Cheyenne Faircloth

An agent with Handspun Literary Agency (see other agents at this agency).

About

Cheyenne Faircloth (she/her/hers) joined Handspun Literary Agency as an agency assistant in 2021, after graduating with a B.F.A. in Creative Writing, and a certification in Publishing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Before Handspun, Cheyenne interned as an editorial assistant at Howland Literary, and was a member of the editorial and acquisition teams at Lookout Books, an independent publisher that is home to National Book Award Finalist Edith Pearlman. Cheyenne also independently managed a book blog where she collaborated with both major and indie publishers to promote upcoming titles and participated in various promotional activities centered around supporting debut authors.
Cheyenne is most interested in manuscripts from historically excluded communities, i.e. queer, BIPOC, AAPI, neurodivergent, and disabled voices.

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United States

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Statistics Synopsis

Regular Speed: Cheyenne Faircloth's overall average response time is within a normal range for agents.

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Fiction Open

Her interests include romantasy, cozy fantasy, speculative fiction, young adult and adult fantasies with political elements and well-grounded world building, Southern Gothic stories with speculative elements, folkloric and atmospheric elements; rom-coms; feminist retellings of mythology; and new takes on popular creatures of myth. #mswl
She is not currently accepting middle grade, picture books, contemporary YA, or nonfiction.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults, Young adults. Excluding: Children, Middle grades.

Genres:

General Subgenre: Gothic
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Gothic
Romance Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Folklore/Mythology: General, See guidelines.
Politics/Political Science: See guidelines.
Sexuality/Gender: LGBTQ issues, See guidelines.
Sports/Recreation: See guidelines.
Other: May vary.

Submissions:

Method: QueryTracker.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Accuracy

We have received 3 reports from 3 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

43 min | 98.0 mean avg | 115.0 median | 136 max days (48.8 std dev)

Pending

1 response is pending (13 days waiting).

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 56 days. (66.7 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 56 days.)
Most recent response reported was received on 28 May 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 02 Feb 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 10:08 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 23 Aug 2026

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