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Submit information about your book idea, through our two step process – online form and email.

1.  Please click on the Apply link at the top right of the page and submit the information on the form.
2. Once you have submitted the form, please send an email to litmart@bangalorelitfest.org attaching the 1-page excerpt from your manuscript (Word/PDF file).

Our jury will evaluate all the entries we receive and shortlist 25 finalists. These finalists will then get a chance to pitch their book idea to the jury, get some good feedback and connections for potential publishing opportunities. The LitMart finals pitch event will be held on Sunday, 28th October 2018 at the Bangalore Literature Festival.

A 250-word proposal/synopsis covering the story idea, background and/or characterization and/or plot summary along with a 1-page excerpt from your manuscript. LitMart is open to both fiction and non-fiction proposals, in English only.

Submissions will be accepted only via the online submission form followed by an email. The jury will select the Top 25 finalists and an additional 10 waitlisted entries. Finalists will be required to confirm their ability to attend the LitMart pitch event on Sunday, 28th October 2018 at the Bangalore Literature Festival.

The format for the final pitches could be in any format that suits the book idea best – storytelling, short video, slide deck, short play or musical, dance, stand-up, improv – really, anything, as long as it is within THREE minutes. The pitch will be followed by a short Q&A from the jury. Pitching will be in front of a live audience.

The deadline for submissions is 11pm on Friday, 12th October 2018.
The 25 finalists and 10 wait-listed entries will be announced on by 12 noon on Monday, 22th October 2018 via individual emails.
The LitMart pitch event is on Sunday, October 28th 2018 at 9:30am at the Grand Ball Room of Hotel LaLiT Ashok, Bengaluru.

• Only unpublished authors can apply to participate in LitMart.
• The Bangalore Literature Festival is only a facilitator via LitMart to connect aspiring authors with literary agents, commissioning editors and publishers. We do not guarantee or promise any publication deals or commercial contracts from the event.
• The decision of the jury is final and the Festival does not have any influence on the same