YA & Middle Grade Publishers & Agents

Middle Grade & Young Adult Publishers & Agents (updated 2/3/2010)

Read this first: Publishers and agents appear on this list because I found them in any number of relevant places: WritersMarket, Publisher's Marketplace, conferences, word-of-mouth, etc. I have only done some basic checking on each of these folks in sources such as Predators & Editors and AbsoluteWrite. Things change rapidly, so before you consider or contact anyone on this list, please do your own research.

If you see anyone on this list that you feel is disreputable, please contact me through my blog -
http://jayeckert.blogspot.com/

Publishers in no particular order...

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Lands Atlantic Publishing - http://www.landsatlantic.com/ (new small press)

Action Publishing - http://actionpublishing.com/submission_guidelines_for_writers.html

Silver Moon Press - http://www.silvermoonpress.com/html/about_silver_moon_press.html (Historical fiction only)

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Bloomsbury USA - http://www.bloomsburyusa.com/childrens_submission_guidelines

Diversion Press - http://diversionpress.com/submission_guidelines

Holiday House - http://www.holidayhouse.com/holiday_house.php#manuscripts

Royal Fireworks Press - http://www.rfwp.com/aboutus.php

Science & Humanities Press - http://www.sciencehumanitiespress.com/authguid.htm

Black Heron Press - http://www.blackheronpress.com

Mountainland Publishing - http://www.mountainlandpublishing.com/submit.html

Top Publications, Ltd. - http://topmysteries.com/submissions.html

Blooming Tree Press - http://www.bloomingtreepress.com/sub.html

Soto Publishing Company - http://www.sotopublishingcompany.com/Submission-Guidelines.html

UnTapped Talent - http://www.unt2.com/submissionguide.htm

Asylett Press - http://www.asylett.com/

Atlantic Bridge Publishing - http://www.atlanticbridge.net/ (an e-publisher)

WiDō Publishing - http://widopublishing.com/default.aspx (Okay, I know someone who got a publishing contract from these good folks.)

Pelican Publishing Company - http://www.pelicanpub.com/authors.asp

Twilight Times Books - http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com/subs.html (e-books, recommended on P&E)

Walker & Company - http://www.walkerbooks.com/info/index.php?wb_section=about&wb_page=submissi... (A division of Bloomsbury)

Kettlestich Press - http://kettlestitchpress.com/

Mundania Press - http://www.mundania.com/submissions.php

Bell Bridge Books - http://www.bellbridgebooks.com/writers/whateditorswant.html (imprint of BelleBooks)

Albert Whitman & Company - http://www.albertwhitman.com/content.cfm/editorial-guidelines-for-writers#novels...

Tradewind Books - http://www.tradewindbooks.com/new/authorsmain.html (make sure you read their submission guidelines!)

Baen Books (sci-fi & fantasy YA only) - http://www.baen.com/ (Recommended on P&E)

Farrar, Straus and Giroux - http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=fsgbyr&id=1393

Tor/Starscape - http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=torforge&id=255 (Recommended on P&E)

Arthur A. Levine Books (imprint of Scholastic) http://www.arthuralevinebooks.com/submission.asp (Yes, The Harry Potter folks)

Delacorte Press Contest for a First Young Adult Novel - http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/writingcontests/#youngadult

Puffin Books, Dutton, & Philomel Books (among many imprints of Penguin Group)
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/aboutus/pyrg-subguides.html

Henry Holt and Company http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=holtbyr&id=375#manuscript

Houghton Mifflin Books For Children - http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/

Wildchild Publishing - http://www.wildchildpublishing.com/ (recommended on P&E)

Paul Dry Books - http://pauldrybooks.com/ (small press)

Accomplice Press - http://accomplicepress.com/ap/

Sourcebooks, inc. - http://www.sourcebooks.com/our-authors/authors-agents-submissions.html

Absey & Company, Inc. - http://www.absey.com/submission.php

Boyds Mill Press & Front Street - http://www.frontstreetbooks.com/content/writers_and_illustrators_guide.html

