DC WRITERS' SALON

Querying and Publishing 

While we encourage the idea of writing for its own sake, we also know many members seek to share their words and be published.

To support querying and publishing aspirations, we've compiled some key resources. We hold subscriptions to many of these services for Project members to use for their research and exploration. Just pop us an email for access. 
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Publishers Marketplace

Find agents and agencies by the most important piece of info: who is selling in your genre.

​The search enables filtering by genre, recent deals, size of deals, number of deals, new agents who may have capacity, and reverse search to find representation by book. 
Publishers Marketplace
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Submittable

Browse opportunities for submission across a wide range of genres.

Discover oodles of publications you may not have heard of, get the submission specifications, deadline, cost to submit, and compensation for acceptance. And then submit through the site.
Submittable
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Manuscript Wish List

Mini profiles of agents who are actively looking to represent. 

Not an exhaustive or always up to date resource, but 
access in-depth and specific information about the agents that are listed and comparable books. 
Manuscript Wish List
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Literistic

Monthly newsletter with curated list of 60+ literary opportunities open to submissions. 

Editors scour the web so writers can spend more time writing, less time searching, and have more success submitting to
 contests, magazines, presses, grants, residencies, etc. 
About Literistic
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Agent Query

The go-to site for the most thorough expert advice on all parts of the query process.

Drawing from agent feedback, site includes how to write a query, examples of letters, and even what specifically to do when an agent responds. 
Agent Query
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Writers' Digest

Monthly newsletter with curated list of 60+ literary opportunities open to submissions. 

Editors scour the web so writers can spend more time writing, less time searching, and have more success submitting to
 contests, magazines, presses, grants, residencies, etc. 
Writer's Digest

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