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Writers: our website is still in development but I want new submissions. #mswl 🧵:
High-concept YA - if it includes & addresses untold histories / historically marginalized characters, all the better
YA horror - ALL OF IT
Literary / commercial-literary horror - see above…
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…and will never say no to creepy. #mswl
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Across both adult and children’s markets, I’m looking for work that radically reimagines the ways in which we live and interact #mswl
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Also some mythical retellings and / or adventures inspired by non-Western myths and legends for the middle grade market? #mswl
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Pondering my current #mswl. I’d still love to see some high-concept YA romance (if queer then all the better) that addresses the climate crisis… ecological, possibly international, could be a version of our world, could be fantasy?
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Rachel Mann @rachelphilippa
While we're all locked up reading and writing / glued to social media, I thought I might do a thread about the kinds of submissions I'm looking for, because it worked pretty well last time...My submissions are now reopen – #mswl below. Could be v. crudely summarised as: minoritized voices & stories/ creepy/ funny/ weird/ playful/ radical/ internationalist/ commercial middle-grade/ bold YA/ non-white genre fic/ bold adult non-fic/ anything else you like. Send away!
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Anything that doesn't fit any of these is great too, of course, and generally anything that is too 'weird' or bold to fit into a definable genre or category. I have all kinds of (wonderful) stories and writers on my client list already, but I can't wait to grow it. Send away!
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More #ownvoices queer and trans love stories in YA would be excellent! And YA graphic novels, too.
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YA / crossover is the big one, and there I'm looking for new takes on big commercial / genre, as well as funny, uplifting, voice-led novels, and (always) teen books full of sex, politics and content that teenagers actually want to read but that gatekeepers are sh*t scared of...
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I'm largely a kids and YA agent, but I do also represent adult work - especially bold non-fiction with a clear hook and (often) socially progressive aspect - feminism; socialism; environmentalism; internationalism; mental health; prison reform - I'd love to see it.
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Would love more graphic novels and author-illustrators for all ages, too!
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I also love horror horror - YA, middle-grade, even commercial-literary adult fiction. Creepy, cinematic psychological horror with some kind of genre twist or social justice message would be an absolute dream.
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I'd also love some comedy-horror in middle-grade. I don't know what that looks like, but I do know I love ghosts and zombies.
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On the subject of middle-grade, I'm still not seeing enough comedy by women. I continue to wax about it, but @sharnajackson's HIGH RISE MYSTERY is the perfect example of a funny, clever adventure with all the life and representation that I'm looking for.