Do you have an idea for a book? A manuscript you're trying to publish? This is your chance to put your creativity to the test! Come give a one-minute elevator pitch to a panel of experienced editors and agents for real-time Shark Tank-style feedback, or just come to watch how it’s done!

Register here ($10) or FREE for Members (Become a Member then RSVP, Paragraph will donate on your behalf.)

Our judges:

Jill Marr is a senior agent at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. She began her publishing career as Sandra Dijkstra's assistant the week after 9/11. Jill also wrote features and ads for Pages, the literary magazine for people who love books and continues to write book ads for publishing houses. Building her own list now for the past 12 years, Jill is interested in adult commercial fiction, with an emphasis on mysteries, thrillers, and horror, women's commercial fiction and historical fiction. She is also looking for non-fiction projects in the areas of science, history, narrative non-fiction, sports, politics, current events, health & nutrition, pop culture, humor and music.

Andrea King Collier is an award winning multimedia journalist and author based in Michigan. Her work appears in AARP, O the Oprah Magazine, Salon.com, Shape, and others. Her book, Still With Me...A Daughter's Journey of Love and Loss, from Simon and Schuster and The Black Woman's Guide to Black Men's Health is from Hachette.

Brenda Copeland is an independent editor, our veteran judge, and pitch feedback master.