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As I was cruising the interwebs, looking for any further agents/agencies I ought to query, I came across this listing of agents who say they accept SF/F. It's a pretty good list compiled by an aspiring author, and it's clear some research has gone into it, but it is not a one-stop shop for agency info, by any means.
The maintainer of the list does not make a distinction between urban and high fantasy or different types of science fiction. Thus, agencies are listed that may in theory accept SF/F, but in practice are romance and women's fiction oriented. Yes, novels with covers of half naked men who are supposed to be vampires might say they're "fantasy", but if you're looking to sell the next Wheel of Time, it's no good.
Also, some of the agencies published one vaguely SF/F book back in 1999 and have been doing books about people Remembering Their Angsty Childhood In Suburbia ever since. Sometimes that's noted, sometimes not.
The list is also somewhat outdated, and not quality controlled. All the agencies/agents listed pass a basic inspection. None are fee-charging or obvious predators. However, some of the links went to dead or outdated sites. Also, some of the agencies have scrolls and scrolls of clients that I've never heard of, with books I could hardly find on Amazon that were published by presses that have either no websites or the world's most crap websites ever.
Seriously. The blinking, scrolling text across the screen with the tiled background? Is so 1996. The people born when you made that website are now hitting puberty.
The good news about the site is that I did get a couple of names I hadn't considered from agencies that I didn't find in combing AgentQuery or LitMatch, because they weren't listed there.
So, my recommendation is to use the site as a non-exhaustive resource, but do your homework. Just thought I'd share. If you see an agent there, go and look them up and read all about them you can.
The maintainer of the list does not make a distinction between urban and high fantasy or different types of science fiction. Thus, agencies are listed that may in theory accept SF/F, but in practice are romance and women's fiction oriented. Yes, novels with covers of half naked men who are supposed to be vampires might say they're "fantasy", but if you're looking to sell the next Wheel of Time, it's no good.
Also, some of the agencies published one vaguely SF/F book back in 1999 and have been doing books about people Remembering Their Angsty Childhood In Suburbia ever since. Sometimes that's noted, sometimes not.
The list is also somewhat outdated, and not quality controlled. All the agencies/agents listed pass a basic inspection. None are fee-charging or obvious predators. However, some of the links went to dead or outdated sites. Also, some of the agencies have scrolls and scrolls of clients that I've never heard of, with books I could hardly find on Amazon that were published by presses that have either no websites or the world's most crap websites ever.
Seriously. The blinking, scrolling text across the screen with the tiled background? Is so 1996. The people born when you made that website are now hitting puberty.
The good news about the site is that I did get a couple of names I hadn't considered from agencies that I didn't find in combing AgentQuery or LitMatch, because they weren't listed there.
So, my recommendation is to use the site as a non-exhaustive resource, but do your homework. Just thought I'd share. If you see an agent there, go and look them up and read all about them you can.