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Members and Submissions
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This May we welcomed 10 new Tier 2 members to the site.
The Submissions Panel received 1 new submission and 1 re-submission.
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Grants Reminder
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Don't forget: the YALITCHAT.org grants year runs July - July. There are still grants available for the 2011/2012 year, so visit the Grants page to see if you might be eligible.
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Site News
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Please welcome Sarah Negovetich, who goes by Sarah Nego, to the Perturbed Parents group where she will be the Group Coordinator.
Sarah is a writer whose favorite genre is YA (fantasy and dystopian). When not writing she works in Marketing for a children's hospital, where, among other things, she's learned that the high school algebra teacher is right: every job uses math.
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Blog of the Month
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This month we're spotlighting Christina Reads YA a review blog written by self-described quirky college student Christina.
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Welcome to the YALITCHAT.ORG June 2012 newsletter! There is a lot going on this month. I'm especially excited about Pitch Slam 2, happening right now. Our judges are agents Tamar Rydzinksi, Michelle Witte, Pamela van Hylckama Vlieg and Elana Roth! How lucky are our members? FOUR lucky members will have their full manuscripts read, and I hear a few have already had partials requested!
Pitch Slam 2 is open for new pitches through June 4 at 11:59PM EDT. Visit yalitchat.org to pitch.
Good luck, and write well,
Georgia McBride
Founder, YALITCHAT.ORG, #YALITCHAT
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Sally Rigby's WILL THE REAL ABI SAUNDERS STAND UP, focusing on how an introverted seventeen-year-old kickboxing champion's life, after agreeing to be the stunt double for a wayward movie star, changes irrevocably, to Liz Pelletier at Entangled Teen, by Amy Tipton at Signature Literary Agency (world).
Myra McEntire's INFINITY GLASS, the third book in the Hourglass series of timeslip romances, about a group of teens with unique time-travel abilities, again to Regina Griffin at Egmont, for publication in Summer 2013, by Holly Root at Waxman Literary Agency (NA).
Gayle Krause, Kip Wilson, Jennifer Carson, J.R. Sparlin, Kristine Carlson Asselin, Ansha Kotyk, D.E. Atwood, and Magda Knight's TIMELESS, to Joyce Shor Johnson at Pugalicious Press, in a nice deal, for publication in June 2012 (US).
Sharon Jones's YA debut DEAD JEALOUS, set in the Lake District, featuring a 16-year old sleuth, to Rebecca Frazer at Orchard Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in Summer 2013, by Jenny Savill at Andrew Nurnberg Associates International.
Kristal Shaff's debut THE EMISSARY, in which a seventeen-year-old must defeat an ageless king and his powerful army in order to save their land from a cloud of darkness that threatens to destroy him, and those like him, who possess one of six deadly powers, to Courtney Koschel at Month9Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in December 2013 (World).
Author of TOUCH OF DEATH, Kelly Hashway's first title in her debut chapter book series, CURSE OF THE GRANVILLE FORTUNE, in which a nine-year-old and friends must face their greatest fears, a dark forest, and terrifying creatures in order to find clues to the missing Granville Fortune, which he has been accused of stealing, to Georgia McBride at Month9Books, in a nice deal, in a four-book deal, for publication in January 2014, by Lauren Hammond of ADA Management Group (World).
Brenda Drake's debut LIBRARY JUMPERS, in which a sixteen-year-old finds that a simple flip of the page can transport her to the library of her choosing, thus thrusting her into a Mystik world hidden amongst the pages of library books, where evil abounds, secrets unfold, and mortals are running out of time, to Georgia McBride at Month9Books, in a nice deal, at auction, in a three-book deal, for publication in February 2014, by Lauren Hammond of ADA Management Group(World).
 New ReleasesKNEE DEEP
by Jolene Perry
Publication Date: May 1, 2012
Publisher: Tribute Books
Shawn is the guy Ronnie Bird promised her life to at the age of fourteen. He's her soulmate. He's more uptight every day, but it's not his fault. His family life is stressful, and she's adding to it. She just needs to be more understanding, and he'll start to be the boy she fell in love with. She won't give up on someone she's loved for so long.
