Bsky & Other Pitch Parties

In this post I’ll include pitch parties locations (Bsky, Google Form, their own website etc), links to official party websites and note when parties have been discontinued. I’ll also give detailed advice on effective pitch and party preparation and on making the most of Writing Community support.

But First… If you’re pitching to query; Is your book Ready?

Have you edited your MS for every aspect of character, conflict, story tension etc you’ve read up on? Have you received constructive feedback from critical readers focused on making the book a better reading experience? Did you edit again and possibly get a second (and third round) of critical readers? (Especially if you’re a fellow pantser ?). Is your query letter up to scratch? Have you researched its contents, how to ‘sell’ the book to literary agents or acquiring editors in your pitch, and received critical feedback?
If not, see this post to kick your query letter into shape!

Which Pitch Party is for Me?

Note: while pitch parties began exclusively for writers querying literary agents, and some presses, many of Bsky’s are also open to wips and indie authors, who are pitching for writing community interest/ to readers. So there are two sections here; #AmQuerying, and below that Bsky Hype parties, the latter being the open to all publishing paths parties.

Parties for #AmQuerying

#P2Ppit is a mixed hype (so wips and indie books), and Querying party. Its for all genres and audience/ reader ages. (Participating agents are listed on their website). Website. Jan 17th, 9am-9pm EST, 2025. On Bsky. 2026 TBC

#PBParty Picture Books. PBParty Website. March 17, 2026, via Google Form.

#CuPit, February 14th, 2026, Romance, querying and indie books. No website. Bsky account.

#PopUpPit, March 18th, 2026. Apparently for all genres. Bsky account. On Bsky.

MG Hub Pitch Party, for Kidlit, June 3rd-9th 2026. You can sign up to receive the participation link via their Website.

#SEAsianPit for South East Asian authors, May 30th 2026, on Bsky. seasianpit.carrd.co

#JoyPitch The opposite of Pitdark, for ‘light hearted feel good fiction and non-fiction’ of all categories and age ranges. June 6th, 8am -8pm, 2025, on Bsky. Bsky account 2026 TBC

#SmallPitch, for writers wanting to query small presses. January 19th- 25th, 13th July 2026, Bsky smallpitch.org

#QueerPit writers who are queer and querying. July 1st, 2026. Website

#PitchDis for authors with a disability & neurodivergent authors. Sept 8th-10th, 2026, By Google Form. PitchDis Website.

#PitBLK For black authors. September 21st-24th, 2025. Party on their site www.pitchpitblk.com 2026 TBC (in Fall)

#SFFpit Scifi & Fantasy Writers, September 21, 2025. 2026 TBC. Website.

#DVPit returning Sept 30th, 2026, on Bsky. Website: dvpit.carrd.co.

#PicantePit Latinx writers, October 1st 2025. 2026 TBC. No website. Bsky account.

#LatinxPitch T/ #LatinxPitch Bsky -For Latino Writers of PB-YA Fiction- September 15th, 8am-8pm CDT, 2026, on Bsky. Latinx Pitch Website.

#KitLitGen, October 3rd- 7th 2026, for writers and illustrators of children’s graphic novels. Pitch on their Website.

#AmQuerying Cancelled Parties

#IWSGpit Most fiction. Last event March 17th 2024, 8am-8pm EST, Twitter. IWSG Cancelled?

#KidLitPit Children’s books from PB to YA. January 11.59pm in your time zone (all/ any).On Twitter. Last ran (and blogged) in 2024. Their Website. Cancelled?

#PBPitch -Picture Books. PBPitch Website. discontinued June 2024.

#QueerPitch LGBTQIA+ Authors, August 1st, 2023. Queer Pitch Website. Does not appear to have run in 2024. Cancelled?

#PitDark Dark Fiction. May 24th & Oct TBC, 8am-8pm EST, 2024. website. 2025? Twitter. Cancelled?

#MoodPitch Fiction, all audience age ranges and genres. 2023 November party ran on Twitter, Bsky and Instagram. Website still says stay tuned for future direction. Moodpitch website. Cancelled?

Bsky Hype Parties

Participation Note: many of these are open to all writers; querying, wips, indie authors, all identities, genres etc. Some, like #PosterPit, are also likely to have literary agent participation.

#BluePit, all writers, Jan 13, 2026, midnight 11.59pm till 14th. Website

#YouDeserveItPit, all writers, January, 23rd and 24th, 2025, all writers. No website. Bsky account. 2026 TBC.

