Literary Agent
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!
Editor
#MSWL: Polished stand alone adult urban fantasy romance packed full of tension, excitement, and powerful women. Under 68K. enigmaticeditor.blogspot.com/p/submit.html
Literary Agent
More #ownvoices queer and trans love stories in YA would be excellent! And YA graphic novels, too.
Literary Agent
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...
Literary Agency
“I’d really love to get more YA horror in my inbox. Smart horror. I don’t want gore, I want a story that creeps me out, and asks questions I don’t want answers to.” @ericsmithrocks #MSWL ericsmithrocks.com/mswl
Literary Agent
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.
Literary Agent
Would love more graphic novels and author-illustrators for all ages, too!
Literary Agent
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.
Literary Agent
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.
Literary Agent
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.
Literary Agent
I would so love for these stories to be funny, silly, celebratory - in all possible genres (but especially comedy or horror, FYI) and up and down the age-ranges, but especially middle-grade.
Literary Agent
...trans characters; incidental working-class backdrops; all kinds of BAME stories...give me life in all it's beautiful variation! My inbox is still not showing me this, so at JULA we're cooking up ways of removing this barrier that still must exist for writers submitting to us.
Literary Agent
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...Always, always, #ownvoices stories from under-represented writers and characters – including neuroatypical protagonists; characters with visible and invisible disabilities; stories involving unpaid carers and young carers; the broadest definition of queer love / sex stories...
Literary Agent
Maile Beal @MaileBeal
We’ve been watching a lot of Black Sails and oh boy did I forget how much I like a good pirate storyUnrelated but if anyone is working on a book about Anne Bonny I would be very interested #mswl
Editor
Is the time right for an apocalypse journal? Could be! #MSWL
Assistant Editor
sarah maclean @sarahmaclean
@normajeanesays Norma. Only one of us is an editor. FIND ME SOME ALPHAS.So, this dovetails pretty nicely into my other Book Twitter convo today.
Agents, please help me. For Romancelandia, and Sarah 💕 #MSWL
Editor
Elizabeth Lee @EleeReads
Happy #MSWL Day! Here’s all the things I’m craving atm 👀👀See pinned tweet! As a reminder, here's my #MSWL. ;)
Editor
Elizabeth Lee @EleeReads
As @GraceKendallLit tweeted, Macmillan is on rotational WFH due to coronavirus. However, I'm full-time WFH for now because I'm in a high risk population. With that said, I'm safe and cozy at home and very excited to read all! the! submissions! So please send them my way. 💙As a caveat, at this time I'm only accepting agented manuscripts. Thank you! Can't wait to read!
Literary Agent
now that many editors are working remotely from home, I've been sending out lots of new picture book stories from my author/illustrators... here's to reading! #MSWL and big hugs to #kidlitart peeps xo
Literary Agent
This is weirdly specific (blame my subconscious) but I’d love to see a YA where the MC is dealing with the fallout of a parent’s very public arrest as a serial killer, and the true crime aficionados and podcasters who now hound their family. #MSWL