Luke is her best friend, and the guy she hangs with to watch girlie movies in her large blanketopias. He's the guy she can confide in before she even goes to her girlfriends, and the guy who she's playing opposite in Romeo and Juliet. Now her chest is fluttering every time he gets too close. This is new. Is Ronnie falling for him? Or is Juliet? The lines are getting blurry, but leaving one guy for another is not something that a girl like Ronnie does.
Shawn's outbursts are starting to give her bruises, and Luke's heart breaks as Ronnie remains torn. While her thoughts and feelings swirl around the lines between friendship and forever, she's about to lose them both.
 PAINT IT BLIND By Michelle A. Hansen Release Date: May 3rd, 2012
Seventeen years old and agoraphobic, Psyche Middleton vows her dad will never see the risqué photos she took during a summer modeling stint abroad, but one of them ends up on a billboard in her Montana hometown. Now everyone-especially her dad-can see it. And yet, somehow, those are the mundane things in her life because she is about to fall unexpectedly, head-over-heels in love with Erik, a mysterious young man who rescues her from a crowd of admirers, and who she's never actually seen because...he can make himself invisible.
A wild, romantic adventure that travels at breakneck speed, Michelle A. Hansen's debut is a fantastical journey filled with laughter, danger, and the indomitable power of love. PAINTED BLIND reminds us that one can overcome seemingly insurmountable odds with fortitude and a little luckand confirms that real love is worth fighting for.
June Releases
 6/05--A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHTMARE by Kody Keplinger6/5--SURRENDER by Elana Johnson
6/5--KEEPING SECRETS by Alyson Noel
6/5--MONUMENT14 by Emmy Laybourne
6/5--CIRCUS SUMMER by Kailin Gow
6/12--CHOSEN ONES by Tiffany Truitt
6/12-- TIMEPIECE by Myra McEntire
6/12--CRAZY by Amy Reed
6/12--BAD TASTE IN BOYS by Carrie Harris
6/12--TIGHTER by Adele Griffin
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FROM THE SUBMISSIONS MAILBOX
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Each month we spotlight one submission to the Submissions Mailbox. This June enjoy the first 500 words of Megan Curd's successful submission!
About Megan: When not writing, Megan enjoys spending time with her family, snowboarding, and mountain biking. Megan currently resides in Eau Claire, Wisconsin with her husband and son.
Title: STEEL LILY
Genre: Dystopian steampunk fantasy YA
Fulls requested by: Heather Howland at Entangled Publishing, Curiosity Quills, Nicole Langan at Tribute Books, and Deidre Knight.
First 500 words:
Steam hissed and billowed out of the tip of the brushed steel teapot in front of me. Within seconds the vapors multiplied and wrapped around me like wispy tendrils that tickled the bare skin of my arms, clouding the classroom from my vision for just a moment. In their wake, they left a dewy spider web that trailed along the ends of my fingers and up onto my gloved palms. The water sunk into the tattered suede and created a miniature constellation of droplets.
Professor Evans clapped her hands together. Her silver bangles clinked and clanked against one another, drawing my attention to her satin covered hands and forearms. It was beyond me why women dressed like they were going to fancy balls to do the work we were currently undertaking. Her soprano voice trilled through the air and regained my attention. "Excellent, Avery, excellent! I've never had a student embrace their abilities so quickly! You will help our society rebuild what the war took from us. Be proud, be proud!"
I turned and glanced behind me at the rest of the class. They didn't seem so impressed. The girl to my immediate left wiped the condensation off her brass goggles as she muttered, "Showoff."
I frowned ever so slightly before I could put my mask of indifference back in place. I promised myself I wouldn't let the age difference get to me, but it was obvious it bothered everyone else. Being fifteen in a classroom full of nineteen-year-old, fourth-year Elementalists was like navigating a maze full of snakes. There was no way I wasn't going to get bit in the butt over something.
