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beth phelan @bethphelan.bsky.social · 10d

#DVpit inspired me to reopen to queries sooner than I'd planned... Starting Nov 2025, I'll be open to unsolicited queries the first week of every month! Still just YA + MG fiction... Really hungry for 🤩 debut voices... You'll be able to submit here: querytracker.net/querybeth #mswl

Announcement:
I will reopen to unsolicited submissions for the first week of every month starting in November!
I’m only looking for YA + MG fiction. I am particularly hungry for debut voices! Also:
- high-stakes plots about liars, scams, etc
- fresh grounded dystopian with personal stakes
- smart, cutting social commentary
- meta shit and big twists
- multigenerational stories
- anything with a unique/risky approach or voice
- ugly underbellies!
gallt & zacker literary agency
querytracker.net/query/querybeth
www.bethphelan.com

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 13d

Halfway into #DVpit 2025 & we've been trending all day!
Not only are we seeing great pitches, but great community!
Special shout out to our board @peterlopez.bsky.social @katchowrites.bsky.social @claribelortega.com
If you have any questions, check out dvpit.carrd.co
#writersky #booksky #artistsky

#DVPit Rules
-#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors
-Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025
between 8AM ET - 8PM ET
-Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project)
-Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio.
-Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag)
-A like from an agent = a query request
-A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent
-A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions
-Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or
quote-reposting their pitches
-Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

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dane | 최대나 | author & editor ✨️ @dcmdraper.bsky.social · May 23

lots of new friends on here, so time for a new intro post 👋😊

hi, I'm Dane 🫶

✨️ adult fantasy author rep'd by Root Lit
✒️ fiction editor & essay editor
🎓 AP English teacher
🏳️‍🌈 proudly bi
💡 #actuallyautistic
💛 korean / british american

as always, here for the #writingcommunity

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Samantha Fabien @samanthashnh.bsky.social · 13d

Hi #DVPIT! I know I'm a day early, but I'll be liking posts throughout the day tomorrow.

If I ♥️ your post, use the QM link below to submit your pitch, query letter, and upload the first 50 pages of your manuscript. Looking forward to reading!!

tinyurl.com/3uvr2hm9

Query Samantha Fabien at Root Literary

tinyurl.com

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 14d

TOMORROW (Oct 8th) is #DVpit! Any unagented Marginalized writer or artist seeking out representation is invited to participate from 8AM - 8PM ET!
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq

#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks

#DVpit 2025 has 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from the following literary agencies and publishers:
Andrea Brown Lit
Ash Literary
Azantian Literary Agency
Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Folio Literary Management
Gallt & Zacker Literary
Gelfman Schneider Literary
Hachette
Grand Central Publishing
Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Harper Collins
Harlequin
Hanover Square
HG Literary
Inked in Gray Press
Jill Grinberg Literary
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
Macmillan
Feiwel & Friends
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Roaring Brook Press
Saturday books
Wednesday books
Mad Woman Literary
Neighborhood Literary
New Leaf Literary & Media
Open Book Literary
Page Street Publishing
Park, Fine & Brower
Penguin Random House
Ballantine
Berkley
Delacorte
Labyrinth Road
Penguin Workshop
Viking
Root Literary
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
Atheneum
Atria
McElderry
Sheldon Fogelman Agency
Sourcebooks
Stonefruit Studio
Triada US
Writers House
Zando

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 14d

What are you doing to get ready for #RevPit #10Queries?

What do you plan on sending in? Let us know and connect with fellow writers! #amquerying #amwriting #writersky #writersofbsky #writersofbluesky

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 15d

THIS FRIDAY!!! Are you excited, #RevPit?! If you're gearing up to enter RevPit #10Queries, here's everything you need:

⭐Complete query letter
⭐First 5 pages of manuscript

The query and first 5 pages will need to be uploaded to the form in one document and should be a standard manuscript format

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 16d

Just 3 days until #DVpit on October 8th, 2025--a pitch event for unagented marginalized writers & artists seeking out representation!
Here's our guide about what to do during the pitch event! dvpit.carrd.co#during

So excited for all the amazing talent we'll see! #writersky #booksky #artistsky

DVpit

pitch event for creators from marginalized communities.

dvpit.carrd.co

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 17d

#DVpit is coming up!
If you've never participated in an online pitch event or need to brush up on pitching basics, check out our guide before the pitch event for unagented marginalized creators on October 8th, 2025! dvpit.carrd.co#basics

#writersky #artistsky #booksky

DVpit

pitch event for creators from marginalized communities.

dvpit.carrd.co

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dane | 최대나 | author & editor ✨️ @dcmdraper.bsky.social · 17d

what happens when a broken girl, her guardian angel, and a demon decide to steal a God's power? 👀

this new project is already my complete obsession.

