RWA-Eligible Agents & Agent Update

For the purposes of Romance Writers of America, to be RWA-Eligible, an agent must:

  • Be commission-based;
  • Charge no fees to authors beyond reimbursement of legitimate, actual, and verified expenses that are not deemed excessive and are agreed to in advance by the author; and
  • Satisfy one of the following requirements to indicate industry experience:
    • Be currently associated with an RWA-Eligible Agency, or have been associated with an RWA- Eligible Agency for at least three of the previous five years, or own her/his own commission-based literary agency for a period of three years or longer, and
    • Have sold, in the previous year, at least three romance novels, each of which would qualify a member for PAN, or
    • Have sold, in the previous three years, at least 10 book-length works of fiction, for which each received an advance of at least $1,000.
    • Acquire no publication rights on behalf of him/herself or his/her agency.

To be or remain eligible for recognition, agents must: Resolve any formal complaint against them in RWA’s Professional Relations File, and comply with the Industry Code. Any RWA-Eligible Agent found to have been violating these requirements will no longer receive the benefits of eligibility.

RWA makes no warranties regarding business practices or financial strength of any agency/agent.


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3 Seas Literary Agency
P.O. Box 8571
Madison, WI 53708
Website: http://www.threeseaslit.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Michelle Grajkowski and Cori Deyoe.
How to Query: Please e-mail your first chapter and synopsis to [email protected]. We no longer are accepting snail mail submissions. Please visit our website at http://www.threeseaslit.com for complete submission guidelines.


The Ahearn Agency
2021 Pine St.
New Orleans, LA 70118-5456
Website: http://www.ahearnagency.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Pamela G. Ahearn
How to Query: One page query letter plus SASE. Short e-mail letter, no attachments. For e-mail queries, no attachments, please, unless requested.


Alex Adsett Publishing Services
PO Box 510
Moorooka, QLD 4105 Australia
Website: http://www.alexadsett.com.au
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Alex Adsett
How to Query: We do not accept printed manuscripts or posted submissions. Please see our submission guidelines here, or catch us in person here.


The Axelrod Agency
55 Main Street
PO Box 357
Chatham, NY 12037
Website: http://www.axelrodagency.com/
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Steven Axelrod
How to Query: Send query via letter or e-mail [email protected].


The Belfrey Literary Agency, Inc.
PO Box 12754
Marina Del Rey, CA 90295
Website: http://www.thebelfreyliteraryagency.com/
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Mary Louise Schwartz
Please Note: This agency is not accepting new submissions. Please check the submissions section of the agency's website for up-to-date information.


Meredith Bernstein Agency
2095 Broadway, Ste 505
New York, NY 10023
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Meredith Bernstein
How to Query: Mail only with SASE


Book Cents Literary Agency, LLC
364 Patteson Drive, #228
Morgantown, WV 26505
Website: http://www.bookcentsliteraryagency.com
How to Query: E-queries only. http://www.bookcentsliteraryagency.com/page9/page9.html


BookEnds, LLC
136 Long Hill Rd
Gillette, NJ 07933
Website: http://www.bookends-inc.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Jessica Faust (via referral only), Kim Lionetti (closed to submissions), Jessica Alvarez, and Lauren Ruth.
How to Query: Bookends LLC is no longer accepting unsolicited proposals or mail queries. BookEnds accepts queries from published and unpublished writers in the areas of romance (and all its subgenres), young adult, steampunk, urban fantasy, mystery, and women's fiction.


Books & Such Literary Agency
52 Mission Circle, Suite 122, PMB 170
Santa Rosa, CA 95409-5370
Website: http://www.booksandsuch.biz
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Janet Kobobel Grant, Wendy Lawton, and Rachel Kent.
How to Query: E-mail [email protected]. No attachments, just send the query letter in the e-mail.


Bradford Literary Agency
5694 Mission Center Road #347
San Diego, CA 92108
Website: http://www.bradfordlit.com
Phone: (619) 521-1201
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Laura Bradford
How to Query: Via e-mail to [email protected]. No attachments, please.


Curtis Brown, Ltd.
10 Astor Place
New York, NY 10003
Website: http://www.curtisbrown.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Laura Blake Peterson and Maureen A. Walters
How to Query: Query letter, synopsis, sample chapter and resume, with SASE.


Browne & Miller Literary Associates
Attn: Submissions
410 South Michigan Ave., Ste 460
Chicago, IL 60605
Website: http://www.browneandmiller.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Danielle Egan-Miller, President
How to Query: Query letter and SASE directed to address listed above or via e-mail to [email protected].


Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc.
Rockefeller Center
1270 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2320
New York, NY 10020
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Maria Carvainis, president, and Moira Sullivan, literary associate
How to Query: Query letter of no more than two pages with SASE.


Linda Chester Literary Agency
630 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2036
New York, NY 10010
Website: http://www.lindachester.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Alexandra Machinist
How to Query: Please only query via e-mail to [email protected]. In the body of the e-mail query, please include a short biography and an overview or first five pages of manuscript in body of e-mail.


Cooke McDermid Literary Management
278 Bloor St. East, Suite 305
Toronto, ON
M4W 3M4, Canada
Website: http://www.cookemcdermid.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Sally Harding
How to Query: Please visit our website for submission guidelines.


