Successful Pitches We know writing a good pitch is hard. You have limited space to convey a lot about your story, and sometimes it seems impossible. Our event started on Twitter, where tweets are limited to 280 chara…

New article on the #SmallPitch blog showcasing some successful pitches! Hopefully they can inspire querying writers working on their own pitches.

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Seasons greetings! Our gift to you is #questpit dates for 2026! We can’t wait to reconvene next year.

Happy Holidays!

#QuestPit is coming up fast on January 30th! Get those pitches ready!

#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers

Announcing the date of our next event:

JULY 13-19, 2026

This session will be open to all unagented authors. Get those manuscripts ready!

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Thanks everyone for another great #SmallPitch! Good luck with your submissions, should they be from a request or not. We're rooting for you!

The #SmallPitch request window is now OVER.

- If you received a request: congratulations! Don't forget to research the publisher. A request isn't a summon.
- If you didn't receive anything: no luck this time, but we'll be back in July, and open/cold submissions are still here in the meantime.

I've noticed that too. Maybe fewer requests (we'll check numbers once we're done) or people aren't posting as much 🤔

So many of the @smallpitch.org submissions sound SO GOOD. Every time I think I'm done requesting, I take another scroll and choose another. What a wonderful showing! Great job, authors!

#smallpitch #indiepress #smallpress #amquerying

Requests are coming! Yesterday (Friday) was the most active day so far. Today is a bit quiet. About half of publishers haven't submitted any request at all yet. I sent everyone a reminder about tomorrow's deadline, so hopefully we'll see an increase in requests in the next 24 hours.

The request window barely opened. Most publishers haven't submitted requests yet.

600!? Wow. Well our team is so excited to get reading!

Yes, the request window closes this Sunday at 11:59 pm EST.

The #SmallPitch request window is now OPEN! (Yes, a bit early. We're getting better and faster at checking submissions!)

Remember, the requests will come from smallpitchteam@gmail.com. Whitelist our address and/or check your spam folder!

Good luck everyone 🤞

Since #SmallPitch is open, I’m reposting my advice on vetting small publishers from the previous event

Remember to protect your book & find the best publisher for it. You don’t have to sub to every pub that requests

The pitch submission window is now closed! Thanks to all the writers who participated. We received a total of 623 pitches 🌊

What comes next? We'll spend the next ~24 hours checking submissions and getting the database ready for publishers to browse and request 🔥

Last hour, last chance to submit your pitch!

560 pitches are in 🌊

Things are slowing down today. Don't forget the pitch submission window closes today at 11:59 pm EST 😊 #SmallPitch

Hey Kristen, I don't think I have you listed in our success stories, would it be okay to add your book?

We're looking at pitches later this week. This is your last chance to get them in 🖤

Last day, get those pitches in!! We'll be on the lookout for speculative novellas 👀✨

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Last day to submit to the @smallpitch.org event! Take advantage of this direct line to 20+ small/independent presses.

#smallpitch #smallpress #amquerying #authorsofbooksky

466 pitches are in right now! We didn't make it to 500 in 24 hours, but close enough 💙

The #SmallPitch submission window is still open for 24 more hours, so keep the pitches coming. Congratulations to those who submitted already.

431 pitches are in... can we reach 500 by the 24 hour mark? 👀 #SmallPitch

Right??

We just reached 200 pitches in less than 12 hours! #SmallPitch

It's time! The @scyllapublishing.bsky.social team will be keeping an eager eye out for all the weird and wonderful sapphic specfic 👀

#MENApit coming APRIL 10, 2026!

This pitch consistently has some of the best stories!

#Booksky We’re one of the participating publishers in #SmallPitch this week!