and individual e-book releases.

Until midnight EST April 10th, members will have an opportunity to post their 3-line pitch or a short blurb as a comment to this post. Results will be posted within two weeks. Check back to see if you've scored a request!

Deadline extended to 4/10
Trying to catch the eye of an editor? Well, now's your chance! Annie Melton of Etopia Press will be reading pitches today.

SUBMISSIONS REQUESTED: Etopia Press is looking for hot erotic romance for 2013 in all sub genres. Contemporary, historical, paranormal, menage, BDSM... whatever you love, they'd like to see it. M/F or M/M, traditional plots or something completely different, the only requirements are passionate romance, a great story, and lots of good, hot sex! Etopia is interested in gay romance, any sub-genre, any heat level. Wolf shifters are selling really well for at the moment, as are contemporary menage (M/F/M, M/M/F, and M/M/M) and stories featuring sports stars (particularly interracial) and rock stars. And who doesn't love those hot, alpha fire fighters?

Etopia Press publishes all lengths, but is currently looking for novella and novel lengths, 15,000 words and up. For erotic romance and M/M, they pay an advance of $250-1000 for works over 50,000 words. For erotic romance and M/M authors with strong brands and established sales histories, they'll consider advances for works in the 30-40k range as well.

Until midnight EST April 10th, members will have an opportunity to post your 3-line pitch or short blurb as a comment to this post. Results will be posted within two weeks. Check back to see if you've scored a request!

Your Instructions:
1. Read more to learn how to Make a Great First Impression with Blurbs
2. Post your Blurb and first 250ish words of your manuscript in a comment no later than end of day, April 2nd, 2013
3. Nicole may comment on your blurb (and may provide a request!)*
*Agents/Editors will request a minimum of 1 partial, no maximum.

Welcome, Nicole Resciniti!

Submissions Requested: Nicole is looking for romance, inspirational fiction, mysteries/thrillers, YA, MG, NA, sci-fi/fantasy, and UF. No poetry, screenplays or erotica. Very select on nonfiction, and only with authors who have an established platform.

Entangled Publishing has announced the winning contracts - yes, plural! - stemming from our first Entangled Smack Down competition during NaNo Boot Camp. The race was close with Brazen leading the first couple weeks but the Suspense team (FKA Dead Sexy) pulled ahead at the last minute and put the Smack Down on the other imprints.

Out of 21 submissions for consideration, Nina Bruhns and the Suspense team chose four - yes, FOUR - manuscripts for contracts. Congratulations to our awesome Savvy Authors members on landing an Entangled Publishing contract!

Thanks to all who took the time to pitch to me last week. It was a pleasure to read all your wonderful story ideas. I encourage each of you to continue taking advantage of pitch opportunities—as you never know when your project will find the right editor at the right time.

At this time, I’d like to make the following requests:

Trying to catch the eye of an editor? Well, now's your chance! Kerri Nelson of Prism Book Group will be reading pitches one day only, November 30, 2012.

SUBMISSIONS REQUESTED:
Please pitch to Kerri by leaving a comment on this blog of your book blurb (no more than two small paragraphs). You must be logged in to Savvy for your comment to appear. Winners will be announced on Friday, December 7th.

Kerri enjoys anything in the romance and/or mystery genres and is seriously drawn to stories containing a surprise ending. She enjoys humorous heroines, heart-of-gold heroes, and books with the potential for a continuing series of interwoven storylines and characters.

Libby reached out to her editing partners, and I'm pleased to present requests from several editors!

The Editors of Entangled Publishing have requested the following FULL manuscripts:

Every SASS registrant was entered into a drawing for one of our many prizes!

All prizes are donated, and the best way to thank our sponsors is to visit their websites and spread the word about their books, workshops or services. All raffle winners were chosen with a random number generator, and many of our SASSy members earned EXTRA entries by Tweeting #SASS12!

**All winners will be notified via email, watch for your email! If you didn't receive an email by 9/4/2012, send an email to riley (at) rileydarkes (dot) com.**