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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

#DVpit is returning in 2026 on Bluesky! A bluesky pitch event for creators from marginalized communities to pitch their unagented projects to agents and editors! #DVpit will be on Bluesky on Wednesday, September 30, 2026! go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info and stay tuned for more announcements!

#DVPit 2026 a bluesky pitch event for creators from marginalized communities
Wednesday, September 30th 2026 on bluesky
follow us for more: @dvpit.bsky.social
or go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

On my flight home, the middle seat in my row was empty, so my rowmate’s service dog got to sit between us 🥹 I was so good; I didn’t pet the adorable service dog. I should get a gold star in restraint 😂

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I’ve been through 5 different times changes over the past 5 days (EST, PST, MST, DST, PST, EST) Do not recommend! 😴

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I’m equally excited for a Ferrari 3rd & 4th and annoyed with yet another botched strategy. When will Ferrari learn 😭 #formulaone

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I recently finished The Forge and Fracture Saga, and let me tell you—don’t sleep on this trilogy! #booksky #bookrecs

The covers for The Forge and Fracture Saga trilogy set on a glittery gold background. The titles are: That Self-Same Metal, Saint-Seducing Gold, and Iron Tongue of Midnight. There is black font around the image that says: Badass FMC, Fae vs Orisha, Shakespeare, and Queer Rep

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

ANNOUNCING the 2026 RevPit Participating Editors! reviseresub.com/editors

2026 RevPit Participating Editors: Allison Alexander, Ash P, Ayesha Ali, Carly Hayward, Dana Draper, Demi Michelle Schwartz, Hanna R. Neier, Hannah Kate Kelley, Jeni Chappelle, Kala Godin, Laura Galan-Wells, Leah Rambadt, Madelyn Knecht, Miranda Darrow, Natasha Hanova, Nicole Frail, Raquel Brown. Find each editor's MSWL on reviseresub.com

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

BLADE OF SECRETS X THE BONE HOUSES X THE HEDGEWITCH OF FOXHALL 🍀 Celtic-myth-inspired 🌊 Isolated island setting 🌫️ Fog-worshipping cult 💚 Anxious girl blacksmith 💜 Awkward, Bi boy LI ❤️‍🔥 Slow burn ⚒️ Dangerous quest 👀 Meddling gods 😏 Dry humor & banter #DVpit #YA #F #MH #LGBT

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

BLADE OF SECRETS X THE BONE HOUSES X THE HEDGEWITCH OF FOXHALL To escape the fog-worshipping cult that sacrificed her first love, a teen blacksmith w/ anxiety must team up w/ the boy she hates to reforge a magic relic & free their island from a tyrannical god #DVpit #YA #F #MH #LGBT #ND #DIS

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

BLADE OF SECRETS X THE HEDGEWITCH OF FOXHALL A teen blacksmith w/ anxiety must embark on a quest w/ the boy she hates to reforge a magic relic & free their island from a tyrannical god—otherwise, her life belongs to the island’s fog-worshiping cult #DVpit #YA #F #MH #LGBT #ND

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

If your hashtag searching is not working for #DVpit we created a feed for the hashtag. Please always try to search the hashtag first, but this feed includes all posts under the hashtag as well. We will update during the day as we learn more from bsky bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

BLADE OF SECRETS X THE BONE HOUSES On an island cut off from the world by an unnatural fog, a teen blacksmith must team up w/ the boy she hates to reforge a magic relic & break a tyrannical god’s hold on the land. Fail, and her life belongs to the fog-worshipping cult #DVpit #YA #F #MH #LGBT #ND

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I need more YA sci-fi in my life!!

