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Philadelphia Stories Pitch Fest
Sep. 20th, 2026 12:58 pmI'm currently on my lunch break for the Philadelphia Stories September 2026 Pitch Fest. I had two meetings this morning, and I have three later in the afternoon. I'll post an update later, but:
- This is nerve-wracking, but fun and exciting.
- These are more conversations than they are pitch meetings.
- This is a really well-organized event, if that's useful to know.
ETA: Every agent I spoke with requested my query materials, and they all seemed very enthusiastic. Given the forty rejections I've already received, it's entirely possible that the problem is my actual writing. Ah, well. In any case, here are three notes:
1. Everyone loves Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup. I do too!
2. T. Kingfisher seems to be having a moment right now. Which is great to hear!
3. Everyone was very interested in "ludic fiction," or prose fiction that plays on the tropes, structures, and imagery of video games. That seems to be in the cultural zeitgeist at the moment, which makes sense to me.
- This is nerve-wracking, but fun and exciting.
- These are more conversations than they are pitch meetings.
- This is a really well-organized event, if that's useful to know.
ETA: Every agent I spoke with requested my query materials, and they all seemed very enthusiastic. Given the forty rejections I've already received, it's entirely possible that the problem is my actual writing. Ah, well. In any case, here are three notes:
1. Everyone loves Robert Jackson Bennett's The Tainted Cup. I do too!
2. T. Kingfisher seems to be having a moment right now. Which is great to hear!
3. Everyone was very interested in "ludic fiction," or prose fiction that plays on the tropes, structures, and imagery of video games. That seems to be in the cultural zeitgeist at the moment, which makes sense to me.
