Watch This Space
Tomorrow the winners of the St. Martin’s “New Adult” Contest will be announced! As I have asked Georgia McBride and the amazing people of YAlitchat for help, they will have the honour of hearing it first.
But you can hear it too! Join us for #YAlitchat on Twitter this Wednesday at 9pm EST as I announce the names of the winners.
There will be multiple “winners” from this contest, but the three I deem the most appropriate for what Dan and I are trying to publish will win a copy of TEMPTED by P.C. and Kristin Cast, a bestselling St. Martin’s title and a paranormal YA to boot.
How It Will Go Down
Georgia and I have been working out the timeline of how we want this go down. As it stands:
- Wednesday, November 25 at 9pm EST: I will announce the names of the winners in lieu of a normal, topic-driven discussion on #YAlitchat on Twitter.
- Immediately following #YAlitchat: The names and titles of winning submissions will be posted at the YAlitchat Ning. (Are you an aspiring YA writer? I suggest joining this community!)
- Thursday, November 26: I post the names and titles of winning entries on my blog. (Happy Thanksgiving!)
- Friday, November 27: An interview about this entire process.
- Monday, December 1: Georgia lets you know what it was like reading submissions by posting full pitches and the initial editorial comments she sent to me.
Thanks to everyone for submitting! There is a lot of talent here and while I would have loved to request a lot of you, I’m afraid that due to the fact that there is only one of me, I must limit myself to 10 to 15. These are the 10 to 15 I think fit with what Dan and I are trying to publish–there were many more pitches that I would have loved to read more of, but were too YA or too not in the demographic for us. Best of luck!









This has been such an awesome opportunity for the #YAlitchat community. I can’t wait to see the winners, and congratulate everyone on coming together for something so cool!
- Julie
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