BLUE PENCILS AND PITCH SESSIONS

get up close and personal with professional editors and publishers

Blue Pencil Sessions
Ella Beaumont | Shawn L. Bird | Andrew Buckley | Lily Chu |  Margaret Curelas | Mira Landry | Alison McBain | Sandra McIntyre | Jennifer Sommersby

Pitches 
Ella Beaumont (EDGE Publishing) | Shawn Bird (Lintusen Press) | Jennifer Chevais, Agent (The Rights Factory)

99% BOOKED!
Waitlist spots still available

We are pleased to have several presenting writers, editors, agents, and publishers available for blue pencil and pitch sessions throughout the weekend.

Blue Pencil sessions are designed to provide you with one-on-one feedback on your manuscript. Email us the first page of your manuscript (maximum 1,000 words, typed, and double-spaced) for personalized feedback from one of our experts.

Send your first page draft to [email protected]
Submissions are due by August 8, 2026. ​

Session Details
Each Blue Pencil or Pitch Session is 15 minutes in total. There are 4 spots available per block. 
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Instructions
Pre-registration is required. To pre-register, use the links provided to book your spot. 

​NOTE:
Is the schedule for your preferred author/agent/publisher already full? We encourage you to choose other available spaces. If there are none, email us to join the waitlist.
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For the pitch sessions, come ready to pitch your project to an agent or publisher.

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BLUE PENCIL SESSIONS
​FRIDAY AUGUST 14

12:00 pm-1:20 pm 
1:30 pm-2:50 pm
3:00 pm-4:20 pm
4:30 pm - 5:50 pm

Ella Beaumont
Andrew Buckley
​Shawn L. Bird (1 spot available!)
​Alison McBain

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BLUE PENCIL SESSIONS
​SATURDAY AUGUST 15

FULLY BOOKED

9:00 am-10:20 am
10:30 am-11:50 am
12:00 pm-1:20 pm
1:30 pm-1:50 pm
3:00 pm-4:20 pm
4:30 pm-5:50 pm

Jennifer Sommersby
Sandra McIntyre
​Lily Chu
​Mira Landry 
Ella Beaumont
​Margaret Curelas

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PITCH SESSIONS
​SUNDAY AUGUST 16

FULLY BOOKED

10:30 am-11:50 am​
12:00 pm-1:20 pm
1:30 pm-2:50 pm
​3:00 pm-4:20 pm
​4:30 pm-5:50 pm

Ella Beaumont | EDGE
Shawn L Bird | Lintusen
​Ella Beaumont | EDGE
​Shawn L Bird | Lintusen
Jennifer Chevais (Agent) | ​The Rights Factory

book a spot!