Speed Pitching
Friday 15th October. 6.30 pm Baycourt Durham Street Tauranga
Dare you enter the dragons’ den?
Twelve writing wannabes pitch their writing project to a panel composed of
a creative writing tutor, a screenwriter and producer, and a literary expert.
Speed Pitching is hosted by Tauranga Writers and chaired by Maori columnist, writer and literary entrepreneur Tommy ‘Kapai’ Wilson.
The panel of experts include Sue Emms, novelist, and Lead Tutor on the Waiariki Institute of Technology’s online Diploma in Creative Writing; Joanne Rye-McGregor, who is a film director, producer and scriptwriter, and Dr. Mark Houlahan, who teaches in the English programme of The School of Arts at the University of Waikato, and is a columnist, reviewer and obsessive book reader and buyer. Maggie Tarver, Director of the New Zealand Society of Authors, will discuss how the Society helps writers while audience votes are counted and the winner can be named.
If you want to present your writing project to our panel of experts, and get their input and the audience response, please apply here. [LINK TO
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]. The fee is $10 and you get a maximum of three minutes to pitch your concept in this literary Dragon’s Den. Your prize if you are voted best on the night? Guaranteed reading by a New Zealand publisher, a subscription to Bravado, and a year’s free mentoring as you complete your project.
Join our audience – gold coin entry – and vote for your literary idol. Spot prizes throughout the evening for audience and participants. Contact Jenny Argante for further information. [LINK is to
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