Stephen Barr

An agent with Writers House LLC (see other agents at this agency).

About

Writers House has been around for over forty years, and in addition to being an actual house (it's true! Check our website!), it's one of the largest literary agencies in the industry, representing fiction and non-fiction of every stripe. I've been with Writers House for a little over nine years now, and while I'm not an actual house (couldn't get the permits), I'm a pretty omnivorous agent.

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United States

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Statistics Synopsis

Faster: Stephen Barr's overall average response time is faster than most agents.
Normal Acceptance: Stephen Barr's overall acceptance rate is within a normal range for agents.
More Responsive: Stephen Barr's overall rate of non-response is lower than most agents.

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Audience:

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

Genres:

General Open to all/most Subgenres
Fantasy Open to all/most Subgenres
Mystery/Crime Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Detective

Lengths:

Novel

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Folklore/Mythology: Ghost stories.

Submissions:

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

Collapse section Nonfiction Open

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Adults.

Lengths:

Book

Styles:

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

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Lifestyle: Food and Drink.
Memoir.
Society/Culture: Pop culture.

Submissions:

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

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Stephen Barr Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 14 reports from 14 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

12 min | 19.8 mean avg | 20.5 median | 120 max days (25.5 std dev)

Responses

92.86 %

Acceptances:

0.00 %

Rejections:

92.86 % (19.1 avg. days per rejection) | 15.4 % personal, 84.6 % form, 0.0 % unspecified | 6.3 % partial MS requested

Non-Responses

7.14 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

7.14 % (120.0 avg. days before reporting submissions as never responded)

Withdrawals

Pending

2 responses are pending (16 min | 39.0 mean avg | 39.0 median | 62 max days waiting | 93.0 std dev) from 2 different members

Other Information

The agent will try to make a decision within 14 days. (85.7 % of the responses reported to us for this listing have taken longer than 14 days.)
Most recent response reported was received on 22 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 01 Jul 2026.
Date compiled: 05 Sep 2026 23:13 UTC (less than a minute ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 26 Aug 2026

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