Submissions
I am currently open to submissions.
Please send all submissions to katie@theampersandagency.co.uk
Please ensure to include the title of your submission and the age range in your subject line.
For Children’s, YA and Adult Fiction, please submit the following in single Word doc (.docx) file:
A cover letter
Synopsis
The first five chapters
Please Note: I am currently only accepting Middle Grade and YA submission in Children’s. No Picture Books or Chapter Books please.
For Graphic Novels in all age ranges please submit the following, with text in a Word doc (.docx) file, and artwork as a PDF:
A cover letter
Synopsis
Five pages of rough layouts
One finished artwork page
Optional: a sample of 15 pages of script
Please Note: For Graphic Novels, I am currently only considering Author-Illustrators (or Author/Illustrator pairings). Please do not submit graphic novel scripts without artwork or an artist attached.
If you have accessibility needs or require accommodations for submissions, please let me know via my contact page.
Please note: I will not accept submissions written using AI assistance for the manuscript, research, editing, summaries/synopses or query package. I am proud to champion human authors only!
MSWL
In all areas, I am dedicated to championing traditionally under-represented stories and authors. This includes writers from Black, Asian, Mixed Heritage and Minority Ethnic backgrounds; disabled and neurodiverse writers; LGBTQ+ writers; and working class writers. I am actively seeking writers and stories from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, so please do submit if that’s you!
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I am looking for mainly YA and Crossover, with some room for outstanding Middle Grade. In all these areas I am looking for commercial, plot-driven ideas with a great hook.
Please no Picture Books or Chapter Books.
Some books I love: All That's Left in the World by Erik J Brown; The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness; Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas; Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi; The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave; Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo; Legendborn by Tracy Deonn; Gone by Michael Grant; His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman; Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell; The Dark Lady by Akala; Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan; The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper; Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.
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I specialise in Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Horror and Speculative Fiction. I am particularly looking for works that cross genre lines or subvert reader expectations.
Some books I love: Babel by R. F. Kuang; Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell; Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik; Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovich; The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers; The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin; Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree; The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winters; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrel by Susanna Clarke; The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu; The Girl With All The Gifts by M. R. Carey; One Last Stop by Casey Mcquiston; Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao; The Reformatory by Tananarive Due;The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch; The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern; The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo; Kindred by Octavia E. Butler; Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin; all and anything by Terry Pratchett!
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I am open to author-illustrated graphic novels across age ranges. In Children’s, I’m looking for fast, funny and action-packed Chapter Books and Middle Grade. In YA, I’m drawn to grounded or contemporary SFF, queer stories and fairytale or folktale inspired works.
Some books I love: Homebody by Theo Parish; Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe; Lumber Janes by N. D. Stevens et al; On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden; Through The Woods by Emma Carrol; The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen; Heartstopper by Alice Oseman; El Deafo by Cece Bell; Roller Girls by Victoria Jamieson; Skyward by Joe Henderson and Lee Garbett; Faith by Jody Houser.
Please note I am only accepting author-illustrator or author & illustrator submissions. Please do not submit scripts only.