LIVE PITCH: First Impressions
This post will go live 45 minutes before the session begins; however, we are no longer taking submissions here. Please submit your first page to the appropriate thread in the forums; the thread will open at 11:30am EST – 30 minutes before this event begins. This is your best chance to be seen by Kelly Van Sant as she reads through the submissions live!
Rules for this session:
Type of pitch: First Page
Max length: 350 words
Genres/Age categories: MG/YA, all fiction genres
Pitch Submission: All pitches should be submitted to the appropriate thread in the forums. Please read this forum thread for further instructions. PLEASE NOTE your conference login will not work at the forums; you will need to register separately there (it’s free and easy!).
Kelly Van Sant has nearly a decade of experience in the publishing industry. She cut her teeth in New York working at esteemed literary agencies such as Writers House and Harold Ober Associates, where she developed an eye for compelling, emotionally resonant stories, honed her editorial skills, and soon grew adept at contract vetting. She quickly gained expertise in subsidiary rights management, with focuses on audio rights, foreign rights, and permissions.
After relocating to Minnesota, Kelly joined Llewellyn Worldwide as their Contracts Manager across all three imprints and then moved to Quarto Publishing Group USA where she led the contract department. She has worked as a freelance editor with various publishers and is a teaching artist at the Loft Literary Center. She also blogs about writing and the publishing industry at Pub(lishing) Crawl and co-hosts their weekly podcast.
Kelly’s career came full circle when she joined D4EO Literary Agency in 2017 and began actively building her client list. You can learn more about her and what she’s looking for at her website Pen & Parsley.