Friday 14 July 2023, 12pm-1.30pm AEST

Monash University Publishing

https://publishing.monash.edu/

Rep: Julia Carlomagno, Director and Publisher

Seeking: Nonfiction - biography, history, current affairs, politics, memoir (no self-help or personal transformational journey books). Fiction - previously published literary fiction authors (publication may be in journals or other smaller scale platforms).

You will be allocated a 3-minute appointment, one-on-one, to pitch your completed work to your chosen publisher or agent.

You may book a maximum of two appointments per Virtual Literary Speed Dating event.

The pitches will take place via Zoom videoconferencing. You will be sent an individual appointment time and a link to the Zoom meeting. At the time of your appointment, you will be admitted to the meeting 'room' and will have three minutes of pitching time with the publisher or agent. Screensharing will not be permitted during the three minutes - the appointments are intended to be elevator pitches, not presentations.

The publishers and agents will have a speed dating ‘matching’ sheet for all the authors they meet on the day. If you are a ‘match’, you will be invited to send your manuscript to the publisher after the event. This advice will be sent by the ASA within a week of the event.Once material is submitted to the publisher or agent we request they advise you of their intention to publish within three months of the pitch date. Please do not request publisher feedback or contact details during your three minutes.

Publishers and agents will only seek certain material at the event. Do not book into a pitching slot if the representative is not seeking the kind of material you intend to pitch, e.g. do not pitch a picture book to an agent seeking non-fiction. Research the attending publishers and agents carefully to ensure you understand what kind of manuscripts the attending representatives are seeking and to ensure you are comfortable pitching your work to them.

Your pitch must be for a completed manuscript, not an idea, that has not been pitched at two or more Literary Speed Dating events previously. If you are successful in your pitch, the publisher/agent will request to read your completed manuscript. If your manuscript is not complete or you are not comfortable in providing it at present, please continue working on your project and attend a Literary Speed Dating event at a later date when your work is completed.

The full list of attending publishers can be found here.

Literary Speed Dating is a member-only event for ASA members.

Not a member? Join today: https://www.asauthors.org/membership

You can book into a maximum of two pitching time slots across the two days. Strictly no more than two pitch bookings will be accepted per member and no more than one pitching slot with the same publisher/agent.

Cost: $30 incl. GST per pitch (i.e. $60 max. for the event)

Once booked in, ASA staff will add you to the pitching schedule for your chosen publisher/agent and will email with Zoom meeting invitations and your individual appointment time.

These appointment emails will be issued in the week of 3 July 2023. If you do not receive your email by 5 July, please email events@asauthors.org and we will resend.

Virtual Literary Speed Dating bookings are not eligible for refunds or credits, so please consider the attending publishers and agents carefully before booking. Ensure you are ready and available to attend your appointments. Please check that you are eligible to attend before booking. Eligibility criteria can be found here.

Priority bookings open for Pitch Perfect participants Friday 23 June 2023, 10am AEST.

All ASA members, booking open 10am AEST, Wednesday 28 June 2023.

Bookings close Friday 7 July 2023, 5pm AEST.

ASA Members, please log in to your ASA account to enable the booking function below.

Once booked in, ASA staff will be in touch closer to the event with your individual 3-minute appointment time and Zoom meeting details.