POC
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 1d
Rebecca Traister @rtraister
The 1881 Atlanta Washerwomen strike! Everyone should read @TeraWHunter's great book, To 'Joy My Freedom, which chronicles the story of the washerwomen: hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is… twitter.com/ewarren/status…Black authors! Write me a picture book about this, please! 👇👇👇 #mswl
Trevor Ketner @TKetner · Nov 11
#mswl: YA novels-in-verse and bios of bad-ass queers throughout history; and as always more BIPOC voices in my query pile
ZR/Zabé Ellor @ZREllor · Nov 5
#MSWL I’d love to see more #ownvoices books about PoC that don’t center racism as the conflict/hook
Tiffany Shelton @TiffanyDiahann · Oct 30
j. @mindofjoi
Do Black writers know that everything we create doesn’t have to be about our trauma? I don’t wanna see another get out the hood, police brutality, abusive relationship, segregation, or slavery story. We deal with that shit every day. TF I WANNA WATCH THAT IN MY FREE TIME FORThis is why I keep asking for the stories that feature POC and more specifically black teens and adults in happy situations like falling in love, figuring out who they are, having great friendships because the world is already hard enough for us as it is. #MSWL
Linda Epstein @LindaEpstein · Oct 29
Something I VERY much want more of: submissions by Jewish people who aren't Ashkenazi! I want to see more stories by/about Jewish #POC, Sephardic, Mizrahi, & Ethiopian Jews. Love stories. Fantasy. SciFi. Humor. Historical. Non-scary mysteries. Literary. Bring 'em all! #MSWL
Linda Epstein @LindaEpstein · Oct 29
You know what I really want to see in my inbox when I'm open to submissions 11/1-12/15/19? Super romantic, swoon-worthy & humorous YA in all genres (well, not horror or thrillers). I'd particularly LOVE to see stories by #POC & always welcome the full spectrum of #LGBTQIA #MSWL
Tara Gilbert🏳️🌈📖🔮 @Literary_Tara · Oct 18
Some ideas? How about:
- 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU, but gay.
- a POC BRIDGET JONES DIARY
- a millennial SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE
- a neurodiverse YOU GOT MAIL
- a plus-size of FIRST 50 DATES (or any book because I need more plus-size characters) #mswl 3/3
Alex Slater @abuckslater · Oct 14
#MSWL ALERT: "I want to do a highly illustrated middle-grade fantasy novel about a child of color." nyti.ms/35rxX3z
Kelly 📚 @LitAgentKelly · Oct 14
Skelly-ton is CLOSED to Queries 🎃💀 @LitAgentKelly
So, I AM CLOSED TO UNSOLICITED QUERIES through January 1st, but I'm REALLY looking for some LGBTQIA+ and POC #ownvoices stories I can help to champion and get heard. I also am desperately looking for MG (fantasy, sci-fi, cont., hist.) and Adult (fantasy, cont. rom., hist.) #MSWLThough I'm NOT asking to receive more queries, I would love to know if you sent me one and it's sitting in my box somewhere waiting for me to see it. If you haven't sent anything yet, pitch me via @SavvyAuthors next week from the 23rd-25th! If I like it, it's a request! <3 #MSWL
Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks · Oct 7
I'd really love to see more parenting books (guides, memoirs, etc.) by authors of color in my query box.
My wife and I had a hard time finding those when it was baby time, and I'd like to work on that. #MSWL
Kat Enright (they/them) @katenright · Oct 1
And as always -- all marginalized voices are welcome! Believe me, I understand how hard it is for queer, poc, disabled, and other marginalized individuals to succeed in publishing. You are always welcome in my inbox. #MSWL
Kaitlyn Johnson @kaitylynne13 · Sep 25
Shannon/S.A. Chakraborty @SAChakrabooks
Please....if a POC #ownvoices author even writes a Mission Impossible-esqe heist novel involving people breaking into the British Museum to recover their stolen treasure, I will help you write a query letter and blurb your book and push it into people's hands.Hardcore #mswl
Lauren Spieller @laurenspieller · Sep 24
Shannon/S.A. Chakraborty @SAChakrabooks
Please....if a POC #ownvoices author even writes a Mission Impossible-esqe heist novel involving people breaking into the British Museum to recover their stolen treasure, I will help you write a query letter and blurb your book and push it into people's hands.PLEASE 🙏🏽 #mswl
Lisa Abellera @LisaAbellera · Sep 24
Shannon/S.A. Chakraborty @SAChakrabooks
Please....if a POC #ownvoices author even writes a Mission Impossible-esqe heist novel involving people breaking into the British Museum to recover their stolen treasure, I will help you write a query letter and blurb your book and push it into people's hands.I’d absolutely love to get this! #mswl
Allison Moore 📚 @allisonm610 · Sep 24
Shannon/S.A. Chakraborty @SAChakrabooks
Please....if a POC #ownvoices author even writes a Mission Impossible-esqe heist novel involving people breaking into the British Museum to recover their stolen treasure, I will help you write a query letter and blurb your book and push it into people's hands.Not my usual genre, but how cool would this be? A Robin Hoodesque reclaiming of works from colonial powers #mswl twitter.com/SAChakrabooks/…
Alyssa Jennette is closed to queries! @AlyssaJennette · Sep 24
Shannon/S.A. Chakraborty @SAChakrabooks
Please....if a POC #ownvoices author even writes a Mission Impossible-esqe heist novel involving people breaking into the British Museum to recover their stolen treasure, I will help you write a query letter and blurb your book and push it into people's hands.Still yes!!! (Since we're in the vein of forgery and heists...) #MSWL
Bridget Smith @bredalot · Sep 24
My clients have pointed out that I've got a specific subset of YA Nerd Girl Romance, and I am always here for more! Queer & POC girls very welcome, and I'm more likely to be won over by the romance if it intersects with other themes - family, friendship, self-discovery. #mswl
Jess Dallow @jldallow · Sep 24
And, of course, I am always looking for stories featuring disability, mental illness, LGBTQ, POC, #ownvoices, different cultures, different religions...INCLUSIVE. #MSWL
Kaitlyn Johnson @kaitylynne13 · Sep 24
I'm open to vampires! You've just got to give me something different, unique, with a wonderful plot or setting. Still thinking there's so much we can do with New Orleans POC vamps or vamps in island regions.
Also would love vamps with the humor of What We Do In The Shadows #MSWL
Kaitlyn Johnson @kaitylynne13 · Sep 24
Hell yes if those historicals are feminist, LGBTQ+, POC. Definitely interested in non-American and non-UK settings. #MSWL