#wip #amwriting #writingcommunity

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Marguerite/Peg Turley @margueriteturl2.bsky.social · 18d

Book was an amazing debut by @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social I loved every minute of it and Taylor gave me a peek inside what it must be like for many of those who are neurodivergent. Read my full review at www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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dane | 최대나 | author & editor ✨️ @dcmdraper.bsky.social · 24d

I will be sitting this #10Queries out, but we have so many other incredible editors participating this year! 👀

Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 28d

Are you readying your manuscript to query agents? Preparing for this year’s RevPit event?

What better way to know if your query and first 5 pages have what it takes to stand out in the slush pile than to get an editor’s eye on it?

We are hosting a #10Queries event, October 10th - October 24th!

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Maria Tureaud 🕯✒️🕯✒️ @mariatureaud.bsky.social · 25d

I'll be participating after a long hiatus! Can't wait to dig into your materials! #revpit #10queries

Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 28d

Are you readying your manuscript to query agents? Preparing for this year’s RevPit event?

What better way to know if your query and first 5 pages have what it takes to stand out in the slush pile than to get an editor’s eye on it?

We are hosting a #10Queries event, October 10th - October 24th!

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 28d

Are you readying your manuscript to query agents? Preparing for this year’s RevPit event?

What better way to know if your query and first 5 pages have what it takes to stand out in the slush pile than to get an editor’s eye on it?

We are hosting a #10Queries event, October 10th - October 24th!

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dane | 최대나 | author & editor ✨️ @dcmdraper.bsky.social · 27d

a piece of celebration-worthy news today 🌊💛

De Elizabeth @wordsbyde.bsky.social · 28d

I am a published author today. This Raging Sea is the book of my heart, and now it officially belongs to you. 🌊✨🖤

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Bethany Baptiste @storysorcery.bsky.social · Sep 18

back in jan, i set a goal of 50 preorders for the “werewolf smut w/ middle-aged sluts” book. i didn’t think i’d get close. now it’s september & we’re 2 away from 600.

thank you for showing up for me, this book, & the middle-aged sluts. it’s been rough & your excitement means everything.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Sep 18

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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dane | 최대나 | author & editor ✨️ @dcmdraper.bsky.social · Sep 18

there is absolutely NOTHING in this world that compares to the feeling of starting a new WIP you are excited about

#writingcommunity friends, you know that intensely soul-satisfying feeling I'm talking about?

keep chasing that. art is what makes us human.

#amwriting

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youngmi mayer @youngmimayer.bsky.social · Sep 17

i wrote a show based on my memoir and act out parts of it as my grandma and my mom and these are the last shows in nyc!!! publictheater.org/performances...

Youngmi Mayer: Hairy Butthole

Hairy Butthole is a one-person show featuring Youngmi Mayer based on the Korean saying "If you laugh while crying, hair will grow out of your butthole."

publictheater.org

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Madelyn is ✨Editing✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · Sep 16

I can't emphasize enough how important community is in #writing. I was stuck and feeling insecure about my writing, and one of my groups helped me identify the problem and level up my writing, AND boost my motivation

Make writing friends!! Make connections!! That's so important!! #writingcommunity

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dane | 최대나 | author & editor ✨️ @dcmdraper.bsky.social · Sep 13

the frustration of being an editor is that you get to work with so many incredible stories that you JUST WANT THE WORLD TO SEE ALREADY!!!

sending out a wish for an agent to pick up this one VERY SOON 👀✨

#writingcommunity #amediting

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De Elizabeth @wordsbyde.bsky.social · Sep 12

a chaos bi author on her green velvet couch and her chaos bi book (that will be on shelves in 11 days 🤯) 🩷💜💙

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · Sep 12

🎉We're baaacckk!!!🎉

RevPit's #10Queries October event opens for submissions October 10!

#amwriting #writersky #writersofbluesky

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De Elizabeth @wordsbyde.bsky.social · Sep 11

I’m writing more books!!! 🥹🥹🥹 So excited to announce my next YA novel, A DEATH KISSED SONG, coming Summer 2027. 🎻🕯️🎹🎧🪽

This one is so special to me. I can’t wait to tell you more about Cami and Evander. For now, let’s stare at this stunning art by MaeOwl 😍

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De Elizabeth @wordsbyde.bsky.social · Sep 3

Growing up, I used to read Cosmo with friends at sleepovers. Back then, becoming an author was a faraway dream. It feels extremely full circle—and surreal—to say that my book is featured there now.

You can read an exclusive excerpt from THIS RAGING SEA below🖤🌊

www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...

Exclusive: De Elizabeth's ‘This Raging Sea’ Excerpt Has Everyone Searching for The Truth

In a stunning new debut, De Elizabeth is taking us under the harsh waters to find out what secrets are hidden beneath them.

www.cosmopolitan.com

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