Bancroft Press - http://www.bancroftpress.com/submission.html

The Dundurn Group - http://www.dundurn.com/submissions

Ooligan Press - http://www.ooliganpress.pdx.edu/

Peachtree Publishers - http://www.peachtree-online.com/

Flux - http://www.jacketflap.com/pubdetail.asp?pub=17546

Orca Book Publishers - (only publishes Canadian authors as of April '08) http://www.orcabook.com/client/client_pages/author_guidelines.cfm

Creative Book Publishing - http://www.creativebookpublishing.ca/en/index.cfm?pid=64

SynergEBooks - http://www.synergebooks.com/subguide.html (primarly an ebook publisher)

Whiskey Creek Press - http://whiskeycreekpress.com/submissions.shtml

OnStage Publishing (listed in Writer's Digest Hot Markets, Feb 2008) - http://onstagepublishing.com

Publisher's Lunch (you might see what agents have sold to what publishers) - http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/lunch/free/ and the all important search page http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/search.html

Agents serving the middle grade & YA market in no particular order...
Many, if not all of these agents claim to handle new/unpublished authors.

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Levine Greenberg Literary Agency, Inc. - http://www.levinegreenberg.com/young-adult-middle-grade/ (Recommended on P&E)

DeFiore and Company - http://www.defioreandco.com/submissions.html

Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises - http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/BetsyAmster/

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Epstein Literary - http://www.epsteinliterary.com/

The Bent Agency - http://www.thebentagency.com/

The McVeigh Agency - http://www.themcveighagency.com/

Howard Morhaim Literary Agency - http://www.morhaimliterary.com/

Adams Literary - http://www.adamsliterary.com/submitnow/submitnow.php

Spencerhill Associates, Ltd. - http://spencerhillassociates.com/index.php/Submissions/

Wolfson Literary Agency - http://www.wolfsonliterary.com/

Will Entertainment - http://www.willentertainment.com/ - for submission info, check here--> http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/blog/New+Agency+Alert+...

Publish or Perish Agency - http://publishorperishagency.com/submissions

Signature Literary Agency - http://www.signaturelit.com/

Lescher & Lescher, Ltd - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=153

Upstart Crow Literary - http://www.upstartcrowliterary.com/submit.html <-- This is where some of the Firebrand agents went.

Full Circle Literary - http://www.fullcircleliterary.com/

McIntosh & Otis - http://www.mcintoshandotis.com/submissions.html

Faye Bender Literary - http://www.fbliterary.com/submissions.html (no genre)

Signature Literary Agency - http://www.signaturelit.com/

LJK Literary Management - http://www.ljkliterary.com/submissions/index.html

Fox Literary - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=917

Halyard Literary Agency - http://www.halyardagency.com/submissions.html

Foundry Literary + Media - http://www.foundrymedia.com/submissions/index.html

Sanford J. Greenburger Associates - http://www.greenburger.com/code/contact.htm

Jean V. Naggar Literary - http://www.jvnla.com/query.html

Baker's Mark Literary Agency - http://www.bakersmark.com/

Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation - http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/Joanna/

International Creative Management (ICM) - Tina Wexler - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=627

Book Cents Literary Agency - http://www.bookcentsliteraryagency.com/

Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=83 (Recommended on Preditors & Editors)

John Hawkins and Associates - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=134 (Recommended on Preditors & Editors) - William Reiss represents YA

J de S Associates - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=995 - Jacques de Spoelberch represents YA

The McCarthy Agency, LLC - http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/McCarthy/ - Nahvae Frost represents YA

Mendel Media - http://www.mendelmedia.com

Alison J. Picard - http://www.writersservices.com/agent/children/alison_picard.htm

Schiavone Literary Agency, Inc. - http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/profschia/

Greenhouse Literary Agency - http://www.greenhouseliterary.com/index.php/site/index

Prospect Agency - http://www.prospectagency.com/boathouse.html

Nelson Literary Agency - http://www.nelsonagency.com/ (Recommended on Preditors & Editors)

Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. - (Gail Hochman) - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=227

