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An agent with Rogers, Coleridge and White Literary Agency (RCW) (see other agents at this agency).

About

Matthew Turner joined Rogers, Coleridge & White in 2012. He has a BA in English Literature and an MA in Creative Writing. Matt assists Peter Straus and is also curating his own list of literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Writers he has worked with have won or been nominated for the Costa Book Awards, the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Sunday Times Short Story Prize, the JCB Prize, the An Post Irish Book Awards, the Betty Trask Award, the Orwell Prize, the Guardian 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, the White Review Short Story Prize and the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award.

Country & Professional Associations

United Kingdom Member of AAA

Fiction Open

In fiction he favours emotionally intelligent storytelling lead by voice, propelled by character and with a vividly realised landscape.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Novel Novel
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.


Nonfiction Open

Matt is looking for writing about society and culture, as well as memoir, hybrid and formally innovative narrative non-fiction.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:
Book Book
Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.


Poetry Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Poetry Collection Poetry Collection
Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.


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Dates

Last Updated: 08 Mar 2024
Last Audited: 12 Feb 2024. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 08 Mar 2018

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