Beth Phelan

☝️🏼one week until i close to queries for who knows how long! get your MG or YA query in before May 2! my current #mswl is below and there's more info at bethphelan.com/submissions 🫶🏼

hey #writingcommunity! i've decided to close to queries for a little bit starting on May 2. if you want to query me (see my #mswl below and more at bethphelan.com/submissions), then please do so before May 2! not sure how long i'll stay closed but i'm excited to review your work!

again summarizing some recent #mswl for the timeline!

Fat BIPOC characters
Indigenous stories
Autistic BIPOC creators
Trans femme authors
Queer joy in MG
YA thrillers
Monsters
LOL MG and YA
Afro Latinx creators
Voicey fantasy

#amquerying #writingcommunity 💖✨

A summary of recent past #mswl that I’d still very much like to see in my inbox please:

Fat BIPOC characters
Indigenous stories
Autistic BIPOC creators
Trans femme authors
Queer joy in MG
YA thrillers
Monsters
LOL MG and YA

#writingcommunity

Really want to see more YA thrillers #mswl

It’s 2022! A reminder that I’m open to queries and looking for all sorts of MG and YA, contemporary and fantasy. I have high hopes of finding some great new clients this year. And I finally updated my page here: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/beth… #mswl

ALSO a recent conversation just sparked this #mswl: queer joy in middle grade. :)

Hungry for submissions! Also really looking to be swept off my feet with a great voicey fantasy (non-royal, preferably). #mswl

I’ve been getting thru my requested submissions and looking for more!

#mswl:
YA grounded thrillers, high concept contemporary with a speculative twist
MG non-portal fantasy, speculative twists, intergenerational stories

Everything with and by marginalized people please!

#mswl

after 10 months, i finally reopen to queries today. bethphelan.com/news/submissio…

i'm so looking forward to seeing new potential clients in my submissions inbox! i'm hungry. nom!

#mswl

since i'm already getting queries, figured i'd just open early! check out bethphelan.com/submissions for all the info you need to query me! can't wait to see what comes through! #mswl #amquerying

To query me, please use QueryManager! QueryManager.com/querybeth

If QM is not accessible for you, I’ll also accept queries by email at querybeth@galltzacker.com.

thanks for reading my #mswl! looking forward to monday! 💖

7. Sensitive explorations of incarceration
8. Protagonists and authors with BPD and/or OCD with intrusive thoughts.

More can be found on my website at bethphelan.com/submissions

#mswl instructions ⬇️

2. Older YA, especially if you have a story about a teen who elects not to go to college
3. Hopeful, funny, romantic
4. Emotionally-fraught, grounded thrillers and mysteries
5. Paranormal!!
6. Experimental, inventive storytelling

#mswl cont ⬇️

In YA, i still love most genres and everything from light to dark. I love hope and depth and humor and stories that can change lives, whether from joy or empathy and validation. More specifically:

1. Super high concept contemporary and speculative contemporary

#mswl cont ⬇️

7. Queer and trans/nonbinary characters in fun settings, especially trans femme characters.
8. Something just right for that tricky space between MG and YA

#mswl cont ⬇️

2. Commercial fantasy adventure series, ensemble casts with or without a talking creature or two
3. Monsters!
4. Contemporary family stories
5. LOL high concept, character-strong stories
6. Hooky, character-driven contemporary series

#mswl cont ⬇️

More specifically in MG, i love a great, accessible voice and humor across the spectrum, but also more serious literary stories. MORE specifically:

1. Madcap adventures in any genre

#mswl cont ⬇️

First thing to note is that I only represent MG and YA. I love every genre from light contemporary to high fantasy and everything in between. I don’t represent artists or graphic novelists and don’t typically represent verse.

#mswl ⬇️⬇️⬇️