9 Literary Agents Accepting Submissions
These agents are building their list. They want to see your shit.
Another week, another agent list. Because the last one…was…kind of insane. Like, y’all really like agents. Which is great to know, because I’m just getting started trying to demystify this whole process. My first thing to figure out is, where the heck did the idea of a literary agent even originate? There’s an academic article about it, circa 2010, called “The Rise of the Literary Agent”. If I’m ever rich enough to spend $40 on an academic article about literary agents, I might actually read it and get some cool (or obscure) answers.
Then there’s also this blogpost from 2022, “Literary Agents: The Gatekeepers”. You can read it, it’s well written and short. But basically, the answer seems to be (as it is to most things, sigh): capitalism. So, yeah, we’re stuck with it. But you know, it can be kinda fun from what I hear. In fact, if any of you have any experience actually working with an agent, I’d love to hear about your experiences!
In the meantime, here are 9 literary agents that are currently building their list. They are relatively new additions to the agencies they’re affiliated with. Some of them are partnered with more experienced agents. All of them are hungry for a vast variety of submissions to get a good feel for the kind of work they’re passionate about, well, selling. Which means, whatever kind of experimental or super-mainstream stuff you’ve got — take a chance on them. Plus, newer agents are far more likely to respond positively (even if it’s just a personal rejection).
This list includes:
The agent & agency they work for
What they are looking for right now
Authors they’ve represented
Exact details on how to query them
Favorite books (where we could find them)
What else do you want to know? If we can find it, we’ll include it.
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