Literary agents are your entrée into the world of standard publishing, to acquisitions editors at Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and other standard publishing houses.
That’s because most standard publishers do not accept unsolicited submissions.
A handful of imprints belonging to the major publishers do, but for the most part, you need a literary agent to get your book proposal onto the desks of standard publishers. (For a list of publishers you can approach without agents, see “35 Publishers Who Welcome Unsolicited Submissions.”)
Here’s a list of 100 literary agencies accepting submissions. I’m not recommending any of these agents, simply providing a list to help you get started on your agent search. (This list is current as of September 2022, but please note that literary agencies or individual agents may, at any time, decide to stop taking submissions for a while.)
3 Seas Literary Agency – Home page – Agents page – Submissions & Contact page
Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency – Home page – The Team page – Submissions page
Aevitas – Home page – Agents/Team page – Contact & Submissions page
Andy Ross Literary Agency – Home page – Submissions page
Angela Rinaldi Literary Agency – Home page – How to Submit page
Aragi, Inc. – Home page
Ayesha Pande Literary (APL) – Home page – Queries page
Barbara Braun Associates – Home page – Contact & Submit page
Barry Goldblatt Literary – Home page – Contact page
Bent Agency – Home page – Who We Are page – Submissions Guidelines page
Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises – Home page – Submissions Guidelines page
Book Group – Home page – Submission Guidelines page
BookEnds Literary – Home page – Submissions page
Bradford Literary Agency – Home page – Submission Guidelines page
Brandt & Hochman, Literary Agents – Home page – Agents page – Contact page
Bresnick Weil Literary Agency – Home page – Contact page
Browne & Miller Literary Associates – Home page – Team page – Queries page
Carol Mann Agency – Home page – Submissions page
Chalberg & Sussman – Home page – Agents page – Submissions page
Charlotte Gusay Literary Agency – Home page – About page – Contact page
Chase Literary Agency – Home page – About page – Submissions page
Cheney Agency – Home page – Team page – Contact page with submissions guidelines
Chris Calhoun Agency – Home page – Submissions page
Cornerstone Literary Agency – Submissions Guidelines page
Curtis Brown – About page – Submissions page
Cynthia Cannell Literary Agency – Home page – About Us page – Contact page
Dana Newman Literary – Home page – Submissions page
Darhansoff & Verrill Literary Agents – Home page – Submissions page
David Black Agency – Home page – Our Team page – Submissions & FAQ page
DeFiore & Company – Home page – How to Submit page
Denise Shannon Literary Agency – Home page – Submission Guidelines page
Don Congdon Associates – Home page – Agents page – Submissions page
Donald Maass Literary Agency – Home page – Submissions page
Dunham Literary – Home page – How to Submit page
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency – Home page – scroll down on the Home page for the Agents and Submissions sections
Dystel, Goderich & Bourret – Home page – Meet Our team page – Submission Guidelines page
Einstein Literary Management – Staff page – Submissions page
Ekus Group – Literary Agency page – Submissions requirements page
Emerald City Literary Agency – Home page – About page – Submissions page
Emma Sweeny Agency – Home page – About Us page – Contact page with submission guidelines
Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency – Home page – Agents page – Submission Guidelines page
Fairbank Literary Representation – Home page – About page – Submissions page
Felicia Eth Literary Representation – Home page – Areas of Representation page – How to Submit page
Fifi Oscard Agency – Literary page – Submissions Guidelines page
Fine Literary – Home page – About page – How to Submit page
Fine Print Literary Management – Home page – Agents page – Submissions page
Fischer-Harbage Agency – Home page – Submissions page
Fletcher & Company – Home page – Who We Are page – Resources page with submission guidelines
Folio Literary Management – Home page – Team page – Submit page
Francis Goldin Literary Agency – Home page – Our Agents page – Submissions page
Friedrich Agency – Home page – About page – Submit page
Fuse Literary – Home page – Team Fuse page with list of agents
Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents – Home page – About Us page – Submissions Guidelines page
Georges Brochardt – Home page – Submissions page
Gernert Company – The Agency page – Submissions page
Greenhouse Literary Agency – Home page – Submissions page – The Team page
Harvey Klinger – Home page – About page – Submission Guidelines page
HG Agency – Home page – About Us page – Submissions page
Hill Nadell Literary Agency – Home page – About Us page – Submissions page
Inkwell Management – Home page – Our Team page – Contact page with submission instructions
Janklow & Nesbit Associates (J&NA) – Home page – People page – Submissions page
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency – Home page – Our Team page – How to Submit page
Joelle Delbourgo Associates – Home page – About Us page – Submissions Guidelines page
Joy Harris Literary Agency – Home page – About page – Contact page
Karpfinger Agency – Home page – About the Agency page – Submissions page
Kimberley Cameron & Associates – Home page – The Team page – Submissions page
Laura Dail Literary Agency – Home page – About page – Submissions page
Leigh Feldman Literary – Home page – the About Us and Submissions sections are on the Home page
Levine/Greenberg/Rostan Literary Agency (LGR) – Home page – Our Team page – Submissions page
Liza Dawson Associates Literary Agency – Home page – Submissions page
Liza Royce Agency (LRA) – Home page – About page – Contact page
Lotus Lane Literary – Home page – About page – Submissions page
Maria Carvainis Agency – Home page – Submissions page
Martin Literary Management – Home page
Massie & McQuilkin Literary Agents – Home page – About page – Contact page
McCormick Literary – http://mccormicklit.com/guidelines
McIntosh & Otis – Home page – Agents page – Submissions page
Nancy Yoast Literary Agency – Home page – About Us page – Submissions page
Nelson Literary Agency – Home page – Submission Guidelines page
Pinder Lane & Garon-Brooke (PLGB) – Home page – Contact page
Prospect Agency – Home page – About Us page – Submissions page
Rees Literary Agency – Home page – Contact page
Regal Hoffman & Associates – Home page – Submissions page
Root Literary Agency – Home page – About/Agents page – About/Submissions page
Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency – Home page – Agents page – How to Submit page
Scovil, Galen, Ghosh Literary Agency – Home page – Submissions page
Serendipity Literary Agency – Home page – Agents page – Submit page
Seymour Agency – Home page – About Us page – Submissions page
Sterling Lord Literistic – Home page – Our Team page – Submissions page
Stonesong Literary Agency – Home page – Our Team page – Submissions page
Stuart Agency – Home page – Submissions page
Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency – Home page – Submission Guidelines page
Tessler Literary Agency – Home page – Query Us page
Transatlantic Agency – Home page – Submissions page
Trident Media Group – Home page – Literary Agents page – Submissions page
Veritas Literary Agency – Home page – Submissions page
Vicky Bijur Literary Agency – About page – Submissions page
Waxman Leavell Literary Agency – Home page – The Agency page – Submissions page
William Clark Associates – Home page – Query Form page
Writers House – Home page – Agents + Submissions page
If you’re writing a memoir, biography, or autobiography, be sure to see “Agents Who Represent Memoirs and Biographies.”
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