A paper wad hit me square in between my shoulder blades. I turned to see who it was.
It was a fifth year Elementalist that hadn't passed this course. I made it a point to not learn names. It made it easier to not care. He popped his gum loudly before addressing me. "Nice work, Avery. Nothing like brown nosing the professor."
"I wasn't brown nosing. If you'd turn off your headphones once in a while, you might be in your proper course and not a fourth year one."
He narrowed his eyes and his lips curled back in a retort, but the girl next to him jabbed him in the ribs. "Let her be," she whispered under her breath just loud enough that I could hear. "It's not like she's got any friends anyway."
I shook my head at them and turned back to my teapot. The girl to my left smirked at me as I tried to absorb what I was looking at.
Where my teapot had once been now sat a bubbling, molten blob of steel. My eyes slid back to the girl.
"That's for getting my goggles wet. I'm going to have to soak them in tonic for the next three classes so they don't rust."
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YOUNG ADULT LITERARY MAG LAUNCH
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The Young Adult Literary Magazine is the magazine that celebrates you. You, who's slacking off sitting at the back of the class, or the over achiever you who's brown nosing up to Miss What's-Her-Face teaching math.
We cheer the girl with the French horn as she gets the quarterback of the football team. While we hope the head cheerleader falls on her face. Though, to be fare, we must give the cheerleader benefit of the doubt. For all we know she may be pregnant with the quarterback's baby.
All forms of YOU will be portrayed in our magazine. Weather it's coming out to your parents, or telling your brother how you smoked pot for the first time. We're mixing Fiction with non-Fiction, telling stories about real life, from the YOU living it.
Authors and writers will speak about their stories, while actors playing those rolls will speak about the script given to them. Features on musicians will tell us about the poems they wrote which they turned into lyrics.
Of course since this magazine is all about YOU, our contest will feature a picture placed in the Motion Picture category and YOU write us a story telling us what it's about.
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YA BOOK EVENTS
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June is full of awesome conferences and events in the writing world! A few highlights are listed below.
Book Expo America
ALA Annual Conference
Writers League of Texas Agent Conference
Wisconsin RWA Conference
Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers
Crested Butte Writers Conference
Clarksville Writers Conference
Jackson Hole Writers Conference
We're scouring the Internet to find events that our members might be interested in, but the Internet's a big place! If you know of a conference, festival, or other literary event that is of interest to YA writers and isn't on our calendar, please email: membership@yalitchat.org attention Jessica Capelle.
Check the Events Tab often to see if a great event is headed your way!
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GROUP SPOTLIGHT: MIDDLE GRADE LAIR
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Have you explored every inch of YALITCHAT.ORG? There might be a group that you've missed. This month we want to spotlight the Middle Grade Lair, which provides a space for our members who write for a precocious pre-teen audience living through the highs and lows of tweendom.
Moderator Sheri Larsen keeps the discussions active on topics including writing craft and trends in publishing, and shares resources specifically designed to help YALITCHAT members with an interest in Middle Grade writing make the most of what the site has to offer.
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Upcoming #YALITCHAT Twitter Wednesdays @ 9PM ET
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June 6 - International Chat - TIME CHANGE: 3PM - 4PM EST. No evening chat.
June 13 - Writer's Block - Distractions... Life... Chat about how to keep your writing focused and on task.
June 20 - Summer Lovin' - What are your favorite YA romance books? Join in and chat about your favorite romantic YA novels.
June 27 - Psychology of Fandom - What makes a reader a fan?
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Member Grants
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EDUCATION GRANT
Available for Teachers and Librarians who are members of YALITCHAT.ORG. Educators join YALITCHAT.ORG's Tier 2 membership for $25/annually though it is NOT necessary to do so in order to qualify for the EDUCATION GRANT.
