October 18, 2025, 2-4 p.m. (PT), Meet The Publishers
Oct 18, 2025
Online event
In our Meet the Publishers workshop, Kade Dishmon, Assistant Editor, Holiday House, and Madison Pelletier, Editorial Director, Mayhem Books and Mischief Books, will share the history and mission of their publishing houses and what they are acquiring. They will answer questions about the publishing process, securing a book contract, writing a strong proposal, navigating submissions to publishers, and the current state of publishing. Attendees will receive submission guidelines and can view the recording for thirty days.
Kade Dishmon, Assistant Editor, Holiday House
Kade Dishmon (they/he) is an assistant editor at Peachtree Publishing acquiring YA and MG novels. Before joining Peachtree, Kade most recently acquired for Holiday House Publishing. A sucker for messy, complex protagonists; gorgeously lyrical line-level writing; and incisive themes, Kade is open to novels across genres excluding SFF not set in our world. You can find him on Bluesky @kadedishmon.
Madison Pelletier, Editorial Director, Mayhem Books and Mischief Books, Entangled Publishing
Madison is the Editorial Director of Mischief and Mayhem, two upcoming Young Adult imprints by Entangled Publishing. Though M&M don’t launch until 2026, Madison has been editing for over a decade––she was Entangled’s very first intern! Before taking up publishing full-time, she spent her years in academia, receiving a bachelor’s in Legal Psychology from NYU Shanghai, a Master’s in International Conflict from Vrije University Amsterdam, and an MPhil in Criminological Research from Cambridge University, studying alternative sentencing programs, cultural neuroscience, and the cognitive impact of imprisonment and rehabilitation. She has worked with bestselling authors Jess Lourey, Rebecca Yarros, and Elise Kova; her first major editing success was RITA Award-winning novel Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn.