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The Bent Agency Generalist Internship

October 26, 2016Internship, LiteraryBent On Books, books, Celia Rivenbark, Eleanor Brown, Elin Hilderbrand, Erin Morgenstern, Generalist, Gillian Flynn, Humor, Internship, Jacqueline Sheehan, Jeanette Walls, Jodi Picoult, Kate Atkinson, Kristin Hannah, Laurie Notaro, Literary Suspense, Lori Roy, Memoir, New York, Readers, Remote, Tana French, The Bent Agency, Upmarket Women's fiction, Writerspdpabst

The Bent Agency

The Bent Agency is looking for an intern reader for generalist fiction. You don’t have to have any kind of publishing experience, but they’re looking for someone who enjoys books by authors such as:

Erin Morgenstern
Tana French
Eleanor Brown
Jacqueline Sheehan
Jodi Picoult
Gillian Flynn
Lori Roy
Laurie Notaro
Celia Rivenbark
Elin Hilderbrand
Kristin Hannah
Jeannette Walls
Kate Atkinson

You don’t need to like everyone on the list but should like at least two of the following genres: humor, memoir, upmarket women’s fiction and literary suspense. And even cooler, you don’t have to live in New York because this is a remote internship! How’s that for awesomeness?

For complete details of how to apply, go here. And as always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

The Bent Agency Internship

October 16, 2016Internship, Literaryagent, Internship, Literary, Manuscripts, Middle Grade, Molly Ker Hawn, New York TImes Best Sellers, Publishing Experience, The Bent Agency, Young Adultpdpabst

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Molly Ker Hawn of The Bent Agency is looking for an intern to read young adult and middle grade fiction for her. This is a remote and unpaid internship. Her expectations are that the intern reads and reports on an manuscript every two weeks. Applicants should be familiar with all sorts of YA & MG, especially literary-commercial. Molly would like someone with knowledge of New York Time Best Sellers and has interests in authors like Katherine Rundell, John Corey Whaley, Stephanie Kuehn, Margo Lanagan, Jack Gantos, Marie Rutkoski, Naomi Novik, Jacqueline Woodson, E Lockhart, Gene Luen Yang, Libba Bray…and, of course, her own clients.

For guidelines and how to apply, go here. As always, good luck!

P. D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

The Bent Agency: Generalist Intern

August 28, 2016Internship, LiteraryAgents, Bent On Books, books, Internship, Librarians, Manuscripts, MFA Students, Publishing, Reading, School Teachers, The Bent Agency, Writingpdpabst

The Bent Agency

The Bent Agency is looking for an intern reader for generalist fiction. You do not need to have any kind of publishing experience, but they’re looking for someone who enjoys books by authors such as:

– Erin Morgenstern

– Tana French

– Eleanor Brown

– Jacqueline Sheehan

– Jodi Picoult

– Gillian Flynn

– Lori Roy

– Laurie Notaro

– Celia Rivenbark

– Elin Hilderbrand

– Kristin Hannah

– Jeannette Walls

– Kate Atkinson

You don’t need to like everyone on the list. But basically, you should like at least two of the following genres: humor, memoir, upmarket women’s fiction and literary suspense. And more exciting, this is a remote internship! That’s right, you don’t have to live in New York.

The internship is a great way to learn more about an agent’s work and decision-making process. Past interns have been writers for children, children’s librarians, elementary school teachers, MFA students, and passionate readers. But if you want to apply, you’d better hurry. They get a ton of applicants and the window will close quickly.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Literary Agent Internship Opportunity with Heather Flaherty

May 16, 2016Literaryagent, Heather Flaherty, Internship, Literary, New York TImes Bestseller List, Publishing, The Bent Agencypdpabst

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If you’ve thought about learning more about the agency side of publishing, Heather Flaherty of The Bent Agency is looking for a new intern! She doesn’t even require you to have any kind of publishing experience. However, she would like for you to be familiar with the New York Times bestseller lists and commit to at least ten-hours-a-week for a minimum of six months. She’s had this posted for a few days already, so hurry if you want to be considered. For complete details, go here.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

Literary Agent Beth Phelan Pitch Event

April 1, 2016Contests, Literary#DVpit, Beth Phelan, contest, Diversity, Manuscripts, Marganilized Voices, Pitch Event, The Bent Agency, Twitter, Writerspdpabst

Great news for diversity authors! Beth Phelan from the Bent Agency is hosting a twitter pitch event for diverse manuscripts. The event will occur on April 19th on the twitter hashtag #DVpit from 8am-8pm EST. Beth gave a great interview on Brenda Drake’s blog explaining more about the event, including that she’s invited other agents and editors to participate.

