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Home » Tools for Writers » Literary Agents » Matt McGowan
Matt McGowan
New York, New York 10003
Submission Guidelines
Send a query letter with a project description and brief biographical information, including any publishing credits. If querying via e-mail, enter "Query" in the subject line; do not include attachments. If querying by conventional mail include an SASE. Response time is four to six weeks. Due to the large volume of submissions, a response will not be sent to all e-mail queries.
Agent Advice
5.20.13
For an unpublished writer, does it cost more to seek a literary agent abroad or would it be safer to self-publish first in the home country before seeking an agent in another country?
5.13.13
What is the best advice you can give young writers who are applying to MFA programs?
5.6.13
Do agents really read synopses? Isn’t a ten-page sample more useful?
Speakeasy Threads
- Before you send your work to an agent -- added April 25
- Agent Follow-up Question added April 11
- Editors & Agents added March 22
- Time frame for replying to partial? added January 30
- Can you really find an agent with a query letter? added January 25
- Expand your clientele added January 20