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Fictionistas

Meg Oolders

A community for fiction writers on Substack.

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Fictionistas' Great Substack Pitch & Shout Challenge

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This is the story of one generation’s headlong plunge into a world dominated by automation; and t...

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Pitch & Shout Update

Hey Fictionistas!

Thank you to all who submitted book pitches to Round Three of our Pitch & Shout Challenge!

SHOW US YOUR JACKET (copy)!

This was the final pitching round of 2025. We’ll be taking a brief reprieve to regroup over the hol...

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Fictionistas' Great Substack Pitch & Shout Challenge

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UPDATE: THE SUBMISSION WINDOW FOR THIS ROUND IS CLOSED! BE SURE TO UPVOTE YOUR FAVORITE PITCHES IN THE COMMENTS! WE’LL BE BACK ON DECEMBER 17TH TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNER!!

Welcome back to our first annual Gr...

6 months ago
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Pitch & Shout Update

Hey Fictionistas!

Thank you to all who submitted pitches to Round Two of our Pitch & Shout Challenge! The turnout for this round wasn’t as robust as Round One. 🙁

As we continue to tinker with the format of this project to make it as fun...

6 months ago
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Fictionistas' Great Substack Pitch & Shout Challenge

Photo by Gabriel Lucindo on Unsplash

UPDATE: THE SUBMISSION WINDOW FOR THIS ROUND IS CLOSED! BE SURE TO UPVOTE YOUR FAVORITE PITCHES IN THE COMMENTS AND WE’LL SEE YOU ON DECEMBER 3RD WITH THE FEATURED PITCH AND NEXT ROUND GUIDELINES!

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  • Meg Oolders

    Early midlifer, swooning seventeen-again, writing books about YAs falling in ❤️. Author of SEE DOT SMILE (Fall 2026) and host of the TALK FICTION podcast.

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