Sign up for appointments when you register for the conference! Appointment slots are first come, first served.
July 18-20, 2025 | Grand Rapids, MI
Which Industry Professionals Are Taking Appointments?
Pitch Appointments
Every registrant will be able to choose ONE pitch appointment at the time of registration. If appointment slots remain available in June, we will announce to all registrants when we open a second round of appointment sign ups.
When you select your appointments PLEASE note carefully whether the editor/agent is accepting virtual pitches. Some do not.
Steve Laube
Agent & Owner of the Steve Laube Agency
In Person Only
Wish List
Bestselling books and scrumptious donuts.
Donald Maass
President of the Donald Maass Literary Agency
In Person Only
Wish List
Acquiring fiction in all categories.
Sarah Rubio
Editor with Penguin Random House
In Person Only
Wish List
- Children’s and YA books (ages 0 to 18)
- must be written by Christians but do not need to have overt Christian content
- especially interested in MG and YA fantasy series.
Talia Messina
Editor with Tyndale House Publishers
In Person Only
Wish List
Talia has a passion for excellent writing and desires to acquire stories (board books, picture books, middle grade chapter books, devotions, or Bible storybooks) with a Christian worldview, spiritual themes, and unique storytelling elements.
Jessica Sharpe
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Baker Publishing Group
In Person and Online
Wish List
- Not looking for hard science fiction or high fantasy, but open to novels set in our world with light fantastical elements. Examples: alternate history, magical realism, gentle/cozy fantasy, etc.
- Does not need to contain overt faith content or allegory, but should still be clean/closed-door.
- A romantic element is great but not required.
- Historical or contemporary setting. For examples of what we have published in this vein before, see Gabrielle Meyer, and Angela Bell.
- Not interested in spiritual warfare.
Tim Pietz
Acquisitions for Mountain Brook Fire
In Person Only
Wish List
Mountain Brook Fire is currently seeking:
- Fantasy (particularly YA fantasy)
- Sci-fi
- Dystopian
- Superheroes
- Steampunk
- Anything speculative but horror, we will consider
Marylin Kretzer
Blackstone Publishing
In Person and Online
Wish List
Acquiring romantasy, fantasy, thrillers
Katherine Easter
Acquisitions Editor
Harper Collins Publishing: ZonderKidz/Blink YA
In Person and Online
Wish List
I’m acquiring Christian children’s books—everything from board books through YA—as well as some select general market middle grade and YA titles.
Descendant Publishing: Troy and Stacy Hooker
In Person and Online
Wish List
Coming soon!
In the meantime, check out their submissions page on their website.
Queen Anne's Lace Publishing: Rachel DiScipio Ketler
Online only
Wish List
“We specialize in middle grade, poetry, and short story collections. At Queen Anne’s Lace Publishing, we believe in the inherent value of every person, and the beauty of the story they have to tell. We aim to empower underrepresented genres, writers, and characters, and to give everyone a chance to shine. We want our stories to reflect this belief. We are interested in middle grade and YA fantasy (We are seeking Middle-Grade fiction in the 20,000-50,000 word range) and children’s picture books (we prefer illustrated).”
Expanse Books: Erin Howard
In Person Only
Wish List
Coming soon!
In the meantime, check out their submissions page on their website.
Quill and Flame Publishers: AJ Skelly
Wish List
Coming soon!
In the meantime, check out their submissions page on their website.
Quill and Flame: OBSIDIAN: L.G. McCary
In Person Only
Wish List
Futuristic- science-gone-awry, post-apocalyptic, dystopian, cyberpunk, biopunk
Fantasy- urban fantasy, gaslamp/steampunk, and dark fantasy NOT set in Medieval Europe
Mentoring and Paid Critiques
Every registrant will be able to choose ONE mentor appointment at the time of registration. If mentor slots remain available in June, we will announce to all registrants that they may choose a second appointment.
***Please note: schedules for appointments fill up fast. The registration form will indicate the current availability for mentors and critiques.***
