Spring 2026 Pitch Sessions
Session Schedule
Monday, May 4
10:00-11:00am ET
Sarah Gale ✷ Archipelago Books
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Children’s Lit. I am most interested in hearing pitches of novels and short stories from translators.
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
11:00am-12:00pm ET
Cameron Saltsman ✷ Archipelago Books
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Children’s Lit|Graphic Lit|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
12:00-1:00pm ET
1:00-2:00pm ET
2:00-3:00pm ET
Steve Halle ✷ co•im•press & Downstate Legacies‘ Undiscovered Americas imprint
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
3:00-4:00pm ET
Gabriella Page-Fort ✷ HarperOne
Genre(s): Fiction | Poetry | Creative Nonfiction | Other Genre: Spirituality, self-help, philosophy
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
4:00-5:00pm ET
5:00-6:00pm
Laura Cesarco Eglin ✷ Veliz Books
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
Tuesday, May 5
10:00-11:00am ET
Sarah Gale ✷ Archipelago Books
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Children’s Lit. I am most interested in hearing pitches of novels and short stories from translators.
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
11:00am-12pm ET
Marco Ramírez Rojas ✷ Keruanserai
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction|Experimental literature and genre-bending writing
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
12:00-1:00pm ET
Ruby Fatimilehin ✷ Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House UK
Genre(s): Fiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
1:00-2:00pm ET
Maurice (Mo) Rodriguez ✷ A Public Space (Journal)
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Creative Nonfiction (Maurice is especially interested in translations of all genres from Spanish, Chinese, as well as Indigenous languages.)
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
2:00-3:00pm ET
Sabrina Pyun ✷ A Public Space (Journal)
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Creative Nonfiction (Currently, Sabrina is most interested in reading Japanese and/or Korean short fiction in translation, particularly with a speculative bent, for A Public Space journal.)
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
3:00-4:00pm ET
Susan Harris ✷ Words Without Borders
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Drama/Theater|Graphic Lit|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: No
4:00-5:00pm ET
5:00-6:00pm ET
Genre(s): Fiction|Children’s Lit|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
Wednesday, May 6
10:00-11:00am ET
11:00am-12:00pm ET
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
12:00-1:00pm ET
1:00-2:00pm ET
Alexandra Bentzien ✷ Europa Editions
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction|Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
2:00-3:00pm ET
Nancy Naomi Carlson ✷ On The Seawall
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
3:00-4:00pm ET
Susan Harris ✷ Words Without Borders
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Drama/Theater|Graphic Lit|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: No
4:00-5:00pm
John Siciliano ✷ Viking / Penguin Classics
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
5:00-6:00pm ET
Sacha Idell ✷ The Southern Review
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: No
Thursday, May 7
10:00-11:00am ET
Sarah Gale ✷ Archipelago Books
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Children’s Lit. I am most interested in hearing pitches of novels and short stories from translators.
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
11:00am-12:00pm ET
Alexandra Bentzien ✷ Europa Editions
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction|Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
12:00-1:00pm ET
Moheb Soliman ✷ Milkweed Editions
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: No
1:00-2:00pm ET
Christopher Nelson ✷ Green Linden Press
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Drama/Theater|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
2:00-3:00pm ET
Steve Halle ✷ co•im•press & Downstate Legacies‘ Undiscovered Americas imprint
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
3:00-4:00pm ET
Will Morningstar ✷ Diptych Press
Genre(s): Fiction|Children’s Lit|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
4:00-5:00pm ET
John Siciliano ✷ Viking / Penguin Classics
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
5:00-6:00pm ET
Friday, May 8
10:00-11:00am ET
Genre(s): Poetry (especially work from emerging translators and/or from authors who have yet to be translated and published widely in a U.S. literary magazine. All styles, time periods, and languages are welcome)
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
11:00am-12:00pm ET
Gerald Maa ✷ The Georgia Review
Genre(s): Fiction|Poetry|Graphic Lit|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
12:00-1:00pm ET
Marco Ramírez Rojas ✷ Keruanserai
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction|Experimental literature and genre-bending writing
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
1:00-2:00pm ET
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
2:00-3:00pm ET
Laura Hart ✷ Bellevue Literary Press
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
3:00-4:00pm ET
Alexa Frank ✷ HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
4:00-5:00pm ET
Laura Hart ✷ Bellevue Literary Press
Genre(s): Fiction|Creative Nonfiction
Currently Accepting Submissions: Yes
5:00-6:00pm ET
Daniel Owen ✷ Ugly Duckling Presse
Genre(s): Poetry|Experimental Performance, Hybrid Writing
Currently Accepting Submissions: No