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

When I tell you I need this book in my life ASAP

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

BLADE OF SECRETS X THE BONE HOUSES X THE HEDGEWITCH OF FOXHALL A teen blacksmith w/ anxiety must embark on a quest w/ the boy she hates to reforge a magic relic & free their island from a tyrannical god—otherwise, her life belongs to the island’s fog-worshiping cult #DVpit #YA #F #MH #LGBT #DIS

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

My WIP is in the super early stages of drafting, and it’s for fans of A KNIGHT’S TALE #DVParty

A mood board composed of nine images: a castle, a gold masquerade mask, a chess set, a carving of a bard strumming a lute, a drawing of a lady knight on a horse, a blacksmith hammering a red hot piece of iron on an anvil, a closeup of a knight’s hip showcasing a sword in a scabbard, a golden crown with a cross and emeralds, a photo of a girl in knight armor laying in a field. The images are from copyright-free sites Pixaby and Unsplash.

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I’m doing today’s #DVParty prompt a bit differently. Instead of one meme, here are a few meme easter eggs you can find in my YA fantasy! It was so fun adding them in 😁 Included: AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, and MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

#DVparty day 3: opening lines

Avery Clark runs a gloved hand over the shining metal surface of the behemoth he’s been building diligently for the last six months. An interstellar coloniser that will become, without a doubt, the grave of hundreds.

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

The opening line of my YA fantasy: “Barra would never complain about cleaning off rusty tools at the smithy again if it saved her from having to drink any more seawater.” #DVParty

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DongWon Song @dongwon.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Hello! I'm open to unsolicited submissions for the first time in ages... Looking for: Adult Epic Fantasy and Horror only Guidelines are here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...

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Submission Guidelines — DongWon Song

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

My YA fantasy is dual POV, and their vibes are basically Kate the blacksmith from “A Knight’s Tale” and Hiccup from “How to Train Your Dragon” 😁 #DVParty

Two photos with a foggy forest in the background and the title “Dual POV character inspiration.” The first photo is of Kate the blacksmith from the movie “A Knight’s Tale” saying, “Did they say I couldn’t do it because I’m a woman?” and the second photo is of Hiccup from the movie “How to Train Your Dragon” saying, “You just gesture to all of me.”

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Austin Bridges 💫 @austinbridges.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

#DVparty day 1: post a moodboard or art for your project why not both? 😉 here’s a moodboard i made for my sci-fi labyrinth book + beautiful art by kaizmos!

A moodboard with blue tones. At the center is a glowing blue planet. Surrounding it are: a snake, a cluster of glowing crystals, neon lights forming a geometric pattern, futuristic blocks with glowing lines between them, a pair of hands, some glowing optic fibers, blue crystals laid out in several rows, and some bioluminescent waves. There are two neon squares overlaying the moodboard—one smaller one outlining the planet at the center, and a larger one crossing through the corner images.

Art of Ren and Micah from my YA sci-fi book, commissioned from artist kaizmos. Ren has pale skin and dark brown hair in a half-ponytail. Micah has brown skin and dark brown hair with an undercut. They are both wearing futuristic dark bodysuits with glowing blue lines. They are standing waist-high in water and surrounded by glowing blue crystals. They are holding hands and gazing dazedly at each other.

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Here’s a moodboard for my celtic-myth-inspired YA fantasy featuring: 🌊 Isolated island setting ❤️‍🔥 Slow burn 💚 Anxiety rep 💜 Bi rep 😏 Dry humor & banter #DVParty #WriterSky

A mood board with eight images and a black space in the middle with green lettering that says, “How far would you go to change your fate?” The images include: a blacksmith working with a piece of metal in coals as a fire blazes, the thin outline of a crescent moon, the treetops of a foggy forest, a ruined castle on a seaside cliff, a forest with sunlight breaking through, boulders at the edge of a foggy sea, a dara knot on a chain sitting in moss, and a closeup of flames. Seven images are from Pixaby, which are copyright free, and I took the photo of the dara knot.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow

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#PitchDis @pitchdis.com · 09/09/2025

The 2025 #PitchDis pitch form is now open! 🎉 Click below to enter and submit your pitch! Remember - you don't have to rush. Pitches will be posted in random order. Take your time. Good luck and happy pitching! forms.gle/nKMDdnHKJ8MY...

