Launched in 2021, the Book Pipeline Workshop reviews unpublished manuscripts, proposals, synopses, and queries, helping authors identify key issues early on in their writing process with an experienced team of editors.
In-document edits on your 1 page query letter, as well as a 1 paragraph summary of the editor's feedback.
Estimated turnaround: 5-8 business days
In-document edits on your full story synopsis (fiction & memoir).
Estimated turnaround: 5-8 business days
Need a specific type of review not listed here? Email our development team to request.
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Reviewing unpublished manuscripts across multiple categories of fiction and nonfiction.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Unpublished finalist (Nonfiction) Kate Evans was introduced by Pipeline to agent Cindy Bullard of Birch Literary in 2023, who soon after signed her.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The Woman in the Waves by Camille Booker, winner of the 2022 Unpublished season (Mystery/Thriller), released March 2025 from Hawkeye.
Michelle Lerner signed with Veronica Goldstein of UTA (formerly Fletcher & Co) after placing as a finalist in the 2020 Unpublished Outsider category with her experimental novel Ring.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.