Perfect Online Pitch opens for the second year!

Searching for a publisher for your completed manuscript? Sign up between 3pm Monday 5 August to midnight Wednesday 7 August. 

This is your opportunity to pitch your (polished) manuscript to a leading New Zealand publisher and, if successful, to submit your full manuscript. All genres are accepted as long as the work is relevant to the specific genres each publisher is currently seeking. Pitching sessions will be held on Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 August.

This year, nine publishers will be involved including: Allen and Unwin, Auckland University Press, Bateman Books, Landing Press, Little Moa, Moa Press, OneTree House, Oratia and Penguin Random House. 

 

How will the Perfect Online Pitch work?

  • You will be allocated a 5-minute appointment, one-on-one, to pitch your completed work to your chosen publisher. This appointment will take place on Zoom on Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21 or Thursday 22 August 2024. Appointments will be available according to this schedule. Please see below for the list of publishers and pitching times.
  • Once booked in, we will add you to the pitching schedule for your chosen publisher and will email with Zoom meeting invitations and your individual appointment time one week before the event. If you do not receive this, please contact events@nzauthors.org.nz
  • At the time of your appointment, you will be admitted to the meeting ‘room’ and will then have five minutes of pitching time with the publisher.
  • Screensharing will not be permitted during the five minutes – the appointments are intended to be elevator pitches, not presentations.
  • The publishers will have a ‘matching’ sheet for all the authors they meet on the day. If you are a ‘match’, you will be invited to send your manuscript (or other requested information) to the publisher after the event. We request that this advice will be sent by the NZSA within a week of the event.
  • Once material is submitted to the publisher, we request they advise you whether they are interested in pursuing a relationship with you within six months of the pitch date.
  • Please do not request publisher feedback or contact details during your five minutes.

Eligibility

  • A current NZSA Membership.
  • A completed, unpublished manuscript that can be provided (in full) to the publisher if requested.
  • A manuscript that matches the genre/readership that is being actively sought by the publisher.
  • Ability to use Zoom in a fast-paced environment (if you are a little rusty on Zoom or haven’t used it in a while, do a test run beforehand).
  • Paid the fee of $35 incl GST.
  • One pitch per person per round of Perfect Online Pitch.