The pitch event is free and public on Twitter and any agents/editors that would like to participate are free and welcome to do so.
Participating creators, as always, please remember there is no obligation to submit your work to anyone you don’t want to. You should do as much research as possible before submitting.
Agents/Editors: Please note that there are two days and two hashtags on which #DVpit will take place. Agents/editors that represent/acquire kids/teen, adult projects, and/or artists are welcome to participate on both days, or else on only select days relevant to their lists. Please refer to the about page for more information.
For agents and editors that ARE able to consider un-agented submissions: Follow the hashtag #DVpit and/or #DVart on the date(s) of the event, and “favorite” any pitches you are interested in seeing more of. Before favoriting anything, please tweet out how you want to be contacted by participants whose pitches you faved and what exactly they should send to you. Participants will refer back to your timeline for submission instructions.
For editors that are UNABLE to consider un-agented submissions: If you are interested in participating in some way, you are welcome on the #DVpit and #DVart feeds to retweet pitches that you would like to see when agented or just want to boost to the agents on the feed.
Important note to participating creators: Please do NOT submit your material to an editor who retweets your pitch. Retweets are only to support/boost to agents on the feed and to show interest in seeing the project down the line (when it’s gotten an agent). These editors are absolutely unable to consider your work without an agent, per their house policies.
To be clear: A means request. A retweet means support.
Please do not confuse a retweet for a request. The editors that will be retweeting are not requesting your material. Editors don’t normally participate in these events because of their company rules, and we don’t want participating creators to disregard those rules and put them in an awkward position of having to respond to direct pitches or unsolicited materials. Only send your materials to the agents/editors that request specifically by ing!