Seeking fiction, including romance (historical, romantic suspense, paranormal, category, contemporary, erotic), urban fantasy, women’s fiction, mystery, thrillers and YA; and nonfiction, including business, relationships, biography/memoir, … Read More “Bradford Literary Agency”
Represents literary and commercial fiction, including stories for women, historical and multicultural stories, art-related fiction, and some mysteries and thrillers. Also represents serious nonfiction, including … Read More “Barbara Braun Associates”
Represents authors of literary and commercial fiction and general nonfiction, with a particular interest in memoir, biography, narrative history, pop culture, sports, travel/adventure, medicine and … Read More “B.J. Robbins Literary Agency”
The August Agency Represents authors of a wide variety of mainstream fiction, creative nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, crime fiction, true crime, popular culture, arts and entertainment, … Read More “The August Agency”
Seeking literary and YA fiction, narrative nonfiction, current events, history, journalism and science. Submit queries and materials by email only.
Join Nimrod International Journal for an all-day writing conference with workshops in fiction, poetry, memoir, YA fantasy, finding a literary agent and more. Also includes … Read More “Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers”
One evening plus two full days of workshops, two best-selling keynoters, two first ten-lines critique sessions, 32 workshops/breakout sessions, ten-minute agent pitches, ten-page manuscript evaluations, … Read More “Hampton Roads Writers 5th Annual Writers’ Conference”
Send entries as an attachment to [email protected] with entry form located on contest website. Must be 18 or older to enter. Max 3,000 words for … Read More “2013 Professional Writers of Prescott Writing Contest”
Submit unpublished personal essays up to 8,000 words, any topic; all entries considered for publication. Send by postal mail only.
Submit short story, 2,500 words max; personal essay/memoir, 2,500 words max; or poetry, 40 lines max. Send four copies of each entry. All winning entries … Read More “Society of Southwestern Authors Writing Contest”
February 2023 Calls for Submissions These are the writing opportunities and contests that caught our eye and are published in the February issue of The … Read More “Opportunities for Writers: February 2023 Calls for Submissions”
The key to writing a great YA series (or MG series) is knowing your characters and plotlines inside and out – while giving yourself the flexibility to modify things when needed. Here are four things to live by when writing a series, based on tips from middle grade and young adult authors who have been there. Read More “Consistency across your YA series”
By most accounts, there are more than five senses. Some experts say there are seven, some as many as 20. But narrowing in on at least the five classical senses can lend a much-needed “sense” of detail to your writing. Here are five prompts for each of those five classic senses. Read More “25 Sensory Writing Prompts to Improve Detail & Description”
