For the most up-to-date information on the 2010 Pitch Book, please visit the UNF Writers Conference Blog.
The UNF Writers Conference Book & Film Deal Connection is a unique opportunity for full three-day conference attendees to pitch their work in the form of a logline featured in a Pitch Book that will be submitted to carefully selected agents, book editors and film producers after the conference.
Conference attendees are urged to attend the Submitting Your Written Pitch To The Book & Film Deal Connection workshop on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. during the conference. Leaders of the workshop will answer your questions about submissions and hand out submission forms and guidelines. If you cannot attend the Sunday workshop, you can obtain submission guidelines and forms from the conference director via email after the conference.
Her email address is: sharon.y.cobb@unf.edu
Writers will have until August 31, 2010 to refine their written pitches/loglines and make submissions in the requested format to the conference director via email. Each attendee may submit written pitches/loglines in either of the three categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction or Screenwriting. There is a $25 fee for each pitch recieved from any full conference attendee, $45 fee for those attending the Friday Only Pass. Fee may be paid at the time of submission.
August 31, 2010, is the deadline for your written pitch or pitches and submission forms to be received by UNF.
No pitches will be accepted after midnight August 31, 2010. The conference director will compile written pitches/loglines into a Pitch Book and send your pitches to book and screenplay agents, book editors and film producers. We encourage you to copyright your pitches and consider pitching only finished manuscripts, completed screenplays and/or non-fiction book proposals.
All agents, editors and producers receiving the Pitch Book have agreed to accept written pitch/logline submissions from conference attendees and no pitches will be unsolicited.
Click here to see a list of agents, editors and producers whoreceived the 2009 Pitch Book and a new list of those who request the 2010 Pitch Book.
News About the 2009 Pitch Book:
ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2009, UNF Writers Conference’s first Pitch Book was sent to 16 book agents, editors, Hollywood agents and producers. On September 10, we began receiving requests for writers’ work to be submitted!
As of January 2010, there have been a total of 46 requests for work from writers participating in the Pitch Book. Most requests have been for a synopsis and first three chapters, although some have been for full manuscripts. One writer has received 6 requests for work and many have received multiple requests. Although we have not heard of agency representation offers or deals generated from the Pitch Book, it’s only a matter of time before that happens. Could you be one of the talented writers to be discovered through the Pitch Book?
What Writers Said About the 2009 UNF Writers Conference and Pitch Book:
“I can’t believe it! I know this doesn't mean they are going to publish it but still it feels great and it is thanks to you and your team’s work. Thanks a lot again!!!”
- Xiomara Spadafora, author of The Tale Of A New Stepmom (after receiving her first request for work from an agent)
“I almost fainted when I received your email. I’m thrilled. Just finished printing the requested pages and am going to drop them in the mail tonight. To get a response to the pitchbook that soon, I was stunned. Another woman in my critiquing group also received a request for a synopsis and additional pages. I’ve sent Mastermind out to countless agents, publishers et al and while I received a few nibbles, nothing came of it. Keep your fingers crossed!
– Robyn Weinbaum, author of Mastermind (after receiving her first request for work from an agent)
“I just want to say a big “thanks” for putting together the Pitch Book. It’s one of the best ideas I’ve heard come out of a conference. At a typical conference, authors might stand in long lines, hoping to meet and impress an agent. The chances are slim. But with the Pitch Book, we get to market ourselves with our words instead of a clunky “elevator pitch,” PLUS we have an audience we know is interested. Brilliant idea!
- Jessie Harrell, author of Destined
“… Despite the rejection, I’m thrilled enough to receive such high praise from an executive editor on my very first attempt at entering the publishing world and I owe it all to UNF’s excellent writing conference. Just wanted to thank you and all the other good folks who went the extra mile to make such a warm and friendly conference a reality and to tell you to expect my book on the shelves in the near future — I see no reason to give up now that it’s gotten a warm reception.
– Stewart Mittnacht, author of How To Eat A Rat: A Road Warrior's Guide to Survival in the Post-Apocalyptic Nuclear Wasteland (after getting two requests for his work and one answer back)
“Our nonfiction group remains together as a writing group and the session we had since the UNF conference has been equally productive…All of those involved with the writers conference did a wonderful job.”
– Maureen A. Jung, Ph.D., author of Gratitude To Go: You Can Take It With You.
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