LITERARY AGENCY QUERY REQUEST FORM
Here is a query form from a literary agency. The information required is typical of forms found from other agencies.
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Step 1. Tell us about the author
Fill in these author-related fields.
First Name: (required)
Last Name: (required)
E-Mail Address: (required)
Biography:Tell us a little about yourself and any writing credentials you may have.
Website Address: (if you have one)
Have you previously published other books? Yes No
Have you ever been represented by a literary agent before? Yes No
If you previously self-published a book, about how many copies were sold in the first year?
If this query is a referral, who referred you?
Step 2. Tell us about the book
Fill in these book-related fields.
Title: (required)
Genre: (required) select your book’s genre Action/Adventure Chick Lit Childrens Commercial Contemporary Crime/Detective/Police Erotica Family Saga Fantasy Fantasy: Magical Realism Fantasy: Urban Graphic Novel Historical Horror Humor/Satire Inspirational LGBTQ+ Literary Multicultural Mystery New Adult Offbeat/Quirky Romance Romance: Category Romance: Contemporary Romance: Historical Romance: Paranormal Romance: Thriller/Suspense Romantasy / Romantic Fantasy Science Fiction Short Stories Suspense Thriller Upmarket Western Women’s Fiction Young Adult Young Adult: Contemporary Young Adult: Fantasy Young Adult: Historical Young Adult: Literary Young Adult: Mystery Young Adult: Paranormal Young Adult: Paranormal Romance Young Adult: Romance Art Cookbook Cultural/Social Issues Finance Food Gardening Health & Fitness History Home Decorating & Design LGBTQ+ Lifestyle Memoir Narrative Parenting Politics Psychology Relationship & Dating Religion Self-Help Spirituality Travel True Crime Women’s Issues This agent only represents the genres shown in this list. Selecting an inaccurate genre will result in a rejection. If your book’s genre is not shown here, please go to QueryTracker for a list of agents who do represent your genre.
Word Count: (required)Enter the approximate WORD count of your book. Enter numbers only. Do not include any letters or special characters.
Is this book currently published or has it ever been published before? Yes No
Query Letter:Tips for formatting and pasting text
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Enter your query letter for this book. (Tips for formatting and pasting text) Do NOT paste images into this field. Pasting large blocks of text can take several minutes. Please be patient.
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The First 10 Pages of Your Book (or full book proposal if non-fiction):
(If your book is shorter than this (such as a picture book) please include the entire text.)Tips for formatting and pasting text
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Paste in the first 10 pages of your book, or your full book proposal if your book is non-fiction. (Tips for formatting and pasting text) Do NOT paste images into this field. Pasting large blocks of text can take several minutes. Please be patient.
Optional: Sign into QueryTracker
A QueryTracker account is NOT required to send a query. If you are not a member of QueryTracker, you can skip this section.
Or join QueryTracker, a free service that helps authors find agents and keep track of queries.
Signing into QueryTracker will link this query to your QueryTracker account, allowing it to be automatically tracked and displayed in QueryTracker.
Your QueryTracker Username or Email Address:Your QueryTracker Password:Sign In
Forget your credentials? Recover them at QueryTracker.
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Learn more about auto-tracking queries.
Final Step: Submit Your Query
Submit Query
Important: After submitting your query, you will receive a personalized link to a special page that you can visit any time to check your query’s status.
If the recipient of your query would like to read more, they will contact you through that page as well as through email.
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Having the information on the above form should help you in quite a few queries.
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As mentioned in a previous post, when searching for a literary agent you will discover that many agencies use an online form you must use to make your query. This makes the search much easier than it was in the past for most of the information required is, more or less, the same for all forms.
Here is a list of the information required on many of the forms,
Information on previously published books
Title
Publisher
Release date
If you have self-published a book
Query letter
Synopsis
Sample pages or sample chapters
The number of pages or chapters varies by agency.
Pitch
Target audience
Books similar to your book
Bio
Most agencies using an online form also require that you are a member of Query Tracker, a free website.
In a future post I will supply a form used by an agency so that you may see what they look like.
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In my current search for a literary agent for my novel, The Beast Awaits, I have come across a phenomenon which greatly assists in querying agents. Many literary agent agencies are using online forms to submit queries. And all the forms require, to a great degree, the same information. This makes querying agencies a s process where once you have the information required for one agency you have most of the information required by the rest.
Another common denominator is the requirement to be a member of Query Tracker. The membership for this website is free.
In a future post I will list the information which is required to query these agencies so you will be prepared, with the information needed in hand, to make the querying process for your work easier.
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