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Looking for an agent who specializes in nonfiction? Here are two new hires seeking clients like you
Leslie Meredith has joined Mary Evans, Inc. as an agent.
Seeking:
Nonfiction: Memoir; Science; Psychology; Health; Nature/Animals; Spirituality/New Age
Leslie is accepting queries via email at info@maryevansinc.com, or by post at 242 East Fifth Street, New York, NY 10003. More information on submission guidelines may be found here.
Allison Janice has joined Serendipity Literary Agency as an associate agent.
Seeking:
Fiction: Romance; Mystery; Select Women’s Fiction
Nonfiction: Cooking/Nutrition; Health and Wellness; Self-Help; Memoir; Humor; Psychology; History; Science
“In her new role as an agent at Serendipity, she aims to work with a range of nonfiction clients on the topics of cooking, nutrition, health and wellness, self-help, memoir, humor, psychology, history, and science, particularly in the areas of body-positivity, veganism, and environmentalism. She is also open to fiction in the area of romance and mystery, as well as the odd women’s fiction title. Push the boundaries of your genre and use your voice for good!”
Allison is accepting submissions via email at info@serendipitylit.com. For more information on the agency’s submission guidelines, see here for fiction and here for non-fiction.
More nonfiction and some non-nonfiction: A $$$ prize and residency for desert nonfiction, and a grant for spec. lit. writers aged 50+
Writing Ranch Waterston Desert Writing Prize—Submission window: January 1st to April 1st, 2018 (non-fiction proposal contest, $$$ prize + residency)
What: Nonfiction proposals about deserts and their importance (that’s deserts, not desserts, y’all). Submission material includes a biographical statement, project proposal, and writing sample. Writers in all career stages are invited to apply. Winner receives $2000 cash, a reading and reception at the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon, and a four-week residency at PLAYA at Summer Lake, Oregon.
Cost: Free
“Now starting its fourth year, the Prize annually honors literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place, and desert literacy – with the desert as both subject and setting. Inspired by author and poet Ellen Waterston’s love of the high desert of Central Oregon, a region that has been her muse for more than 30 years, the Prize recognizes the vital role deserts play worldwide in the ecosystem and human narrative.”
To Submit: More information on the contest as well as rules and guidelines may be found here. If you are ready to apply, an online submission form is available here.
Speculative Literature Foundation Older Writers Grant—Submissions due by March 31st, 2018 (grant application contest)
Who: Authors aged 50+ at the time of application who are just beginning work at a professional level in the area of speculative literature (think fantasy/sci-fi and more—a definition is provided below).
What: A short autobiographical statement, a writing sample (up to 10 pages of poetry, 10 pages of drama, or 5,000 words of fiction or creative nonfiction), and a bibliography of previously-published work by the author if available (applicants do not need to have previous publications to apply). Two winners will receive $500 grants each, to be used at their discretion.
Cost: Free
“Speculative literature is a catch-all term meant to inclusively span the breadth of fantastic literature, encompassing literature ranging from hard science fiction to epic fantasy to ghost stories to horror to folk and fairy tales to slipstream to magical realism to modern myth-making — and more. Any piece of literature containing a fabulist or speculative element would fall under our aegis, and would potentially be work that we would be interested in supporting.”
To Submit: Contest details may be found here. Submissions should be emailed to olderwriters@speclit.org.
#MSWL Highlights: Mumps, black women in WWII, and Michael Bourret wants you to question EVERYTHING
Sharon Pelletier, Agent at Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret
Sharon wants to see this CNN headline in book form: “More than 25,000 people who were at a national cheerleading competition in Texas are being warned to check for symptoms of mumps.” Source Tweet
Seeking:
Fiction: Mostly Upmarket/Bookclub
Nonfiction: Narrative Nonfiction; Society/Pop Culture; Women’s Issues; Religion
“While her interests are broad, Sharon is especially seeking upmarket fiction, including unexpected suspense fiction; smart, complex women’s fiction; and hearty, unforgettable book club fiction. On the nonfiction side Sharon is eager for compelling, fierce narrative nonfiction by journalists and experts, and emerging voices with a growing platform who can speak to pop culture, feminism, sports, social justice, and/or religion.”
How to submit: Sharon is accepting submissions via email at spelletier@dystel.com Click here for more information on the agency’s submission policies.
You can follow her on Twitter @sharongracepjs.
Natascha Morris, Agent at BookEnds Literary Agency
Natascha retweets @KiraJW with #MSWL: “Dear Hollywood: If you insist on making 13 movies about World War II every year, you need to make a movie about black women’s role in the war. Thanks.” Source Tweet
Seeking:
Fiction: Picture Books (including illustrators); Middle Grade and Young Adult fiction across genres
Nonfiction: None
“Stories about first generation immigrants are especially welcome, since she is a first generation . . . Natascha would love to see more fantasies (a major love), more thrillers in the vein of Mindy McGinnis’s The Female of the Species and This Darkness Mine, and more historical fiction that spotlight hidden figures and time periods. For middle grade, she is looking for historical fiction, fantasy, and quirky books (as in The Mortification of Fovea Munson). Natascha is also open to illustrators. With illustrators, she is mostly drawn to bright colors, and lush settings.”
How to submit: Natascha is accepting queries via online form, here. Click here for all submission info on the agency’s website.
Follow Natascha on Twitter @SoCalledYALife.
Michael Bourret, Agent at Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret
Last but not least, “for the millionth time” Michael’s #MSWL request is: “Smash the patriarchy, deconstruct toxic masculinity, destroy white supremacy, question capitalism/heteronormativity/EVERYTHING.” Got it? Ready, go! Source Tweet
Seeking:
Fiction: Children’s; Middle Grades; YA; Thrillers; Women’s Fiction
Nonfiction: Memoir; Science/Technology; Politics
“My tastes are quite broad . . . Really, I just want to read something that moves me, that I connect with on an intellectual, emotional or spiritual level—anything that makes me feel the way I did reading with my mom as a child.”
How to submit: Michael is accepting queries via email at mbourret@dystel.com Click here for more information on the agency’s submission policies.
Follow Michael on Twitter @MichaelBourret.