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What Is Speed Dating?
Speed Dating for Agents is a wildly popular and valuable add-on session at the San Francisco Writers Conference where writers can meet, interview and network with New York, LA and Bay Area literary agents. Speed Dating for Agents attendees say you can't beat this opportunity to pitch your book-one-on-one to more than twenty agents for only $50!
We also offer the Ask A Pro session as part of our full conference program and at no extra charge. This session will bring our attendees face to face with many of the most talented and insightful editors, agents and other publishing "Pros" working locally in California and in the New York publishing world.
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During Speed Dating for Agents, agents from New York, Los Angeles and the Bay Area will first introduce themselves, then sit at tables. Attendees who have signed up for this will have a blue, green, yellow, or red dot on their badge. We have added an extra hour to this year's Speed Dating, split between the same number of attendees, resulting in shorter lines so you can see more agents. At least that's the plan! REDs will go in the first hour, GREENs the second hour, YELLOWs the third hour, BLUEs the fourth hour. Each pitch lasts 3 minutes. You may not line up to get into the Room of the Dons before your marked hour. Spend the other three hours in sessions. If an agent is also giving a class during your hour slot, talk to him or her at lunch or in the hallway when you can. We post names and descriptions of the agents on the website and in the program.
You can meet with as many agents as you can fit into the time period. We do ask that you please keep the level of your conversation down so the agents can hear the pitches!
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Sign up online for Speed Dating for Agents. If you are registering by mail or fax, be sure to mark it on your San Francisco Writers Conference registration form.
IMPORTANT: You must be a registered conference attendee to sign up for Speed Dating for Agents.
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