Hi, I’m Laurie (she/her)! This is my fifth year as a YA Pitch Wars mentor, and I could not be more excited to be back in 2021. Pitch Wars is a mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each to spend three months with revising their manuscript. It ends in...

Welcome to my 2020 Pitch Wars Young Adult Wishlist! Pitch Wars is a mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each to mentor. Mentors read the entire manuscript and offer suggestions on how to make the manuscript shine. The mentor also helps edit their mentee’s pitch and query for an...

It’s time for the annual Dear Jack Foundation Raise Your Voice 250k Challenge. This annual campaign provides funding for the support young adult cancer patients and survivors need to get through life’s most difficult times. The leading cause of death from disease for people ages 15-39 years old is cancer, and yet specific studies and...