We want to thank everyone for their patience while the mentors read through entries and made their picks. Below you will find who each mentor will be working with. In some cases, mentors are taking on more than one mentee; additional picks can be found below the master chart.
The mentors want everyone to know what a difficult process this was–choosing was not easy! Congratulations to those who have been matched, and to those who weren’t: keep working! The mentors saw a lot of promise in the inbox, but just didn’t have the personal bandwidth to take everyone on. That said, some of you will receive personalized feedback from the mentors via email; the mentors who are able to will be sending feedback over the next few weeks.
Stay tuned to our website, as the mentors are compiling advice based on trends they saw in the inbox, which will post as a series of blog posts later in the month.
If you see yourself on this list, your mentor will be in touch shortly!
Mentoring Pairs
MENTOR | MENTEE | MANUSCRIPT | GENRE |
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Janella Angeles | Tanvi Berwah | BETWEEN SHADOW AND SOUL | Fantasy |
Nafiza Azad | Peggy Ross |
THE TRUE STORY OF A FALSE WIZARD | Fantasy |
Emily Bain Murphy | Gita Trelease | ENCHANTEE | Historical Fantasy |
Rebecca Barrow | Mary Katherine Pagano | SWIM | Contemporary |
Kat Cho |
Sarah Suk |
THE TOOTH FAIRY OF MINSORA | Fantasy |
Alexa Donne |
Whitney Wyckoff | SILENT RIDES THE MESSENGER | Historical |
Mara Fitzgerald | Christine Calella | DAYA & THE CASTLE GHOST | Fantasy |
Kati Gardner | Erin King | PAPER SEEDS | Magical Realism |
SF Henson | Alexandra Alizzi | THE MOON AND THE EYE | Sci-Fi Thriller |
Heather Kaczynski | Natasha Christensen | STARLING | Sci-Fi |
Katelyn Larson | Crystal Seitz | QUEEN OF ASHES | Fantasy |
Tracey Neithercott | Sabrina Sherif | THE HAUNTED | Historical |
Axie Oh | Swati Teerdhala | THE BLOOD FORT | Fantasy |
Kayla Olson | Alex Higgins | THE FEARFUL PASSAGE | Fantasy |
Claribel Ortega | Tracey Joseph | A MAGICAL MISFORTUNE | Fantasy |
Katy Pool | Chelsea Beam | GENESIS | Sci-Fi |
Scott Reintgen | Aaron Cole | FIVE DAYS OF NIGHT | Sci-Fi |
Karuna Riazi | Kelsie Cleboski | LEAP | Fantasy |
Chelsea Sedoti | Melissa Call | LETTERS FROM APARTMENT FOUR | Contemporary |
Rachel Lynn Solomon | Jennifer Lane | THURSDAY'S CHILD | Contemporary |
Misa Sugiura | Veda Kumarjiguda | A SHELTER FOR UNCLES | Contemporary |
Mary Elizabeth Summer | Chelsey Abercrombie | SOLDIER | Sci-Fi |
Sarah Tolcser | Meghan Stigge | THE VIOLENCE OF A BEATING HEART | Contemporary |
Additional Picks
If you are one of the mentees chosen as an additional pick by a mentor (or co-mentors), congratulations! You’ll have a full mentoring relationship with your mentor(s) regardless of whether you were listed as a primary or additional pick–there is little distinction between the two.
MENTOR(S) | MENTEE | MANUSCRIPT | GENRE |
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Tracey Neithercott | Dana Black | THE HEIR OF DRAVEN | Fantasy |
Kayla Olson | Ashley C. Darling | THE ADEPT | Fantasy |
Karuna Riazi | Dvorah Sperling | CHILDREN OF SAND AND SUN | Fantasy |
Alexa Donne & Mary Elizabeth Summer | India Hill | DAMSEL IN DISTRESSED JEANS | Magical Realism |
Mary Elizabeth Summer | Johnnie Blevins | LUCID | Sci-Fi |