Barry Goldblatt Literary - http://www.bgliterary.com/submissions.html

Andrea Brown Literary Agency - http://www.andreabrownlit.com/submissions.php

Dunham Literary - http://www.dunhamlit.com/interest.htm

Caren Johnson Literary Agency - http://www.johnsonlitagency.com/

KT Literary - http://www.ktliterary.com/ (New agency started by Kate Schafer who recently left Janklow & Nesbit Associates which was highly recommended on P&E)

Inkwell Management - http://www.inkwellmanagement.com (recommended on P&E)

Victoria Sanders - http://www.victoriasanders.com/ (recommended on P&E)

TriadaUS - http://www.triadaus.com (recommended on P&E)

Trident Media Group - http://www.tridentmediagroup.com/alyssa_henkin.html (recommended on P&E)

The Rights Factory - http://www.therightsfactory.com/about.html (recommended on P&E)

Scott Treimel New York Agency - http://scotttreimelny.com/ (recommended on P&E)

Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency, Inc - http://www.sgglit.com/index.html (recommended on P&E)

Spectrum Literary Agency - http://www.spectrumliteraryagency.com/contacts.htm (recommended on P&E)

Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, Inc. - http://www.skagency.com/about/ (recommended on P&E)

Susan Schulman A Literary Agency - http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/Schulman/ (recommended on
P&E)

PFD (Peters, Fraser and Dunlop Ltd) - http://www.pfd.co.uk/article/looking_for_representation_books/ (recommended on
P&E, UK Based)

Laura Dail Literary Agency, Inc. - http://www.ldlainc.com/ (recommended on P&E)

Levine Greenberg Literary Agency Inc. - http://www.levinegreenberg.com (recommended on P&E)

The Knight Agency - http://www.knightagency.net/about_us/ (recommended on P&E)

Fletcher & Company - http://www.fletcherandco.com/fletcher_submission.html (Recommended on P&E. Does not want genre fiction)

The Veltre Company (formerly Artists Literary Group) - http://www.algmedia.com/ (recommended on P&E)

Janklow & Nesbit Associates - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=421 (recommended on P&E)

Fielding Agency - http://fieldingagency.com/ (recommended on P&E)

Elaine Markson Literary Agency - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=949 (recommended on P&E)

Elyse Cheney Literary Associates - http://www.cheneyliterary.com/ (recommended on P&E)

The Ethan Ellenberg Literay Agency - http://www.ethanellenberg.com/submissionguidelines.htm (recommended on P&E)

Denise Shannon Literary Agency - http://www.deniseshannonagency.com/ (recommended on P&E)

Dystel & Goderich Literary Management - http://www.dystel.com/staff.html (recommended on P&E)

Cornerstone Literary - http://www.cornerstoneliterary.com/ (recommended on P&E)

Anne McDermid & Associates - http://www.mcdermidagency.com (recommended on P&E)

Antony Harwood, Limited - http://www.antonyharwood.com/index.htm (recommended on P&E)

Artists and Artisans, Inc. - http://www.artistsandartisans.com/ (recommended on P&E)

Harvey Klinger Agency - http://www.harveyklinger.com/ (Highly recommended on P&E)

JABberwocky Literary Agency - http://www.awfulagent.com/ (don't worry about the web site - recommended on P&E, loads of recommendations on absolutewrite)

Donald Maass Literary Agency - http://www.maassagency.com/ (Recommended on P&E, Stephen Barbara represents YA)

Diana Finch Literary Agency - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=193

Valerie Smith - http://www.firstwriter.com/Agents/agents_details.cgi?RecordNumber=946. Likes YA fantasy & Sci-fi. Query first via snailmail -
Valerie Smith, Literary Agent
1746 Rte 44-55
Modena, NY 12548

3 Seas Literary Agency - http://www.threeseaslit.com/

Sterling Lord Literistic - http://www.sll.com/ (Highly recommended on P&E - review the agent list on their web site)

Trident Media Group - http://www.tridentmediagroup.com/ (Highly recommended on P&E - many agents represent YA, but Alyssa Henkin specializes)

AP Watt - http://www.apwatt.co.uk/ (Inquire by letter, U.K. based)

