Howland Literary has moved to Query Manager for all submissions. If you would like to query one of our agents, please use their personal Query Manager link, as listed below.
SCHEDULES FOR 2025:
In 2025, Zoe Howard and Rebecca Angus will open their query inboxes on the 1st of every month, and close on the 14th, or when they reach 200 queries.
Carrie Howland's QueryManager: Carrie is only accepting submissions via her personal QueryManager link. Please include your title, word count, genre, query letter, synopsis, and 20 sample pages in the form provided.
Zoe Howard's QueryManager: Zoe is only accepting submissions via her personal QueryManager link. Please include your title, word count, genre, query letter, synopsis, and 20 sample pages in the form provided.
Gabriela Laracuente's QueryManager: Gabriela is only accepting submissions via her personal QueryManager link. Please include your title, word count, genre, query letter, and synopsis. For fiction, include the first 20 pages of your manuscript. For nonfiction, please include your book proposal.
Rebecca Angus' QueryManager: Rebecca is only accepting submissions via her personal QueryManager link. Please include your title, word count, genre, one-sentence pitch, synopsis, and query letter. For fiction, please include the first 20 pages of your manuscript. For nonfiction, please include your book proposal.
Ashlee MacCallum's QueryManager: Ashlee is only accepting submissions via her personal QueryManager link.
You can find our submission requests and wishlists under "Meet Our Agents"
Initial Queries:
We make a point to read the entire query, including letter and first twenty pages. We do our best to respond to every single query that comes through our inbox, however we do not respond to queries which do not adhere to our guidelines, particularly genre.
A grammar error or misspelling will never dissuade us from reading a query. We know that emails are pored over, like books, and yet we still miss things in the copyedit.
Please understand that a pass on an initial query does not mean the book is bad or will never sell, but instead, we may not be able to best represent that manuscript, and think another agent would be better suited. We do our very best to offer personal feedback when we can.
Full Manuscripts:
If we have requested a full manuscript, ideally we would love to get back to you within 1-2 months, but it has taken up to four months. We read an entire manuscript if we request it and give detailed feedback either way.
Please give us a nudge if you have gotten other offers, haven't received a response from us in several months, or have news to share about your manuscript (pieces of the book have been published, the manuscript is a finalist for a book prize, you've been on a podcast, etc). We love good news!