Both Full and Associate ASA members are eligible to attend Virtual Literary Speed Dating if you have:   A current, financial membership. A completed, unpublished manuscript that can be provided (in full) to the publisher if requested. Confidence in using Zoom in a fast-paced environment. Read the attending publisher and agent information carefully and are clear that the individual representing the publisher/agency is actively seeking your manuscript’s genre/readership.   Your pitch must be for a completed manuscript, not an idea, that has not been pitched at two or more Literary Speed Dating events previously. If you are successful in your pitch, the publisher/agent will request to read your completed manuscript. If your manuscript is not complete or you are not comfortable in providing it at present, please continue working on your project and attend a Literary Speed Dating event at a later date when your work is completed.   These events are not location restricted. Members from all across the country and overseas are welcome to participate virtually.   Members will not be eligible to attend if:   Your membership has expired or is unfinancial. The manuscript you intend to pitch has already been pitched four times at Virtual Literary Speed Dating events previously, i.e. members can book up to two pitches per Virtual Literary Speed Dating event but the manuscript cannot be pitched more than four times in total. You are welcome to pitch new manuscripts. You have self-published or previously published the work you intend to pitch. (Virtual Literary Speed Dating is designed for unpublished manuscripts only. Please see our FAQs here to understand more.) You have already submitted the manuscript to the publisher/agent you intend to book in with.   If you are uncertain about whether you are eligible or if it is appropriate to pitch, please contact us at asa@asauthors.org or 02 9211 1004 before booking.