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PB Author Day—LIVE! In Lancaster 2025: The Slush for PB Authors

Description

Submit the opening of your PB manuscript or dummy for an opportunity to hear how your project compares and contrasts to what Alyssa has on her MSWL, and what she is seeing in her inbox and in the market. We regret that there may not be time to review all submissions, but will try to accommodate a variety of PB types and as many samples as possible. 


How to participate:

Free with registration—

Deadline:

  • Send your PB manuscript first page (max 250 words) or PB dummy opening (max 2.5 spreads) to Kristen, epa-ra@scbwi.org, by 11:59 PM ET Saturday, 9/20/25.
  • Please put “PBSlush25_(Faculty last Name)_GENRE” in the subject line of your email.

What to send:

For ALL GENRES, please send ONE DOCUMENT with the following:

  • First Page of your work (250-word max OR, if submitting a dummy, 2 1/2 spreads max )

How to format your submission:

⇒For all submissions, format your work in 12 point font, with one-inch margins, and double spacing (US Letter paper size).

⇒Please include title, category and genre on every page of your work as a header or a footer. NO NAMES or other identifying information please.

⇒Please SAVE YOUR FILE as a Word doc or PDF as follows: PBSlush25_Faculty Last Name_GENRE.

⇒For example, if sending a nonfiction PB for editor Catherine Laudone's slush pile, you would save the document as follows: PBSlush25_Laudone_NONFICTION

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