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst

Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

The 2016 Chicago Writing Workshop

February 25, 2016Writing Conferences & GetawaysAFI Vigliano, Browne & Miller Literary, Chicago Writing Workshop, Chuck Sambuchino, Conference, Critique, Editing, Feedback, Folio Literary, Fuse Literary, Literary Advise, Literary Agents, MacGregor Literary, Manuscript, Movable Type Literary, P.S. Literary, Serendipity Literary, Speilburg Literary, The Bent Agency, The Seymour Agency, Writer's Digest, Writingpdpabst

Per the Chicago Writing Workshop website, this writing event (May 14, 2016) is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that there are limited seats at the event (200 total). They will inform everyone directly on the website when seats are closed.

Here are a few of this years faculty that will be in attendance:

literary agent Gordon Warnock (Fuse Literary)
literary agent Chip MacGregor (MacGregor Literary)
literary agent Nicole Resciniti (The Seymour Agency)
literary agent Regina Brooks (Serendipity Literary)
literary agent Adam Chromy (Movable Type Literary)
literary agent Dawn Frederick (Red Sofa Literary)
literary agent Veronica Park (Corvisiero Literary)
literary agent John Willig (Literary Services)
literary agent Gemma Cooper (The Bent Agency)
literary agent Marcy Posner (Folio Literary)
literary agent Eric Smith (P.S. Literary)
literary agent Alice Speilburg (Speilburg Literary)
acquiring editor Laura Apperson (St. Martin’s Press)
literary agent Rachel Burkot (Holloway Literary)
literary agent Abby Saul (Browne & Miller Literary)
literary agent Susan Hawk (The Bent Agency)
literary agent Thomas Flannery Jr. (AFI Vigliano)
literary agent Jennie Goloboy (Red Sofa Literary)
literary agent Samantha Fountain (Corvisiero Literary)
and more to come.

Since the seats are limited, don’t delay in registering. I’m signed up to go to this one, so if your attending, I’ll see you there!!!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction.

Twitter Pitch Contest for Picture Books

February 10, 2016Contests, LiteraryAgents, contest, Editors, Fuse Literary, Illustrators, Jennifer De Chiara Literary, LizaRoyce Agency, Manuscripts, PBPitch, Picture Books, Pippin Properties, Red Fox Literary, Sandra Dijkstra & Associates, Sarah Jane Freyman Literary, Storm Literary, The Bent Agency, The Seymour Agency, Thompson Literary, Twitter, Writing, Zachary Shuster Harmsworthpdpabst

Hurray, a twitter pitch contest for picture books only! You read that correctly, PICTURE BOOKS ONLY. Use the twitter hashtag #PBPitch on February 11, 2016. If you are an illustrator, you can attach an image to the pitch. And please note you can only pitch twice: once before 2pm and once after. (I’m sorry but the host hasn’t specified if this is EST, or another.) For complete guidelines, check out the PBPitch blog.

Check out the agents and editors that will be participating!

Danielle Bailey, The Seymour Agency
Liza Fleissig, Liza Royce Agency
Stephanie Fretwell-Hill, Red Fox Literary
Susan Hawk, The Bent Agency
Thao Le, Sandra Dijkstra & Associates
Rick Richter, Zachary Shuster Harmsworth
Sara Sciuto, Fuse Literary
Vicki Selvaggio, Jennifer De Chiara Literary
Jessica Sinsheimer, Sarah Jane Freyman Literary
Courtney Stevenson, Pippin Properties
Cindy Uh, Thompson Literary
Essie White, Storm Literary

As always, good luck!

P.D. Pabst
Blogger and writer of MG/YA fiction

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