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Recent Agent Responses to Fiction Queries/Submissions

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Want to know which literary agents have been responding to queries and submissions lately? You've come to the right place!

Agent Responses to Fiction Queries/Submissions (received in the last 7 days, based on reports from our members)

Did you know that you can see 30 days of responses from a specific agent? Look for the link to view recent responses in the Response Times section of agent listings.

1. 31-day personal rejection from Hillary Jacobson (Creative Artists Agency) on October 30.
2. 25-day form rejection from Sara Megibow (Megibow Literary Agency) on October 30.
3. 18-day form rejection from Maria Whelan (Mushens Entertainment) on October 30.
4. 25-day form rejection from Maria Whelan (Mushens Entertainment) on October 30.
5. 31-day form rejection from Maria Whelan (Mushens Entertainment) on October 30.
6. 79-day form rejection from Melanie Figueroa (Root Literary) on October 29.
7. 2-day rejection from Warren Frazier (John Hawkins and Associates, Inc.) on October 29.
8. 70-day form rejection from Emily Glenister (DHH Literary Agency) on October 29.
9. 76-day form rejection from Emily Glenister (DHH Literary Agency) on October 29.
10. 77-day personal rejection from Emily Glenister (DHH Literary Agency) on October 29.
11. 78-day form rejection from Emily Glenister (DHH Literary Agency) on October 29.
12. 30-day form rejection from Mark Gottlieb (Trident Media Group) on October 29.
13. 35-day rejection from Hillary Jacobson (Creative Artists Agency) on October 29.
14. 4-day form rejection from Meredith Miller (United Talent Agency) on October 29.
15. 42-day form rejection from Alyssa Reuben (WME Books) on October 29.
16. 7-day form rejection from Eddie Schneider (JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.) on October 29.
17. 41-day form rejection from Marin Takikawa (The Friedrich Agency LLC) on October 29.
18. 54-day personal rejection from Danielle Burby (Mad Woman Literary Agency) on October 28.
19. 9-day personal rejection from Marisa A. Corvisiero (Corvisiero Literary Agency) on October 28.
20. 42-day form rejection from Melissa Danaczko (DeFiore and Company) on October 28.
21. 4-day form rejection from Caroline Eisenmann (Frances Goldin Literary Agency, Inc.) on October 28.
22. 28-day form rejection from Joanna MacKenzie (Nelson Literary Agency) on October 28.
23. 2-day form rejection from Mary C. Moore (Aevitas Creative Management) on October 28.
24. 70-day form rejection from Susan Ginsburg (Writers House LLC) on October 27.
25. 4-day form rejection from Amanda Jain (BookEnds Literary Agency) on October 27.
26. 16-day personal rejection from Laura Katz (Writers House LLC) on October 27.
27. 16-day rejection from Laura Katz (Writers House LLC) on October 27.
28. 57-day rejection from Kirby Kim (Janklow & Nesbit Associates) on October 27.
29. 29-day form rejection from Sara Megibow (Megibow Literary Agency) on October 27.
30. 132-day personal rejection from Flo Sandelson (Curtis Brown) on October 27.
31. 55-day personal rejection from Alyssa Santoleri (The Kepner Agency) on October 27.
32. 63-day rejection from Alec Shane (Writers House LLC) on October 27.
33. 43-day rejection from Haley Casey (Creative Media Agency, Inc.) on October 26.
34. 1-day form rejection from GiannaMarie Dobson (Azantian Literary Agency) on October 26.
35. 15-day form rejection from Emily Sacks (WLA Books) on October 26.
36. 3-day form rejection from Tommy Dean (Talcott Notch Literary Services, LLC) on October 25.
37. 51-day form rejection from Madelyn Knecht (Storm Literary Agency) on October 25.
38. 7-day form rejection from Laura Zats (Headwater Literary Management) on October 25.

Note: This list is compiled every five minutes. Last compiled: 31 October 2026 9:15 PM UTC (less than a second ago).

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