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Please enter the following information to participate in #PitchDis 2025! Your pitch will be displayed to editors and agents exactly as it is entered, so make sure you have entered it correctly. No c...

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

So excited for this! And just in time for spooky season! #booksky

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 10/07/2025

Oh yay, they announced it!!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/07/2025

Jeffries surpasses the record for longest Magic Minute speech as he says of Trump's big bill, "we are better than this."

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Happy Disability Pride Month! Here’s a stack featuring disability rep! I’ve read 5 and the other 4 I’m looking forward to reading 📚 #BookSky

A book stack sitting on a chair with the text “Disability Pride Month”

The books are:

1. This Savage Song
2. This Vicious Grace
3. Give Me a Sign
4. Get a Life, Chloe Brown
5. The Whispering Dark
6. Unseelie
7. This is My Brain in Love
8. Black Sun
9. A Curse So Dark and Lonely

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida. If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The #RevPit showcase is live! Check out all the amazing pitches from #RevPitClassof25 The Gravity of Hope, my adult romantic fantasy, features a nerdy engineer, a cynical space pilot, the world's deadliest job interview, & second-chance romance with a lot of banter. reviseresub.com/showcase/the...

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The Gravity of Hope

by Ivy Bard (@ivybeewrites‬) Adult Science Fiction

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There are so many amazing books coming out in the 2nd half of the year! What book release are you most excited about? (Part 1) #BookSky #Reader

Upcoming book releases I’m impatiently waiting to get my hands on

June releases:
June 3rd: The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
June 10th: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
June 10th: Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race

July Releases:
July 15th: A Witch’s Guide to Magical Inkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
July 22nd: Love is a War Song by Danica Nava
July 29th: The Raven Boys graphic novel by Maggie Stiefvater

August Releases:
August 12th: Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne
August 26th: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

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Erin @erinaries.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

#litagents, I'm happy to present my #agentsguide #agentguide for my #amquerying adult speculative novel, THE WORLD OF NO, complete at 97k words. It features: 🟢 coming of age (even for adults) ⚫️ second chance love 🟢 twisted realities ⚫️ Life is messy; jump the hell in already.

Title of my novel; blurred images of faces behind a veil

The pitch for my novel, with a moodboard featuring doors, a dark forest, an empty factory, and shadow figures lurking in doorways.

The covers for my comp titles: The Midnight Library, Under the Whispering Door, The Hollow Places, and Dark Matter

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Rosemary MacArthur @rosemac.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I am happy to share an #agentsguide for my YA Fantasy, THE SELKIE'S DAUGHTER. #amquerying #agentguide #yafantasy

Image is a stormy sea batting against rock outcroppings. Over top of the image are the words:

An agent's guide to The Selkie's Daughter
YA Fantasy Romance
94k

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Pitch
When Meirta learns that the village she’s called home her whole life may be hiding secrets (one of which might concern her selkie mother who fled to the ocean years ago), she must count on unlikely allies to help her unlock the magic of her selkie heritage and discover what the village tried to bury.

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Snippet
Neither of them let go of the other. But Lena did raise her other hand, & a second later, Meirta felt the pattern of the wind shift as Lena took hold of it. The snow swirled around them, caught in the flow of Lena’s magic, so it danced in restless, ever-changing mosaics. There was a bird, and then a butterfly, and then a deer. When Lena let the magic go, she took a step closer to Meirta, whispering in her ear.

“Now you try.”

Meirta shivered, feeling the warmth of Lena’s breath flutter down her neck, the ghost of her nose tracing her skin. She leaned towards her without thinking, not wanting Lena to move away.

Lena didn’t. She stood so close to Meirta that she could feel every breath the elf-girl took.

Meirta raised her own hand, trying to focus on the wind when everything inside of her was chanting fire, fire, fire, but this time it was a delicious sort of fire that she thought she would crave for the rest of her life.

