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The Pitch Games
Friday August 16, 2024 5:00pm - 5:50pm MDT
Fairview
Stand up and present your best 30 second elevator pitch in front of a panel of blind (we mean that literally) judges. Train hard, this is Olympic-style "Live Action Slush" for book pitches. Pitches are given a sizzle and delivery score. Judges will hold up two scorecards. Shaky delivery? No worries, your pitch might be HOT and we'll all want to read the book. Maybe your pitch fizzles instead of sizzles? No worries, maybe you'll nail the delivery. Get a ho-hum response? Maybe there's a training montage in your future. Ready? Get your game face on, it's pitch time!
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avatar for Nicola MacCameron

Nicola MacCameron

Published Leoshine, Princess Oracle Book 1 of the Leoshine series in 2020. Working on Book 2Audiobook narrator and producer. Author on Medium.com and Sci Fi Shorts.com
Speakers
avatar for R. Graeme Cameron

R. Graeme Cameron

R. Graeme Cameron lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia. In 2016 he began publishing and editing the online speculative fiction magazine Polar Borealis. In 2021 he added Polar Starlight, devoted to speculative poetry, edited by Rhea E. Rose. He has written reviews of Canadian Speculative... Read More →
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Jass Aujla

JASS AUJLA is the Canadian South-Asian author of debut suspense-thriller, NEXT OF TWIN. In addition to her twisty novels, Jass' poetry and microfiction have appeared in over ten bestselling anthology publications worldwide, including Hidden In Childhood (Literary Revelations Publishing... Read More →
avatar for Ella Beaumont

Ella Beaumont

Assistant to the Publisher, EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Ella Beaumont has been professionally involved in the publishing industry in both traditional and freelancing capacities since 2012. She has experience in editing, book packaging, and sales and marketing roles. She previously served as the acquisition editor for EDGE Science Fiction... Read More →
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Sam Hiyate

Sam Hiyate is keen to discover new voices and help writers prepare their works for market, and to help them build lasting careers. In the past two decades with THE RIGHTS FACTORY his hundreds of book deals have resulted in several bestsellers such as MORE, the memoir by Molly Roden... Read More →
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Carolyne Topdjian

Carolyne Topdjian is author of The Black Moth and The Hitman's Daughter (Agora/Polis Books), a gothic thriller which Library Journal calls a “fast-paced, haunting novel of survival” (starred review). She has published short fiction in PRISM International, Dreamers Magazine, and Firewords Quarterly and was shortlisted for the Ghost Prize by Fractured Literary. Her creative endeavours gravitate toward fusions of gothic mystery, noir suspense, and surrealist f... Read More →
Friday August 16, 2024 5:00pm - 5:50pm MDT
Fairview
  Panel Discussion, Business

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