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An agent with Trident Media Group (see other agents at this agency).

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Martha Wydysh has been working in publishing for just under a decade, and her first job in agenting was in subsidiary rights at a major agency. There, she worked to sell audiobook and serial rights on behalf of all clients at the agency, and quickly fell in love with the business side of books. She came to Trident in 2016 to work as Magazine Rights Associate and Executive Assistant to Ellen Levine, and in this position, she helped manage the representation of Ellen’s renowned clients in addition to placing short stories, book excerpts, articles, and essays with prestigious magazines and literary journals on their behalf. Martha began building her list in 2019 and was promoted to Agent in 2021. Martha is a graduate of Cornell University and the Columbia Publishing Course, and as an undergraduate, she spent a year at St. Anne’s College, Oxford University studying British literature and creative writing. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Country & Year Established

United States Agent since 2019

Fiction Open

She is primarily seeking literary fiction as well as upmarket fiction, and is drawn to novels that are contemporary, emotionally and psychologically acute, and not necessarily plot-centric. She has a soft spot for slightly speculative and satirical works that question the status quo here in the U.S. and abroad, and gravitates toward anything that verges on the absurd, obsessive, or humorous. She has a particular love of short fiction, especially linked collections or novels-in-stories that transport and immerse readers in an unfamiliar place. Additionally, Martha is looking for dark and propulsive psychological, domestic, and social thrillers.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Genres:
GenreSubgenres
General General
Fantasy FantasyOpen to all/most Subgenres.
Horror HorrorOpen to all/most Subgenres.
Science Fiction Science FictionOpen to all/most Subgenres.
Suspense/Thriller Suspense/ThrillerOpen to all/most Subgenres, including: Domestic Thriller, Psychological.
Lengths:
Fiction Collection Fiction Collection
Novel Novel
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

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

Nonfiction Open

In non-fiction, she is interested in representing very select projects in the areas of narrative non-fiction, cultural criticism, and literary memoir.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:
Book Book
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics, including: Memoir (See guidelines), Society/Culture, Other (See guidelines).

Submissions:

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

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Martha Wydysh Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

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This agent ranks among the Most Unresponsive Fiction Agents in our database.
AccuracyWe have received 19 reports from 19 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported47 min | 174.1 mean avg | 116.0 median | 438 max days (124.4 std dev)
Responses5.26 %
Acceptances0.00 %
Rejections5.26 % (155.0 avg. days per rejection) | 100.0 % personal, 0.0 % form, 0.0 % unspecified | 7.7 % partial MS requested
Non-Responses94.74 %
Lost/Returned-
Never Responded94.74 % (175.1 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)
Withdrawals-
Pending7 responses are pending (20 min | 162.9 mean avg | 54.0 median | 530 max days waiting | 191.3 std dev) from 7 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 30 days. (100.0 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 30 days.)
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 22 Nov 2023.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 20 Jun 2023.

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Dates

Last Updated: 28 May 2024
Last Audited: 04 Mar 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 04 Sep 2021

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