#MSWL Contemporary YA and MG fiction.

#MSWL Fiction, across age groups, that explores the afterlife, but NOT set on Earth with ghosts. Think "waypoint" locations. I loved the movie "Defending Your Life," so a riff on that would be cool. But open to more settings, like an MG/YA kid ends up in the underworld.

#MSWL An MG ghost story that leans heavily into the fun and funny and not the scary. While I'm always open to MG horror, I'm looking not so much for chills in this wishlist item.

I am now a member of #SCBWI , I am eager to see some picture books from author/illustrators and contemporary MG. #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #KidLit #WritingCommunity - I'll soon update my #MSWL on all my pages.

GN: absurd, funny MG; fantasy/spec like This Was Our Pact; YA like The Prince and the Dressmaker, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up..., Genderqueer, Go with the Flow, The Magic Fish, beautiful coming-of-age like This One Summer that lingers w/you but make it all gay gay gay. 5/6

MG: character-driven fantasy/speculative/spooky; gorgeous verse novels; beautifully written coming-of-gender/gay stories w/ young people just beginning to come into their identity or discovering first love and crushes. Think Chiron in Moonlight when he's still a kid/preteen. 3/6

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

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