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#DVPit Pitch Party: Children’s/Teen
October 5, 2016
#DVPit is a Periodic Twitter Pitch Party for books written by – or about – members of a diverse, underrepresented, or marginalized group. The first day is for children’s and teen books.
Write a 140-character pitch for your book and include the hashtag #DVPit. Post only once per hour. Modifying hashtags are optional.
This contest runs from 8am to 8pm EST.
Diverse voices include “people of color; people living and/or born/raised in underrepresented cultures and countries; disabled persons; people with illness; people on marginalized ends of the socioeconomic, cultural and/or religious spectrum; people identifying as LGBTQIA” and more, according to the host site. More information can be found here.
#DVPit Rules
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[li]Do not Like or Retweet other people’s pitches.[/li]
[li]Participate only if you have a complete, polished, and unpublished manuscript.[/li]
[li]Only one pitch per project per hour.[/li]
[li]Don’t Tweet agents directly unless they Tweet you first.[/li]
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