Agent List XXV

December's list of book agents accepting queries

As seen on the Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises web page

Greetings new and returning Bookish subscribers,

Before this month’s agent list, a few items of note:

- The Cincinnati Review is open this month for poetry and prose submissions. You’ll find the submission portal and guidelines here. (Note: submissions close early if they reach their limit before Dec. 31.)

- Ohio University Press’s Hollis Summers Poetry Prize is open for book-length submissions (60-95 pp) through December 31. This year’s final judge is Natalie Shapero. $1,000 cash prize and publication, $30 entry fee. Guidelines and link to submissions page are available here.

- Congratulations to Donna Seaman on the publication of her newest book, River of Books: A Life in Reading, and to Gioia Diliberto, on her most recent book, Firebrands: The Untold Story of Four Women Who Made and Unmade Prohibition. (Highlighted green links above will take you to their Bookshop.org pages and to an interview I did with each author.)

- A preview of November’s agent list is accessible here. Yearly and monthly subscriptions to Bookish are discounted 30% this month (the link has been fixed; my apologies about the non-functioning pathway last week). Agent lists, with few exceptions, are the only posts with a paywall.

Lastly, still a few spaces open for the May 18-24, 2025 writing retreat I’m leading in Bordeaux, France, hosted by Foreword Retreats. All genres and levels of experience are welcome. Registration deadline is Jan. 10, 2025. (Lodging is in a chateau, with an on-site chef—full disclosure: not a budget experience.)

Winter writing course, Stanford Continuing Studies: join me starting Thursday, Jan. 16, 6-8:30 PM PT, for a 10-week online novel workshop, “Breaking Ground.” More information and registration details here.