Apply for a grant for use on classroom supplies, technology purchase, author visit, etc. Grants available in amounts of $50.00 per member. Five available per membership year. NB: Educators (regardless of membership level) qualify for FREE classroom supplies at beginning of each semester. Join our EDUCATORS group for more info.
HARDSHIP GRANT*
Want to expand your horizons and connect with others in the industry but just don't have the funds? YALITCHAT offers TWO types of Hardship Grants and is available to individuals who desire to join YALITCHAT, SCBWI, RWA, RWAYA and other related organizations but need help doing so.
YALITCHAT Membership Grant
Covers the cost of a full year's membership in YALITCHAT.ORG or $30.00 per grantee.
There are 5 grants available for the 2011-2012 Membership year (July-July).
BALANCE AVAILABLE FOR 2011-2012 MEMBERSHIP YEAR: $150 (5 GRANTS).
YALITCHAT.ORG OTO Hardship Grant*
Covers the cost to JOIN any Other Trade Organization in disbursements of $25 per grantee.
There are 4 available for the 2011-2012 membership year (July-July). You MUST be a Tier II member of YALITCHAT.ORG in order to qualify for this grant.
BALANCE AVAILABLE FOR 2011-2012 MEMBERSHIP YEAR: $100 (4 GRANTS).
MARKETING SUPPORT GRANT*
Are you a newly published author in need of marketing support materials for a new release? How about an author about to head on tour in need of giveaways and promo items? Do you need to purchase more ARCs from your publisher to get exposure for your book? Need money to get that new website off the ground? We can help.
As of January 2012 we have given away $600 in grants towards supporting published members in promoting their books!
The 2012/2013 grant season opens in July. There will be five grants available or $100 per person/grantee. Grants are available to Tier II members only.
BALANCE AVAILABLE FOR 2011-2012 MEMBERSHIP YEAR: $0
QUICK LEARNING GRANT*
Up to $50 toward any learning initiative such as a webinar, online course, conference, etc. You must be already registered for said initiative and have already paid in full. Must be writing or publishing industry related.
$250.00 USD year available total and $50 per grantee.
BALANCE AVAILABLE FOR 2011-2012 MEMBERSHIP YEAR: $200 (4 GRANTS).
Want to learn more about grants or need an application? Please send an email to grants at yalitchat (dot) org.
*Available to Tier 2 Members ONLY!
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ABOUT YALITCHAT.ORG
YALITCHAT.ORG is an all-volunteer organization run by sixteen writers who love what we do! In our spare time, away from family, day jobs and writing time--we work tirelessly to keep the community up and running twenty four hours a day, seven days each week.
The membership dues that come in to the organization are invested directly back into the organization and spent on office supplies, member grants, donations, student memberships (student membership is FREE through high school), member development and general maintenance or what we like to call "rent and utilities." If you share a passion for supporting fellow writers and others in children's literature, please consider volunteering.
Please subscribe to YALITCHAT.ORG for only $30.00. More on membership options can be found by visiting http://www.yalitchat.com.
CONTACT US
Questions, comments or corrections may be directed to: inquiries (at) yalitchat.org. Send news to: membership (at) yalitchat.org.
Contact Membership Ambassador, Nicole Olea with any issues relating to membership, site usage, community, forum, etc.
Published authors may contact Elle Stone, Published Member Ambassador for promotional opportunities, marketing grants, etc. at our membership email address.
Publishers and authors may mail books to the below address. If you need a street address, please send a note to our inquiries email address.
YALITCHAT.ORG
PO Box 1892
Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
VISIT US ON THE WEB
http://yalitchat.org
http://yalitchat.com (public site for chat schedule, transcripts, etc)
NEWSLETTER STAFF AND CREDITS
Adrienne Gelbart, Member Development Coordinator
Aja Hannah, Copyeditor
Tara Sundaram, Newsletter Producer
Nicole Olea, Membership Ambassador
C. Lee McKenzie, Grants Program Administrator
Georgia McBride, President, Executive Editor
Jennifer Million, Senior Newsletter Producer, Associate Editor
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