I am happy to announce at this year’s DFW Writers Conference we are offering limited second pitches—for a low cost.

We pride ourselves on not being a “nickel-and-dime” conference, but every year, we hear from folks who want a second pitch session, and are unable to get one. We also usually have some pitch slots left over at the end of the conference too.

How many? It varies wildly.

With that being said, we’re going to be offering the second pitch sessions for $39.00 on a completely first-come-first-served basis.  There will be limited numbers and there is a chance that not everyone will be able to get a second.

This is an experiment to see how it goes. If it doesn’t work out–so be it!

Basically, it’s going to work like this:

Kirk, our VIP director of this year, is going to fill out the pitch slots as usual, filling in all the Saturday slots with everyone’s pitch. Remember, the first pitch is our primary concern, so he may have agents whose pitches go over into Sunday.

Once he has everyone’s first free pitch in, we will have an idea of what slots are still open. Not every agent will have empty slots, and the second agent you want, may not have any slots available.

Once Kirk has all our slots filled out, he will get a count of how many empty slots are available for a second pitch.

On Saturday (the first day of the conference) we will have a station where you can sign up and pay for the second pitch session.  You will get to look at the available slots for each editor and agent before deciding if you want to sign up. Most all the empty slots will be on Sunday.

Now, the onus is on you to know which agent or editor represents which genre. (This is your career we’re talking about here! Make sure to do your due diligence on all the agents and editors.) We should be able to take credit cards and cash, so bring it with you!

We will announce when and where to sign up for the second pitch, soon.  So stay tuned.

~Jason

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