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Editorial notes on 20 pages + synopsis of a YA novel, and a half-hour phone call with Zareen Jaffery, an Executive Editor at Penguin Books. Minimum Bid: $35 
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Critique of picture book manuscript, query letter, or first ten pages of a novel by Editor Jessica Anderson. Jessica Anderson is an Editor at Christy Ottaviano/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Minimum Bid: $20  Thirty Minute Informational Phone or Video Call with Editor Cherise Lopes-Baker. Cherise Lopes-Baker is a commissioning editor for Fiction, YA, and picture books. Minimum Bid Amount: $25  #352 25 Page Manuscript Critique and 30 Minute Follow Up Call with Editor Rebecca Faith Heyman5/3/2021 25 Page Manuscript Critique plus 30 Minute Follow Up Call with Editor Rebecca Faith Heyman. Minimum Bid: $30  30 Minute "Ask Anything" Phone Call with Megan Ilnitzki, Editor HarperCollins Children's Books. Minimum Bid: $25  Critique of the first 25 Pages of a middle grade or young adult manuscript with Megan Ilnitzki, Editor at HarperCollins Children's Books. Minimum Bid: $25 1 picture book manuscript critique (1500 words max for the manuscript) by Lisa Rosinsky (Senior Editor, Barefoot Books) Minimum Bid: $30  PICTURE BOOK CRITIQUE AND FREE PASS TO A CHRONICLE BOOKS EDITORIAL MEETING! Award-winning author Kate Messner and Chronicle Books editor Melissa Manlove are offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an aspiring picture book author — a manuscript critique from Kate, followed by a FREE PASS to the Chronicle Books Editorial Meeting with Melissa. Here’s how it will work… The winner of this auction will receive a picture book critique with Kate Messner, including an editorial letter overview and specific notes on the manuscript. After you’ve had a chance to revise, Kate’s editor Melissa Manlove will take your manuscript to the Chronicle Books Children’s Editorial Meeting, where potential acquisitions are discussed. If one of the editors is excited about it, great! If not, Melissa will share the group’s thoughts and feedback with you so that you can revise again and submit the project elsewhere. Minimum Bid: $ 100   Manuscript critique - first 25 pages by editor Courtney Stevenson Minimum Bid: $25  20-minute phone or video chat with Anica Mrose Rissi, author of more than a dozen books for kids and teens, and a former executive editor with nearly twenty years of experience in the publishing industry. Ask your behind-the-scenes publishing questions, talk about craft or the topic of your choice, or donate the talk to a classroom for an author Q&A. Minimum Bid: $25  |