WINNERS!

Other interesting stuff follows, but nobody wants to read that until they've seen names, right? So HERE ARE MY WINNERS!! (in no particular order).

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Cara Nelson: ONE MISSED SUMMER (MG mystery)

Alyssa Pierre: WHAT FUTURE LIES (YA sci-fi)

K Callard: SHADOWCATCHERS (Upper MG fantasy)

Dana Langer: THE TRUTH ABOUT MONSTERS (MG)

Sara Martin: PRINCESS OF SWANS (YA fantasy)

Rob Polk: TREE ROPER (MG contemporary)

Yolanda Ridge: INSIDE HUDSON PICKLE (MG contemporary)

Heather Davis: THE NEW EDEN CHRONICLES (YA sci-fi thriller)

Amanda Nicole: STILL THEY COME TO HAUNT ME (YA psychological thriller)

Samara Jensen: THE BALLAD OF EMILY DUNCAN (YA historical thriller)

Natalie Knaub: DUPLICITY (YA cyberthriller)

Monica Tesler: BOUNDERS (Upper MG sci-fi)

Valerie Lawson: NIGHT OF THE MUSEUM CRASHERS (MG mystery)

Anne Leone: OUT THERE (MG sci-fi)

EM Castellan: LILY IN THE SHADOWS (YA historical fantasy)


Congratulations! Emails will be on the way to you in the next couple of days : )


You guys also asked for an honourable mention list last year, so here it is again! I know it drives some people nuts when agents says 'unfortunately I just didn't love this enough', but that's genuinely how it is in many cases. I don't know if it helps but I want all the people on this list to know that I wavered A LOT over the final list:

Erin Funk, Alison Miller, Mary Hallberg, Jill Haugh, Prerna Pickett, Danelle Miller, Michelle Mason, Eva Gibson.

There was also fighting mature discussion over more than one of the finalists, but the less we say about that the better, yes?

OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF: When the winners go live on the 18th, could we ask you to save your comments, if you have any, until after the agents have made their requests. After that you can go cheerleader nuts if you want to. 

The submission window is open!

The contest is now closed. Thanks!

If you’re late to the party, here are posts one and two, where you will find all of the necessary contest rules/guidelines/squee-worthy details about the second annual Xmas in July pitch contest.

The submission window is open today from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. EST.

As a reminder:

Please put your name, title and genre of your ms in the subject line of your email, like this:

Ruth Steven: AND LIFE CAME TUMBLING AFTER: MG Contemporary

In the body of the email please put your query (no salutation necessary) followed by the first 500 words (to the nearest sentence) of your ms. Whether that includes a prologue is up to you – send what you want us to read. There’s no need to include a bio, and any names or contact details provided to us will be redacted.

When you’ve checked that it all looks good, send your submission to:

xmasinjuly13(at)gmail(dot)com

You’ll receive an auto-response to let you know we have your entry. Please give it a little while to come through!

Good luck, and see you on the other side of the slushpile!

The Agent Reveal!

If you missed the contest announcement with all the details you need, you can find it here!

And now? The Agent reveal. Ready?

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Adriann Ranta

Becky Vinter

Katie Shea 

Lara Perkins 

Logan Garrison 

Sarah LaPolla 

Tamar Rydzinski 

Monika Verma 

Tracey and Josh Adams 

Brianne Johnson 

Carly Watters 

Molly Jaffa 

Stefanie Lieberman 

Jessica Sinsheimer 

Lucy Carson 

Diana Fox 

The submission window will open on Tuesday 9th July from 6am until 6pm EST (yes, we added three more hours. We're nice like that.)

In the subject line of your email put your name, the title of your ms and the genre, like this:

 Ruth Steven: AND LIFE CAME TUMBLING AFTER: MG Contemporary

In the body of the email please put your query (no salutation necessary) followed by the first 500 words (to the nearest sentence) of your ms. Whether that includes a prologue is up to you - send what you want us to read. There's no need to include a bio in your query. Name and contact information will be redacted.

When you’ve checked it all looks good, send to xmasinjuly13(at)gmail(dot)com

You’ll receive an auto-response to let you know we have your entry. Please give it a little while to come through!

And that . . . is it. We look forward to reading your entries on the 9^th!