Date announced for the 2025 My Arty Book Pitch LIVE review!
Would you love to write, illustrate and publish your very own art-driven non-fiction book? Whether you want to share a craft how-to, a travel memoir, a guided journal or anything else filled with dreamy art, writing and illustrating arty books can be a rewarding and lucrative career.
Sandy Cousens created the pitch for her book, Creative Calm, in My Arty Book Pitch and it was picked up by David and Charles, who she describes as her “dream publisher”. Sandy and her book (left) and a spread from the book (right).
Want to create your very own ready-to-send arty book pitch that contains everything a publisher needs to see to give you a deal? Art agent and author Lilla’s My Arty Book Pitch course will show you how to do just that, leading you step by step from coming up with your very own arty book idea, to creating a table of contents, thinking about layout, creating some sample full page spreads and more. Read about everything you get in this unique course here.
My Arty Book Pitch is a self-paced course, which means you get instant access to all the course materials as soon as you sign up and can complete it in your own time to suit your schedule (you have access to the course until January 31st, 2026, and can download the materials to keep forever).
A full page spread for My Arty Book Pitch by Heather Dryden. Get started on your assignment now to create gorgeous art like this and give yourself the best chance of getting picked for the review!
However, to motivate and inspire you, Lilla has set a deadline for submission for an assignment from the course. She’ll view all of the pieces submitted to the gallery by the due date, and review her favorites in a live zoom!
In other words, you could get your pitch reviewed by an art agent and author who has agented thousands of arty books illustrated and sometimes even also written by the artists she represented for 30 years!
Make Art That Sells student Sharisse Steber with her book, Rise and Roar, a guided journal, which was picked up by a publisher within 48 hours! Sharisse and her book (left) and one of the spreads (right).
Lilla has announced that the assignment she will be reviewing is Week 3, a spread in your book. It’s open to anyone taking My Arty Book Pitch: if you’ve already completed the assignment, you can either submit the art you’ve already done or create a new spread to submit (which will boost your finished pitch too!).
The BONUS review will take place on Thursday, June 12th , with the deadline for submissions on June 9th, so get cracking now so you can create your best possible art and give yourself the very best chance of getting into the review!
Want in? Register now and get instant access! The sooner you sign up, the longer you’ll have to work on your finished piece so that you can get your art in front of Lilla and have a chance at getting it reviewed!
The deadline for the assignment is less than a month away, so grab your spot NOW to get involved!
Lots of love
The Make Art That Sells team xxx
