New article on the #SmallPitch blog showcasing some successful pitches! Hopefully they can inspire querying writers working on their own pitches.

Seasons greetings! Our gift to you is #questpit dates for 2026! We can’t wait to reconvene next year. Happy Holidays!

#QuestPit is coming up fast on January 30th! Get those pitches ready! #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers

Announcing the date of our next event: JULY 13-19, 2026 This session will be open to all unagented authors. Get those manuscripts ready!

The #SmallPitch request window is now OVER. - If you received a request: congratulations! Don't forget to research the publisher. A request isn't a summon. - If you didn't receive anything: no luck this time, but we'll be back in July, and open/cold submissions are still here in the meantime.

So many of the @smallpitch.org submissions sound SO GOOD. Every time I think I'm done requesting, I take another scroll and choose another. What a wonderful showing! Great job, authors! #smallpitch #indiepress #smallpress #amquerying

600!? Wow. Well our team is so excited to get reading!

The #SmallPitch request window is now OPEN! (Yes, a bit early. We're getting better and faster at checking submissions!) Remember, the requests will come from [email protected]. Whitelist our address and/or check your spam folder! Good luck everyone 🤞

Since #SmallPitch is open, I’m reposting my advice on vetting small publishers from the previous event Remember to protect your book & find the best publisher for it. You don’t have to sub to every pub that requests

The pitch submission window is now closed! Thanks to all the writers who participated. We received a total of 623 pitches 🌊 What comes next? We'll spend the next ~24 hours checking submissions and getting the database ready for publishers to browse and request 🔥

Last hour, last chance to submit your pitch!

560 pitches are in 🌊 Things are slowing down today. Don't forget the pitch submission window closes today at 11:59 pm EST 😊 #SmallPitch

We're looking at pitches later this week. This is your last chance to get them in 🖤

Last day, get those pitches in!! We'll be on the lookout for speculative novellas 👀✨

Last day to submit to the @smallpitch.org event! Take advantage of this direct line to 20+ small/independent presses. #smallpitch #smallpress #amquerying #authorsofbooksky

466 pitches are in right now! We didn't make it to 500 in 24 hours, but close enough 💙 The #SmallPitch submission window is still open for 24 more hours, so keep the pitches coming. Congratulations to those who submitted already.

431 pitches are in... can we reach 500 by the 24 hour mark? 👀 #SmallPitch

We just reached 200 pitches in less than 12 hours! #SmallPitch

It's time! The @scyllapublishing.bsky.social team will be keeping an eager eye out for all the weird and wonderful sapphic specfic 👀

#MENApit coming APRIL 10, 2026!

This pitch consistently has some of the best stories!

#Booksky We’re one of the participating publishers in #SmallPitch this week!

We have over 50 pitches in. Keep them coming! #SmallPitch

The #SmallPitch submission window is now OPEN for 48 hours! Reminders: - Underrep writers only - Finished manuscripts only - One pitch per manuscript - Up to 3 manuscripts per writer - No hashtags in your pitch - Comps & emojis are ok Once submitted, check your pitch here: database.smallpitch.org

#SmallPitch starts tomorrow. It’s a form pitch contest for small pubs. Only marginalized authors this event. Up to 3 mss, 1 pitch ea, 400 characters You can see which publishers are involved (research!), find guidelines, & use a practice form on their website: smallpitch.org/event-guidel...

Great reminder to our participating agented folks. Make sure your agent is aware and aligned with your participation in our event.

Note to agented writers/illustrators: please check with your agent before submitting to a pitch event, especially if the project is currently or might soon be on submission.

#SmallPitch begins in only 6 hours! It will remain open for 48 hours, so there's no rush to submit. Double-check that pitch and your submission before hitting the submit button. Pitches are displayed randomly to editors, so again, no need to rush. Just don't miss the deadline 😊

#Authors, #SmallPitch opens tomorrow! If you have a book you want to pitch indie / small presses, this is a great way to do it!

🚨 #SmallPitch starts tomorrow!!🚨 Get those pitches ready! If you have a novella pitch, we'll be looking through them. We're excited to see what you've got! ✨

For pitching authors, a quick update about what's new: 1) You will NOT receive a copy of your pitch submission via email. Last time, the feature wasn't reliable despite being enabled, and some people never received an email, leading to stress (understandably).

For pitching authors, a quick update about what's new: 1) You will NOT receive a copy of your pitch submission via email. Last time, the feature wasn't reliable despite being enabled, and some people never received an email, leading to stress (understandably).

We can't wait to see what you've got! Remember, NFB publishes collaborative efforts (2+ contributors) via the @andyoupress.bsky.social imprint and single-author short and long fiction & nonfiction via the @attic-ebooks.bsky.social imprint. #smallpitch #writersofbluesky #authorsky #smallpress

Get those queries ready! Visit smallpitch.com on Monday & Tuesday and share your work with 20+ small/indie presses, like @nicolefrailbooks.bsky.social! #smallpitch #writersofbluesky #amquerying

The #SmallPitch pitching window opens in less than 48 hours. Time to polish your pitches if they aren't ready yet!

If you think you have something the publishers would like, I highly recommend participating! It's run by lovely folks and I actually got a book deal from last year's event.

Thanks everyone for a fantastic #BluePit! We saw so many great pitches (around 1800!) today and wonderful support! Around 200 published works too! (Our #BluePit Published feed lasts 1 week, so go shopping while you can!) The next pitch event coming up is #SmallPitch! Learn more @smallpitch.org!

Hope #Bluepit📖 folks know about the #SmallPitch event next week!

#BluePit starts in just 4 hours (12:00 AM EST/5:00 AM GMT) and runs for 24 hours!

#SmallPitch is next week! Are your pitches ready? What will you be pitching?

#SmallPitch is next week! Are your pitches ready? What will you be pitching?

Reminder that Scylla will be in #smallpitch looking for Sapphic speculative fiction with strong, diverse characters, an "un-put-downable" narrative drive, and compelling conflict! @smallpitch.org

@bonedustpress.bsky.social is currently cooking up new books and a very exciting collab for 2026! We don't have open submissions, but we'll be on the casual lookout for novellas through #SmallPitch 👀✨ bsky.app/profile/smal...

#SmallPitch is in 10 days! Are you ready? 👀

SAVE THE DATE! #SmallPitch comes back for another indie/small press-focused pitch event on January 19-25, 2026 🌊 This time, it will be open to all underrepresented authors from the #WritingCommunity, agented and unagented alike. Check our website for more details ⬇️

Excited to be participating in #smallpitch starting January 19! For the @andyoupress.bsky.social imprint, I'm looking for co-authored projects. For the @attic-ebooks.bsky.social imprint, I'm looking for short stories, essays, novellas, and full-length novels.

Donning my publisher hat to participate in #smallpitch later this month! If you're interested in pitching your work directly to small presses, follow @smallpitch.org and participate in this #pitchevent.

Hopepunk publisher Shiraki press ( @shirakipress.com ) is doing some exciting things—I recommend getting on their newsletter, look for upcoming #smallpitch and check out their bookshop page of hopepunk... as well as their submissions: www.shirakipress.com/submissions/ bookshop.org/lists/hopepu...

Indie publishers, ICYMI, #SmallPitch comes back this month for another pitching session! There's still time to sign up. In particular, we need more #kidlit publishers 👀

Indie publishers, ICYMI, #SmallPitch comes back this month for another pitching session! There's still time to sign up. In particular, we need more #kidlit publishers 👀