Phoebe Angaye is an alumna of the Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards for winning a Silver Key in 2015. Phoebe was one of the essay winners of an essay contest held by the Texas Teen Book Festival in collaboration with We Need Diverse Books, which discussed the need for diverse books in the industry in 2017. Recently in 2021, she was the winner of the Voyage’s First Chapter contest. The judge of the contest, NYT Bestselling Author Melissa de la Cruz, made this remark about Rhythm & Beat’s first chapter: “The voice here is amazing, just so vital and real and modern and jumps off the page.” She has been published in multiple literary journals and won other contests as well.
Seeking published books, graphic novels, and short stories for film and TV adaptation. Winner and runner-up receive extensive development with execs and circulation to producers.
Reviewing unpublished manuscripts across multiple categories of fiction and nonfiction. Select publishers and literary agents get first look at the winners and runners-up.
Unpublished finalist (Nonfiction) Kate Evans was introduced by Pipeline to agent Cindy Bullard of Birch Literary in 2023, who soon after signed her. Ditch Your Sh*t!: How to Declutter the Crap Out of Your Life and Home is slated for publication in October 2025 through Turner Books.
The Woman in the Waves by Camille Booker, winner of the 2022 Unpublished season (Mystery/Thriller), released March 2025 from Hawkeye.
Michelle Lerner signed with Veronica Goldstein of UTA (formerly Fletcher & Co) after placing as a finalist in the 2020 Unpublished Outsider category with her experimental novel Ring. The book released in January 2025. Read her interview on Pipeline Artists.