Allegra Martschenko An agent with BookEnds Literary Agency (see other agents at this agency). About Allegra is all about magic, all the time. They have an undergraduate architecture degree from Princeton University and started agenting at Ladderbird Literary Agency in 2022 with a focus on science fiction & fantasy novels, but they're also the editorial coordinator at Princeton University Press, formerly an editor at the University Press of Colorado, cofounder of Paths in Publishing, an artist, and a writer (under a pen name). Between the many hats they wear, they bring a well-rounded perspective to author-agent relationships and work expertly with various parties across the publishing industry.They love cats, gardening, power tools, and books that love you back: sweeping stories, characters with big hearts, and prose that inspires. They focus on elevating marginalized authors and are always on the hunt for gorgeous prose. In the adult, crossover, and young adult spaces, Allegra is open to speculative fiction in the broadest sense, from science fiction and fantasy to the only lightly fantastical. They love books that love you back: sweeping stories, characters with big hearts, and prose that inspires. When they’re not reading, you can usually find them gardening, crafting, or wrestling their misbehaving cats. Limited Demographic: Submissions are restricted to marginalized writers. Country United States AI Policy Unknown AI policy Fiction Temp Closed Allegra is looking for marginalized writers with romances or romcoms in the adult + crossover space, or beautifully crafted speculative fiction in the young adult, crossover, and adult space.For romance, they always love highly competent characters, laugh out loud banter, and yearning.For speculative fiction their definition is broad: fantasy, science fiction, fabulism, horror, romance, book club, thrillers, mystery—it doesn't matter the home genre so long as there is an added speculative or magical element. They are open to both novels and novellas in speculative fiction, but are extraordinarily picky in the novella category.They get extra excited about silliness/quirkiness/goofiness, characters with specialized jobs, love plots, settings that feel alive, historical fantasy, queer fiction, light fantasy, found family, feral people doing feral things, and anything to do with gods, myths, or immortal beings who make bad decisions.Audience:Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Young adults.Genres: Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Science Fantasy Horror Open to all/most Subgenres Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres Romance Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Romantic Fantasy, Romantic Horror, Romantic Science Fiction Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Science Fantasy Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most SubgenresLengths: Novella NovelStyles:Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.Topics: Open to all/most Topics including... Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, See guidelines. Society/Culture: Ethnicity/Race, See guidelines.Submissions:Method: QueryTracker. Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed. Always check guidelines for details and restrictions. If you aren't familiar with these terms, see our glossary. Go to agent's webpage Report: Submission/Query Correction/Update New Cover ArtSocial:Bluesky @allegramartsch.bsky.socialInstagram @bookends_literaryX (Twitter) @bookendslit For the Agent: Request Interview Duosuma Submission Manager Link to Duotrope Agent Impersonation Scams are becoming commonplace.A legitimate agent will not contact you and request money to represent you. Never pay an agent an up-front fee. That is not how literary agent representation works. Agents earn a commission only after they've landed a publishing deal for you. Also, agents scarcely ever contact writers. If an agent that you haven't queried contacts you about representation, be suspicious. Look up the agent and check if the email address is correct for that agent/agency. Allegra Martschenko Submission Statistics The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the agency or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics. Filter: Category: Group by submission Include outliers Include other agents at the same agency Accuracy We have received 1 report within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information. Other Information The agent will try to make a decision within 21 days. Most recent response reported was received on 22 Jul 2026. Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 21 Jul 2026. Date compiled: 05 Sep 2026 23:18 UTC (less than a minute ago). Work submitted to this agent was also submitted to...This section is available to subscribers only. 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