First Annual MENA Pitch Event
Coming: APRIL 2026

Welcome to MENA Pit!

Created by and for marginalized voices from the Middle-East and North Africa.A pitch event for MENA creatives where our goal is to shed light on the <1% disparity of MENA representation in the publishing industry.#MENApit is an event that takes place on all social platforms in April, created to connect manuscripts at any stage with publishing professionals.Next Event: April 10, 2026

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• Guidelines
• Hashtags
• The Team
• Contact

Guidelines to Participate

- You OR your work identify as MENA (Middle-Eastern, North-African)
- You are allowed to post 3 pitches per social media platform, no more than once per hour.
- Guides, moodboards, character art and any other graphics (including audio/video) are welcome.
- Manuscripts at any stage are welcome.
- Use the appropriate audience hashtags listed below.
- Use the #MENApit hashtag
- Use the appropriate genre hashtags listed below.
- Anyone can like and share/repost pitches.
- No A.I. or N.F.Ts

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Hashtags

PITCH HASHTAGS#MENApit (for all pitches)
#AG (for agented writers)
#Pub (for published writers)
#Qu (for querying writers)
#WIP (for works-in-progress)GENRE HASHTAGS#AF (apocalyptic fiction)
#AU (alternate universe/history)
#C (contemporary)
#CO (comedy)
#CP (cyberpunk)
#DY (dystopian)
#F (fantasy)
#FT (fairy tale retelling)
#GN (graphic novel)
#H (horror)
#HF (historical fiction)
#L (literary)
#M (memoir)
#ML (military science fiction)
#MR (magical realism)
#MY (mystery)
#NF (non-fiction)
#PA (post-apocalyptic)
#PO (poetry)
#R (romance)
#SF (science fiction)
#SH (short story)
#SP (screenplay/play)
#SPF (speculative fiction)
#T (thriller)
#TT (time travel)
#UF (urban fantasy)
#UP (upmarket)
#W (women’s fiction)
#WW (wild west)AUDIENCE HASHTAGS#A (adult)
#CL (children's literature)
#MG (middle grade)
#NA (new adult)
#YA (young adult)IDENTITY HASHTAGS
You are welcome to include other hashtags such as #OWN (ownvoices), #LGBT etc.For more information on this, please check out https://www.dvpit.com/rules-guidelines

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The Team

#MENApit was founded by Ptissem (🇲🇦), Yalda (🇮🇷), and Krystal (🇱🇧) when they realized no pitch event existed to uplift MENA creatives.Ptissem is a British-Moroccan writer, mother and coach. Her writing speaks on issues surrounding women and romantic relationships and has appeared in The Muslim Vibe and Amaliah. Her six-part memoir series The Domestic Abuse Diaries published by Dina Tokio, inspired her current novel, which went on to win the TLC Pen Factor Prize. Ptissem worked in Sports TV for over a decade. She speaks Spanish and broken Moroccan-Arabic, and would spend most of her time travelling if her bank account allowed it.Yalda is a truth-chaser drawn to the human psyche. Yalda's work is rooted in humor, inspired by the magic of the ordinary turned extraordinary. Her personal mandate: to write sharp-tongued, Iranian sleuths that she longed to read about in her younger years. Yalda's worked in corporate accounting for the past two decades, and holds a BBA.Krystal is a fantasy writer and professor of English. She is a citizen of the world—which is a fancy way of saying that she is a resident of whichever country has currently offered her a job. Hopping between America, Canada, and Lebanon over the last twenty years, she currently resides on the East Coast, teaching university students how to write essays, analyze literature, and write creatively.

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