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Jason Yarn

An agent with Jason Yarn Literary Agency

About

Jason Yarn is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives and an attorney registered in the state of New York. He graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in English and from Brooklyn Law School with a JD. He started his career in publishing with Writers & Artists Agency and then continued with Paradigm Talent Agency for ten years, acting as both a literary agent and a business affairs executive.

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Country of Publication

United States

Professional Associations

Member of AALA

AI Policy

Unknown AI policy

Statistics Synopsis

Slower
Jason Yarn's overall average response time is slower than most agents.

Collapse section Fiction Open

For fiction, Jason is primarily interested in science fiction, fantasy, thrillers, suspense, literary fiction, and commercial fiction, all at the middle grade, young adult, or adult levels.

Audience:

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

Genres:

General
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres
Science Fiction Open to all/most Subgenres
Suspense/Thriller Open to all/most Subgenres

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

For non-fiction, he is interested in a wide array of genres, though especially in narrative, science, food, current events, history, and adventure/true stories.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
History.
Lifestyle: Food and Drink.
Science.
Society/Culture: Current events.
Other: See guidelines.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.

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Jason Yarn Submission Statistics

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This agent ranks among the 25 Slowest Fiction Agents in our database.
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Accuracy
We have received 5 reports from 5 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported
121 min | 369.4 mean avg | 321.0 median | 673 max days (838.8 std dev)
Pending
5 responses are pending (55 min | 201.6 mean avg | 211.0 median | 354 max days waiting | 782.1 std dev) from 5 different members This only includes pending reports from people who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

This agent may not respond to all queries. After waiting a reasonable amount of time, assume your submission will not be accepted.
Most recent response reported was received on 17 Apr 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 17 Dec 2025.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 14:31 UTC (7 hours, 18 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 03 Jun 2026

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