With #queerpit approaching, I thought I'd write up a super specific super gay #MSWL . I acquire for picture books, MG, YA, graphic novels, & nonfiction for Atheneum, and I'm looking for queer esp intersectional (BIPOC, neurodivergent, disabled) and trans/NB/genderqueer voices. 1/6

With so many pitch events fast approaching, I thought it was about time for an #MSWL refresh. I rep everything from picture books to adult fiction, but am looking to fill some particular gaps:

👋 I'm Ivan! Assistant Editor at Sourcebooks, Kids!

📚 Open to submissions: Picture books and graphic novels!

👉 #MSWL manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ivan-taurisano/

#kidlit #BookTwitter #writingcommunity #picturebooks #querying #litagents #kidsbooks welove #kidsbooks #graphicnovels

GN #MSWL : If any creators/agents have a project w/a similar vibe as this, I'd love to see it! I'm also on the lookout for coming-of-gender stories; queer romance; contemporary like Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up.., This One Summer, Go with the Flow; absurdly funny MG/early readers

"Seeking middle grade animal stories like PAX by Sara Pennypacker, SILVERWING by Kenneth Oppel, BUNNICULA by Deborah and James Howe, and SANTA PAWS by Nicholas Edwards."
@agentvicente #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/

"I'm looking for realistic middle grade stories featuring characters with compelling interests, like in THE FIRST RULE OF PUNK by Celia C. Pérez and THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH by Ali Benjamin."
@agentvicente #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/

YA and Middle Grade Fiction

Light-hearted, action adventure, character driven, coming of age books that can tackle big themes and doesn’t shy away from important topics. Books with romance but are romances. Thoughtful stories about character over spectacle.

You may say you book is the most bonkers thing ever written, to which Maggie would say ‘send my way😎’

#WritingCommmunity #booklovers #publishing #MSWL

It’s official…my #mswl page is live

manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/shey…

I am closed to queries but will open to this specific #MSWL . Please DM me for a special link:

💚 MIDDLE-GRADE FANTASY 💚
Cozy, character-driven, magic-less (or magic-limited), second-world/high fantasy, mythic creatures (dragons etc)

Ex: Ella Enchanted, The Last Mapmaker
(1/2)

kathleenfoxxagent.com/mswl/

#MSWL #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #AmWriting #AmQuerying

I’m also looking for some fun and light spooky MG vibes — like goosebumps meets ghost busters with a light adventure type theme? Super specific, I know. Any takers? 😂

“Would love to read MG fantasy novels comparable to The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill or When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller.” @agentvicente #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/

🚨 Alice is caught up on queries and will be closing for the summer on 13th July. She's looking for YA romantasy, contemporary romance and comedies, MG comedies and adventure, teen, and YA and MG graphic novels, plus select adult romance.

QueryManager.com/aliceashliteraashliterary

#mswl

I’m feeling really great about where I’m at with my QM, so I decided to reopen just for a tiny bit before summer. I’ll post a more detailed #MSWL later today but I’ve reopened to Adult, which I haven’t done for a while, and I’m still extremely interested in MG.

(My website still says closed but I’m driving all day and can’t change it until later. QM genres are open.)

FORMATS:
I just did the deal for books 12 & 13 in my first 12 months as an S&S editor (🎉)—and many of them are picture books! (My first & forever love.)

So this year, I’m especially eager to acquire more MG and YA: novels/verse, graphics, nonfiction.

I really want a MG voice that gives me that early 2000s, *record scratch. Freeze frame* "yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got into this situation..." vibe. #MSWL

I am officially open to queries again! 🎉 Looking forward to seeing all of your amazing MG and YA submissions in my inbox 🤗 Check out my MSWL to see what I'm looking for!

Attn: writers seeking agents! My queries are open! Find out more about my updated #MSWL and how to query me here: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/kristin-ostby/ #amquerying

Thank you and welcome to all the new follows I’ve gotten since posting my new Manuscript Wishlist profile! If you don’t know me yet, I’m a YA and MG agent and former Big 5 editor. Very gay, very liberal, very geeky. Actively growing my list. My query link is in my bio. 😊