#UnhingedPit. All writers. They don’t do dates, or a website. They’re not big on rules and such.
But they say if they’re posting lots, a party is coming. Their Bsky account.

#QuestPit All writers. Feb ???, April 29, Aug ???, and Nov ??? 2026, on. Website

#WippIt, for WIPs (works in progress), May 23rd 2026, November 22nd 2026. No website. Bsky account.

#MiseryPit Mysteries, Thrillers, and True Crime. February 2nd, and ‘later in 2026 TBC’, Mystery, Thriller and Crime. No website. Bsky account.

#PosterPit All writers. April 18th, August ???, 2026, midnight till 11.59 17th. PosterPit website.

#GhostPit Horror??? Oct 30th, 2026. No website. Bsky Account.

Note: #P2Ppit and #CuPit (listed in the querying section) are also open to indie, and P2P to WIPS.

#SkyPitch, Kidlit only, 2024. Website. Cancelled? Hasn’t run and host account hasn’t posted since 2024.

For More Pitch Parties: (this list is not exhaustive), see the Pitch Events Feed curated by Adria Bailten.

Preparing For Pitch Parties

1. Read Pitch Crafting Advice & Successful Pitches

If you haven’t taken this step, chances are there’s a lot you don’t know or understand about how to write a successful pitch. If you don’t know where to find pitch advice, mine is here for starters.

Reading as many strong pitch examples as you can also helps. To find them, search the pitch party hashtag and the hashtags you plan to pitch on. The ‘top’ feed may have some great examples, but it also has rather ordinary pitches with lots of interaction on them, so I also suggest skimming ‘latest’ too.
A third source of inspiration and understanding is successful query letter pitches. Here’s a spreadsheet of 600+ successful query letters by genre.

2. Comparison Titles & Formatting

Use comps in your pitches. They can indicate more about tone, setting and themes than you have room to indicate in 300 characters. For party pitches, you’re not limited to books published within the last 5 years (unlike query pitches). Film or tv series and older books are ok. Ideally your comps will be recognisable to agents and publishers, and or contrast with each other (e.g. my MG tweet pitch comps were MATILDA X kids INCEPTION).

Alternatively, you could have a notable twist on a comp, e.g. gender-swapped (fairytale/ well-known story) or for example Downton Abbey —with witches. Putting your comps in ALL CAPs at the top of your pitch can help them stand out and encourage industry folks to read and pay proper attention to your pitch.

3. Party Hashtags

Agents and publishers will search genre, audience age and marginalised writer hashtags to find pitches of interest to them. Whichever party you’re pitching in, check if it has its own hashtag list. If so, use hashtags from that list, so your pitches are seen by industry professionals (some party tags vary). I’ve linked every pitch party I know of’s website above.

As you’re identifying the main relevant hashtags for your pitch, and having already chosen comp titles, now is a good time to type your pitch and hashtags into a post or do a character count to check each pitch with comps and hashtags fits the platform or specified party character limit. If you’re struggling with this, you might want to skip to step 4.

4. Get Feedback on Your Pitches

There are a few options for doing this.

Pitch Feedback Parties

This was a Twitter thing that doesn’t seem to exist anymore. However, some pitch parties have pre pitch day events, often of the ‘get to know you’ or ‘get excited’ kind. See party website links above for details.

Asking For Feedback

You can post asking for feedback, or search your pitch party’s hashtag for people offering feedback. Or you can or do a search of ‘Discord’ and ‘#AmQuerying’ to look for servers which may have pitch feedback channels. Mine offers feedback, though as you’ll see from this Bsky post you can request an invite from, its more indie author than querying focused.

5. RT or Comment Lists

Back in the Twitter days/ now on Insta, RTs and comments help boost pitches because algorithms liked them. Bsky doesn’t have algorithms, so interaction in pitch parties now is more about encouraging fellow writers/ making friends etc. People still seem to be posting ‘Support lists’ on Bsky, and I’m sure its popular elsewhere. You can post offering to make your own support list, or type ‘(insert pitch party name) list/ support list’ and see if posts offering to add you to their lists come up.

6. Join a DM Group

Group DM’s and having company in them made querying parties worthwhile back in the day, because you could celebrate with people who got agent likes, answer questions in real time, and keep each other company. They’re also good spaces to ask questions about agents and submitting. Bsky doesn’t allow group DM’s, but some Discord servers will have pitch party channels. Again, mine is quite on this front, but there’s a Bsky post you can reply to, to join it.