Andrea Hurst - http://www.andreahurst.com/submit.html (Judy Mikalonis represents YA)

Andrew Mann - http://www.andrewmann.co.uk/ (U.K. based)

Brie Burkeman - http://www.writersservices.com/agent/uk09/brie_burkeman.htm (U.K. based)

Darley Anderson - http://www.darleyanderson.myzen.co.uk/submissions.html (U.K. based)

A.M. Heath & Company, LTD - http://www.amheath.com/submissions.asp (U.K. based)

Conville & Walsh, LTD - http://www.convilleandwalsh.com/index.php/literary/submissions/ (U.K. based)

Anderson Literary Management - http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/KAndersonGrin/

PMA Literary and Film Agency - http://www.pmalitfilm.com/submission-guidelines.html

Avenue A Literary - http://www.avenuealiterary.com/

Talcott Notch Literary - http://www.talcottnotch.net/ (read the more recent entries in absolutewrite - the agents frequent their thread)

Waxman Literary Agency - http://www.waxmanagency.com/ (Recommended on P&E and on AbsoluteWrite)

Pollinger, LTD - http://www.pollingerltd.com/ (U.K. based)

Felicity Bryan - http://www.felicitybryan.com/ (U.K. based)

Writer's House - http://www.writershouse.com/ (Highly recommended on P&E, lots of familiar authors)

David Higham Associates - http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/ (U.K. based)

Ed Victor, LTD - http://www.writersservices.com/agent/uk09/Ed_Victor.htm (U.K. based, Recommended on P&E, the late Douglas Adams' agent and friend)

Stimola Literary Studio - http://www.stimolaliterarystudio.com/ (Recommended on P&E)

Curtis Brown, Ltd - http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/GClark/ (Ginger Clark is a specific agent)

Folio Literary Management - http://www.foliolit.com/ (Highly recommended on AbsoluteWrite)

Jill Grinberg Literary Management, LLC - http://publishersmarketplace.com/members/JillGrin/

The Lazear Agency - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=655

The Jennifer Dechiara Literary Agency - http://www.jdlit.com/ (Recommended on Preditors & Editors)

Kathryn Green Literary Agency (great feedback on absolutewrite) - http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/kathy/

Laura Langlie, Literary Agent - http://agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=445

Serendipity Literary Agency - http://www.serendipitylit.com/

Bradford Literary Agency - http://www.bradfordlit.com/

Collins Literary - http://www.collinsliterary.com/submissions.php

Irene Goodman Literary Agency - http://www.irenegoodman.com/submission.php (chick-lit slant on YA, Highly recommended according to Preditors & Editors)

Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc. - http://www.agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=149 (Does not want to receive science fiction or children's picture books. Also, address has changed to 1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2320, New York NY 10019)

FinePrint Literary Management - http://fineprintlit.com/submission-guidelines/fiction/ (Highly recommended on P&E. Diane Freed handles YA non-fiction, Amy Tipton likes YA fiction)

Transatlantic Literary Agency - http://www.tla1.com/submissions.php

Joy Harris Literary Agency - http://agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=109

Marcia Amsterdam Literary Agency (Recommended on P&E) - http://agentquery.com/agent.aspx?agentid=525

Elaine Koster Literary Agency, LLC (sold THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini) - http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/members/ElaineKoster/

Cautionary Tales
Check here before contacting or signing any contracts!

Preditors & Editors - http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/

Writer Beware - http://www.sfwa.org/beware/

Absolute Write water cooler - http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22

From the desk of Piers Anthony - http://www.hipiers.com/publishing.html#publishers

Looking for querying & agent related comments and advice? Check out these blogs:

Help! I Need a Publisher! http://helpineedapublisher.blogspot.com

Miss Snark - http://misssnark.blogspot.com/

The Rejector - http://rejecter.blogspot.com/

Evil Editor - http://www.evileditor.blogspot.com/

Editorial Anonymous - http://editorialanonymous.blogspot.com/

SM Blooding & Crew - http://smblooding.blogspot.com/

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