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Comps
Isolated seaside small town setting
Sweet, slow-burn romance (but make it queer)
Uncovering lies
Girls with big, complicated emotions
Atmospheric prose
Creatures from Celtic mythology
Girls discovering their own anger

Beside the comps are images of four books. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid, A Consuming Fire by Laura Weymouth, and A House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin Craig

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Take a look at my updated #agentguide / #agentsguide for the YA fantasy manuscript I #amquerying

A greenish gray background with an image of a foggy island and the text “An Agent’s Guide to FORGED IN DARKNESS YA Celtic-inspired fantasy 89k”

THE PITCH
A teen blacksmith must embark on a quest with the boy she hates to reforge a magic relic and free their island from a tyrannical god — otherwise, her life belongs to the island's fog-worshiping cult.

SNIPPET

Cold wind burned Barra's cheeks as she exited the church, but at least the rain had stopped. She gazed out over the cliffside and down to the harbor, where three ships nearing completion swayed in the choppy water. Barra tensed at the sight. If only she could destroy them and everything they stood for.

The Salt Sisters at work below were like a swarm of ants, and the sound of their steady hammering carried across the breeze. Barra eyed the shrouded sun's position in the sky. The solstice ever-neared, along with the vows she was pledged to take.

COMPS
The cover of The Hedgewitch of Foxhall with “Slow burn” and “Celtic setting” the cover of BLADE OF SECRETS with “Blacksmith MC” and “Anxiety Rep” and the cover of THE BONE HOUSES with “Banter/Humor” and “Dangerous quest”

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Renae Rhoads @renaerhoads.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

It's rough putting yourself out there (hello fellow #amquerying authors) but it's so damn nice to have friends read your work, give you valuable feedback, & understand your art. Love this rad agent guide @ambucsaru.bsky.social put together 🩵🩵

YA SPEC HORROR - Youth Without Youth is a discussion of beauty standards. It explores how the rich, the beauty industry, & the influencers they employ perpetuate these standards at the expense of working-class people & for their own gains. (words on flowing blue silk background)

Tropes: body horror, commentary on the beauty industry, influencers as a vessel of control, eat the rich, dark & twisty mystery. Comps: house of hollow, Jennifer’s body, natural beauty, wilder girls, whalefall, the substance. (White background with indigo stained & seeping lips in middle)

Pitch: when a high school senior contracts a virus that turns her blood blue, she must infiltrate the elite beauty industry & sort through the lies spread by their influencers to find a cure before she dies like the rest of those infected. (White background with dark blue blood splotches)

Youth Without Youth - YA horror (blue soaked hand on teal background 🩵)

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#SmallPitch @smallpitch.org · 08/05/2025

It's official, #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on July 7-8, 2025 🌊 This time, it will be open to all unagented authors from the #WritingCommunity. Check our website for more details ⬇️

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#SmallPitch, the big pitch event for small presses

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

living through 2025 and having to wake up, go to work, handle responsibilities etc feels like this

a clip of James Acaster on the Great British Back off saying, "Started making it. Had a breakdown. Bon appetite." as he presents a dish to the judges.

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Kelsea Yu @anovelescape.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Happy ANHPI Heritage Month! I’m so excited to share DEMON SONG, my novella abt a girl on the run w/ her mom who seeks refuge in a Beijing opera house, gets tangled in a mystery involving ancient myths, & must uncover her new home’s horrifying secrets b4 it casts its hungry gaze on her 👀☠️🎭🕯️🎶 🖤 Kels

Photo of a Chinese American woman holding a copy of Demon Song by Kelsea Yu in front of her face, with her eyes peeking out from above. She wears a black shirt and pink tulle skirt, and there are books and bookshelves in the background.

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Meredith Rae @merethebookgal.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The average American has three friends

A still shot from the movie The Princess Bride featuring the characters Inigo Montoya, Vizzini, and Fezzik

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