PITCH YOUR BOOK TO A LITERARY AGENT:

These in-person one-on-one meetings at the 2024 Writers Conference of Dallas are an amazing chance to pitch your book face-to-face with an agent, and get personal, individual feedback on your pitch/concept. If the agent likes your pitch, they’ll request to see part/all of your book — sending you straight past the slush pile. It also gives you an intimate chance to meet with an agent and pick their brain with any questions on your mind. More 2024 agents to be announced as they are confirmed. You can sign up for pitches at any time, or switch pitches at any time, so long as the agent in question still has appointments open. We have seen many, many writers sign with agents after connecting after our conferences.

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Patrice Caldwell is a senior literary agent at New Leaf Literary & Media. She seeks commercial, character-driven fiction for middle grade, young adult, and adult readers as well as platform-driven nonfiction. Across the board, she is especially looking for science fiction & fantasy, mythology retellings and reimaginings, romance novels (including contemporary, paranormal, and romantasy), and anything that can be categorized as horror and/or gothic literature. Patrice also loves to champion stories from writers & illustrators from marginalized backgrounds. She does not represent picture books. Learn more about Patrice here.

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Aiden Siobhan (they/them) is a literary agent with Laura Dail Literary Agency. Aiden loves any story that is diverse, heartfelt, beautifully written, and makes them stay up reading until 3 A.M. Aiden is seeking virtually all genres of both middle grade and young adult (including fantasy). They like adult horror and adult romance. Graphic novels are welcome across all age levels and genres (including nonfiction) as long as the author is also the illustrator. Learn more about Aiden here.

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Gwyn Jordan is a literary agent and the founder of Gold Dust Literary. “I accept mystery, thriller, suspense, and all heat levels of romance in the following subgenres: historical, contemporary, suspense, comedy, fantasy, and western. (I do not accept: Paranormal, sci-fi, YA, religious/inspirational, or erotica [where there is no real plot]). I especially like unique characters (ex. a professor who dresses like a rock star, a librarian who loves extreme sports), characters with quirks and flaws, and stories with rarely used occupations (acupuncturist, meteorologist, animator). I’d love to get some mysteries (murder, thefts – you name it!), fast-paced thrillers, and large-scale schemes and scams (think Ocean’s 11 and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels). Put me on the edge of my seat or make me fall in the floor laughing. Dark and gritty and courtroom dramas are also welcome. Bring ’em on!” Learn more about Gwyn here.

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ADDED ONLINE PITCHING: To ensure that writers have a robust and diverse lineup of agents & editors to pitch, 2024 Writers Conference of Dallas attendees will have the ability to also pitch literary agents at the Writing Day Workshops *online* event that follows the 2024 WCD on our calendar.

That event is the 2024 Online Writing Workshop of Chicago, December 6-7, 2024, which will have 30-40 agents taking one-on-one Zoom virtual pitches.

This means that 2024 WCD attendees can have access to pitching all those online Chicago agents — pitches still at $29 each — without being a formal registrant for the online December 2024 WWOC. (That said, if you want to formally register for the December 6-7 WWOC and have access to all classes and panels, let us know, as there is a discount for confirmed Dallas attendees.)

If you are interested in this added pitching opportunity, the first step is to get formally registered for Dallas. Following the WCD conferences on November 23, 2024, we will be in touch with all Dallas attendees and ask them if they want to partake in pitching online agents at the 2024 WWOC (Dec. 6-7). At that time, you can communicate your pitch requests and purchase meeting time.

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        More 2024 agents to be announced as they are confirmed. You can sign up for pitches at any time, or switch pitches at any time, so long as the agent in question still has appointments open.

These one-on-one meetings are an amazing chance to pitch your book face-to-face with an agent, and get personal, individual feedback on your pitch/concept. If the agent likes your pitch, they’ll request to see part/all of your book — sending you straight past the slush pile. It also gives you an intimate chance to meet with an agent and pick their brain with any questions on your mind.

(Please note that Agent/Editor Pitching is an add-on, separate aspect of the day, for only those who sign up. Spaces are limited for these premium meetings, and pricing/detail is explained below.)