RevPit is excited to introduce our new BIPOC Editor Mentorship!
This mentorship is open only to BIPOC editors and provides one-on-one guidance throughout the #RevPit annual contest. Mentees will receive resources and feedback from experienced editors on managing a freelance editing business or agency, as well as developmental editing and query editing.
Revise & Resub (#RevPit) is a writing community co-founded in 2017 by a group of editors. It supports authors by offering editing-focused chats and mini-events throughout the year, as well as an annual contest wherein querying authors can win feedback and edits on their full manuscripts from professional editors, ensuring their works are polished and ready for agent inboxes.
See the Annual Contest page for more details. Visit our Mini-Events page for updates on chats, mini-contests, and more!
A mentorship for BIPOC editors to learn developmental fiction editing and query editing from an approved RevPit Editor. Our goal with this program is to provide support, resources, and experience to BIPOC editors in the editing space.
Editing can be difficult, in general, and the publishing industry is very white. This mentorship is designed to help BIPOC editors gain experience and receive guidance in this space—and will be especially helpful to those who don’t live in cities with a major publishing presence, such as New York, Chicago, or San Francisco. To help BIPOC publishing hopefuls break into a difficult industry, this mentorship is designed to provide advice, experience, support, and resources.
Running this mentorship alongside the #RevPit annual contest provides mentees with a unique experience: they are exposed to a variety of writing styles and experience levels and receive an extensive look at many areas of editing, from query letters and synopses to manuscripts. It provides insight into what agents and acquisitions editors look at on a day-to-day basis.
BIPOC editors, both new and established, may enter during the submission window from February 1, 2026, to February 28, 2026.
Once mentees are chosen, they will be notified and connected with their personal mentor. They will then work with their mentor to establish a timeline that works for both the mentee and the editor within the parameters of the contest. This includes participating in the #10Queries mini-event.
During the annual contest, our editors receive hundreds of submissions and must choose one winner they think they can help the most, given the constraints of the contest. Mentees will shadow their editor mentor throughout the contest and will be asked to read and evaluate submissions, prepare feedback on queries and first pages (#10Queries), and provide developmental feedback.
Each mentee will receive feedback from their editor throughout the process and get the chance to ask questions, get clarification, and receive insight into the publishing industry. Communication will be primarily through email, but may include some live one-on-one calls with your editor mentor. Dates and times shall be worked out between the mentee and the editor mentor.
Mentees will receive an unobstructed view of the selection process for the annual contest, as they will be asked to review around 100 submissions and receive training on #10Queries. They will also edit the first 50 pages of the editor’s selected contest winner and will receive feedback on those edits from their mentor.
Chosen mentees should expect to dedicate between 5-10 hours per week, March-May.
This mentorship is open to any and all BIPOC individuals seeking to grow their fiction editing expertise and experience. They must have a website and social media where they conduct business or advertise their services.
Yes! Winning or participating in previous contests does not disqualify you from applying or participating in the mentorship. However, you cannot be chosen as a Mentee and participate as a First Reader or Annual Contest participant at the same time.
Yes. This is a mentorship specifically for BIPOC individuals.
You will have to disclose your real name in your application to the RevPit board. However, your name will not be posted publicly if you do not want it to.
No, but you must be able to meet deadlines based on New York time.
Yes. If chosen, reach out to your editor mentor or a board member for accommodations.