7. Post to Explain Pitch Party Etiquette

It never hurts to tell followers you’re pitching. Crucial with so many industry AND hype events on Bsky is posting to tell your followers whether its a hype party in which likes from fellow writers are welcome. Or an industry party, in which likes are (ideally) industry professionals -agents or publishers- asking a writer to submit their work.

You may like to include a mood board for your wip in this post, as your party participation is also telling your followers (and ideally generating interest) in your writing.

8. Mind Set

2021 March’s #Pitmad saw over 570k tweets on the hashtag (yes this includes LOADS of RTs). Its possible your pitches won’t be seen by industry professionals during a party and its VERY common not to get industry requests. Some agents and publishers made under 20 requests -period not just per genre- in March’s 2021 Pitmad. But if you go in expecting nothing from the industry, and prepare with the goal of improving your pitch craft, making writer friends, and of testing how your pitches are received by fellow writers, to learn what works well for future parties- you’ll be all set for a positive experience.

9. Decide Which Pitch to Post First

This is important because your first pitch is likely to get the most impressions, as people who are supporting pitching writers are most likely to repost and comment during the first hour. (And your followers of all stripes may be more interested in the first pitch than say the third+). So try to identify which pitch sells your character best, makes your conflict and stakes clearest and most engaging, and ideally also the pitch with the most voice.
If you’re not sure how to write a pitch, or don’t know the difference between a pitch, a log line or a blurb (book pitches are different to both and must include certain things to be successful), here’s my post on short (as in pitch party) pitch crafting (not to be confused with a book blurb, which should be longer and more detailed).

But when do you post your other pitches?

Hourly for some parties, but only 2 or 3 pitches max for others. Parties tend to get increasingly quiet after 1pm EST -especially in the final hours- so you may wish to post all your pitches by as early as the first half of the party. That said, I saw a few agents tweet that they were beginning to check Pitmad pitches in the last few hours of March 2021’s Pitmad, so if you are online during the party, checking when agents are online is your best way to decide. You’ll sometimes find their ‘I’m checking out (insert party)’ tweets on the party hashtag’s ‘Top’ feed, including agents searching party hashtags the day after the party. If you have particular agents or publishers in mind, you could also check their social media profiles, as they will normally post when they start checking pitches.

10. Schedule Your Pitches

Fedica allows you to schedule Bsky posts. Whether you’re home all day and awake during a party, sleeping because your timezone isn’t compatible with the US east coast, or working -or both- scheduling pitches takes pressure off you during the party. If you’re online, scheduling lets you focus on interacting with other pitching hopefuls.

Timezones Note: If you’re not on US EST time, most parties run on it, so check your party’s times above (its often 8am to 8pm but again, not always) and convert them to your timezone! If you’re pitching from Australia or New Zealand, remember it’s often the date after the party because we’re a day ahead!

10. Pin your Pitch

This is so writers you know and kind random strangers can easily find and interact it -if you’re also reposting other writers and your feed is cluttered. (To pin your pitch to the top of your profile, hit the ̇ ̇ ̇ then select ‘pin to your profile’ on Bsky.)

11. During the Party

Get in your pitch group and or the party’s hashtags to comment on each other’s pitches. When you find pitches of writer friends, associates or pitches you like, reply saying what you like about them. We’re all nervous, so acts of kindness like words of encouragement can really make people’s days. And yes, hopefully you will get some of what you have given -and you will have earned it.

12. After the Party

Celebrate, commiserate -ask how writers how they fared and share anything you learnt or ideas you have for next time with anyone likely to participate again. If you pitch in a future party, try and connect with the writers you’ve met this time and see if you can continue supporting each other in future. This is also a great chance via Discord or post, to offer to trade query letter and synopsis feedback with querying writers.

Whichever pitch parties you participate in, Good Luck!

Related Reading

My Pitch Crafting Tips

For a list of resource links spanning Query Letters & Synopsis to Finding & Communicating with Literary Agents, see this post.

For realistic takes on querying, a topic I’ve seen too little public discussion of, see Querying Your First Book.

Writer Mentoring Events

#Revpit is Revision & Editor Mentoring for MG, YA & Adult Fiction, which begins with pitching on Twitter in March. For more details, visit the Revpit Website.