Picture Books #MSWL

Wants:
☑️ STEM-based
☑️ break down gender stereotypes
☑️ variety of family structures

Nos:
🚫 Sports
🚫 Anthropomorphism (objects/animals)
🚫 Issue books, saviorism, or "inspirational" (written to center the dominant narrative of "overcoming" an identity

Multiverses and space opera! I love expansive worlds with a close knit cast of characters, like NOPHEK GLOSS. I love the strange and alien, horror in space, and found family tropes. Another recent favourite of mine was THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS. #MSWL

- Other diverse experiences, such as neurodiversity, mental illness, physical disabilities, chronic illness, or non-nuclear/“found” families
- Compulsively page-turning YA thriller with deep emotional engagement
- Immersive YA high fantasy that’s dark, twisty, and queer AF (4/6)

General fiction: Stories about unique experiences/people, complex families and history, siblinghood, friendship, self-growth. Looking for works that speak to the peculiarities of the human condition with a unique protagonist. Interested in quiet stories with big impact!

My new TV obsession is Animal Kingdom, so I want books with criminal, or at least morally gray, families. The family that steals and slays together... #mswl

“Generational stories of parenthood and family with non-binary and/or trans characters in the commercial or historical adult fiction genre (ie. heavy with plot!)” @carlywatters #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

"If you have a contemporary family drama set in the Midwest (especially in my home state of Wisconsin), please send it my way." @claire_m_harris #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

#MSWL #A #WomFic: In this genre, I need to you tomake me gasp, cry, or LOL in your opening pages. MAKE me want to turn the page. Make me impatient for your full submission. I love sibling relationships, family secrets, and quirky characters w/funny or serious storylines.

I don't know what this says about me, but it's true! Gimme dark, gimme twisty! 🙋🏽‍♀️ #WritingCommunity #MSWL

"I am hungry for dark and twisty dysfunctional family stories." @ceciliaclyra #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

In our fourth #fiction call-out, @ce_seymour is looking for literary and reading group novels about families, friendships or relationships. Could be a brief snapshot or a sweeping intergenerational story. Our submission guidelines: andrewnurnberg.com/submissions/ #MSWL #WritingCommunity

But also hear me out: “sweet witchy cottagecore” retelling of Hansel & Gretel about found family and who society casts off. #mswl

• Queer friendship, love, and adventure stories, especially featuring the less-represented members of the queer family: trans, non-binary, asexual, intersex, queer, and bisexual characters
#MSWL 14/?

• Unique family structures depicted in a positive and nuanced light—think found families of friends, guardians other than parents, or loving and supportive separated families
#MSWL 12/?

Hello writers! I am now open to queries! I'm looking for MG, YA, and adult books. Please find my full wishlist and submission guidelines on my website.

Below is a brief snapshot of my #MSWL. I look forward to hearing from you!

#amquerying #amwriting
rebeccaeskildsen.com

finally, for disney hyperion MG plz send me your contemporary 📚 full of heart, family, & friendship

i want memorable, under-repped characters starring in highly commercial stories that feel like a DCOM (iykyk) in book form & make me laugh & cry on the same page (6/6)

#mswl

“I really love literary fiction that takes you into small worlds and communities where I'm an outsider. A glimpse inside a complex family, or a workplace.”
@ericsmithrocks #MSWL ericsmithrocks.com/mswl

.@LarkWords is again open to queries! I’m retweeting my latest #MSWL tweets because they still apply... looking forward to seeing your words!

#mswl would love a mg or ya fantasy or scifi set in Ethiopia. Or an adult royal romance. Or a historical fantasy romance. Or a biopic related to the royal family.

Hi, yes. I would love a YA with romantic elements in the vein of The Half of It. The friendships, the family dynamics, the burgeoning relationships, and the personal growth gave me alllll the feels. I want to feel that again. Single POV, I’m thinking. HFN that feels HEA. #mswl