Agent List (#40)
Mesdames et Messieurs...It's query time
Submission alerts:
National Poetry Series’ poetry collection contest (suggested length 48-64 pp - but no set requirements) is approaching its March 21 submission deadline.
Prairie Schooner Book Prize (two prizes and two genres: short story collection & poetry collection - at least 50 pp) – submission deadline is March 15.
Black Lawrence Press’s Hudson Prize (poetry, short story, essay collections). The prize is open to new, emerging, and established writers - submission deadline is March 31.
Bookish subscriptions are 30% off.
Other news and offerings:
Writer, former Chicago Tribune staffer, and film critic Mark Caro and I talked recently about the book business and all things writing-related for his podcast Caropop - if you’re interested, the episode is available here. 🎤
Over at Flash Fiction Institute, I gave a short interview in advance of a class I’m teaching on comedic flash fiction, 3/12, 5-7 PM PT. (Link for more info & registration here.)
Looking ahead, Aug. 8-14, I'll be teaching an in-person fiction workshop, "The Long and the Short of It," for Vermont College of Fine Arts' Writers Conference on the CalArts campus in Valencia, CA. Sue William Silverman (nonfiction), Vandana Khanna, and David Wojahn (both poetry)—along with several other instructors - workshops in prose, poetry, and dramatic writing.
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Today’s post is March’s list of agents currently open to queries. A preview of last month’s agent list is accessible here. Most Bookish material is freely available, but I paywall these once-a-month posts.
You’ll find last week’s post, an interview with screenwriter and YouTube luminary Glenn Gers is here.
If you’re currently at the AWP conference and have the time/chutzpah/stamina to add another event to your schedule, come say hello! I’m on a panel about literary podcasts and Substacks tomorrow, Friday, March 6, 1:45 PM, Convention Center, room 317, 3rd flr. I’ll also be taking part in the Cream City Review - Epiphany - Baltimore Review reading on Friday, 3/6. Event starts at 6 PM, upstairs at Peter’s Pour House, 111 Mercer St., Baltimore. Participant list & other info here. (Free and no tickets required, despite the event page tickets option.)
