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nonfiction guidelines

IMPORTANT! Please direct your query to the appropriate agent. Contact information for each agent, what they are looking for, and whether or not they are open to submissions is found on our “Agents” page.

Queries not directed to a specific agent will likely be rejected.

When querying nonfiction, please email the query letter with the proposal attached as a Word document.

In the proposal, you may include anything that you believe is relevant, but at the very least, please include:

Overview
Manuscript Details (genre; word count; etc)
About the Author
Comp Titles (5 mid-selling books from the past 5 years)
Marketing & Promotion
Chapter-by-Chapter Outline
Three Sample Chapters

fiction guidelines

IMPORTANT! Please direct your query to the appropriate agent and follow any unique guidelines they may have. Contact information for each agent and whether or not they are open to submissions is found on our “Agents” page).

Queries not directed to a specific agent will likely be rejected.

When querying fiction, please email the query letter with the complete manuscript attached and a 1-3 page synopsis as separate Word documents.

Additional information to include is: the proposal, please include:

Genre, word count
Comp Titles
Author Bio
Existing writer platform (if any)