Sample events from Heartland Summer 2019
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SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED / Email Carrie Obry if you have questions
Final author pitch deadline: August 6
This year, Heartland's author events will be crafted as uniquely thematic cross-publisher conversations our booksellers and audience members can't get anywhere else.
The first deadline for author pitches has passed. We reviewed the submissions and isolated a number of common themes, which are listed below. Help us build robust events by pitching authors for the themes listed here. We are looking for authors perfect for the topics below with books coming out this fall and early winter. In addition, we want to hear ideas for moderators who would serve these topics well—anyone in the literary world, including publishing staff. Once the final themes and participants are selected, we will work with publishers to confirm dates that work for the authors we choose to showcase.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE THEMES
Please know, not every event listed here will make it to fruition. For better or worse, we have far more content to work with than any one virtual trade show will allow! The slate of events we have in mind will likely showcase 30-35 authors, while we were pitched more than 125. Know that we're excited to get back to our in-person trade show format where we have the capability to showcase far higher quantity of authors than a virtual venue allows.
If you've already pitched authors, thank you! We will be in touch after the deadline passes to let you know our final decisions. We are excited to create unique and compelling author events with our industry partners. Please email Carrie Obry if you have questions about author placement (carrie@midwestbooksellers.org).
Note: These are not the final event names or descriptions.
They will evolve as more pitches are received.
This year, Heartland's author events will be crafted as uniquely thematic cross-publisher conversations our booksellers and audience members can't get anywhere else.
The first deadline for author pitches has passed. We reviewed the submissions and isolated a number of common themes, which are listed below. Help us build robust events by pitching authors for the themes listed here. We are looking for authors perfect for the topics below with books coming out this fall and early winter. In addition, we want to hear ideas for moderators who would serve these topics well—anyone in the literary world, including publishing staff. Once the final themes and participants are selected, we will work with publishers to confirm dates that work for the authors we choose to showcase.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE THEMES
Please know, not every event listed here will make it to fruition. For better or worse, we have far more content to work with than any one virtual trade show will allow! The slate of events we have in mind will likely showcase 30-35 authors, while we were pitched more than 125. Know that we're excited to get back to our in-person trade show format where we have the capability to showcase far higher quantity of authors than a virtual venue allows.
If you've already pitched authors, thank you! We will be in touch after the deadline passes to let you know our final decisions. We are excited to create unique and compelling author events with our industry partners. Please email Carrie Obry if you have questions about author placement (carrie@midwestbooksellers.org).
Note: These are not the final event names or descriptions.
They will evolve as more pitches are received.
Our two author event levels are as followsMarquee author: $2,000 per author
Make a big splash with this standalone event
Multi-author conversation: $700 Get creative by showcasing authors in conversation with one another
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In 2019, we asked for an author emcee and Bloomsbury pitched us Isaac Fitzgerald. He was a fabulous host and went on to emcee numerous Heartland events.
If you’d like to include a personal pitch, send it to Carrie Obry at carrie@midwestbooksellers.org. |