Crichton & Associates, Inc.
6940 Carroll Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Website: http://crichton-associates.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Sha-Shana Crichton
How to Query: We are currently closed to unsolicited queries.


Richard Curtis Associates, Inc.
171 East 74th Street, Floor 2
New York, NY 10021
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Richard Curtis
Website: http://www.curtisagency.com
How to Query: With the exception of nationally published professional authors, we are not accepting romance queries at this time.


Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC
One Union Square West, Suite 904
New York, NY 10003
Website: http://www.dystel.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Jim McCarthy and Ann Leslie Tuttle
How to Query: Visit https://www.dystel.com/submission-guidelines/


Judith Ehrlich Literary Management
880 Third Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Website: http://www.judithehrlichliterary.com


Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
548 Broadway, #5E
New York, NY 10012
Website: http://www.EthanEllenberg.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Ethan Ellenberg
How to Query: Send submissions to [email protected] to the attention of Ethan Ellenberg. Put all materials into the body of the e-mail; no attachments. Include query letter, synopsis, and first 50 pages.


The Ferguson Literary Agency
5500 W. 133rd Terrace, #821
Overland Park, KS 66209
Website: http://www.fergusonliteraryagency.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Cheryl Ferguson How to Query: Submit a one page query to: [email protected]. Send query letter, synopsis and first 10 pages of manuscript in body of an e-mail.


FinePrint Literary Management
240 West 35th Street, Suite 500
New York, NY 10001
Website: http://www.FinePrintLit.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Stephany Evans and Meredith Hays
How to Query: Send query by e-mail ([email protected]) or by regular mail with SASE.


Folio Literary Management
505 Eighth Avenue, suite 603
New York, NY 10018
Website: http://www.foliolit.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Paige Wheeler and Erin Niumata
How to Query: FMI, review the individual agent's page at http://foliolit.com/folio-staff/


Fuse Literary, Inc.
P.O. Box 258
La Honda, CA 94020
Website: http://fuseliterary.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries:
Laurie McLean (all romance except inspirational and erotica)
Connor Goldsmith (erotica),
Jen Karsbaek (women's fiction only)
How to Query: Go to fuseliterary.com and read each romance agent’s submission instructions for specific details and information. We only consider queries that are emailed. And we do not open unsolicited attachments. The response time is 4-6 weeks, sometimes sooner depending on workload. Currently looking to represent all genres of romance.


Irene Goodman Literary Agency
27 W. 24 Street, Suite 700B
New York, NY 10010
Website: http://www.irenegoodman.com/
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Irene Goodman, Miriam Kriss, and Barbara Poelle
How to Query: Send a query letter and the first ten pages, along with a detailed synopsis of the entire book, in the body of an e-mail to [email protected].


Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, Inc.
55 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Website: http://www.greenburger.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Courtney Miller-Callihan
How to Query: Via e-mail ([email protected]) with query letter, first three chapters, bio, and a synopsis.


Greyhaus Literary Agency
3021 20th St. Pl SW
Puyallup, WA. 98373
Website: http://www.greyhausagency.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Scott Eagan, agent
How to Query: Prefer e-query; send to [email protected] with query in body of message; no attachments.


Richard Henshaw Group
145 West 28th St, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Website: http://richardhenshawgroup.com/
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Susannah Taylor, associate agent
How to Query: E-mail short query to [email protected]; no attachments. If by mail, send query letter, synopsis, and first 50 pages; include SASE.


Holloway Literary
PO Box 771
Cary, NC 771
Website: https://hollowayliteraryagency.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Nikki Terpilowski, owner/senior literary agent
How to Query: Submission information may be found here: https://hollowayliteraryagency.com/submissions/


Hopkins Literary Associates
2117 Buffalo Rd., Ste 327
Rochester, NY 14624
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Pamela Hopkins
How to Query: Via email to [email protected]. Please note we are no longer accepting snail mail submissions.


International Creative Management
730 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Website: http://www.icmtalent.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Tina Wexler
How to Query: Queries may be sent via e-mail ([email protected]) or via post.


KT Literary
9249 S. Broadway #200-543
Highland Ranch, CO 80129
Website: http://www.KTliterary.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Sara Megibow
How to Query: Via e-mail; please send a query letter and first three pages of your manuscript to [email protected] see submission guidelines at: http://www.KTliterary.com/submissions/.


Natasha Kern Literary Agency
P. O. Box 1069
White Salmon, WA 98672
Website: http://www.natashakernliterary.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Natasha Kern
How to Query: Via e-mail: [email protected]; or regular mail sent to the agency address above. Please see submission guidelines at: http://www.natashakern.com.


Harvey Klinger, Inc.
300 West 55th Street, Suite 11V
New York, NY 10019
Website: http://www.harveyklinger.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Andrea Somberg
How to Query: E-mail query to [email protected].


The Knight Agency
232 West Washington Street
Madison, GA 30650
Website: http://www.knightagency.net
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Deidre Knight, Pamela Harty, Melissa Jeglinski, Nephele Tempest, Elaine Spencer, and Lucienne Diver
How to Query: Please submit a one-page query in the body of an e-mail to [email protected]. Please visit the submissions page of our website for more detailed guidelines.


Levine Greenberg Agency
307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2407
New York, NY 10001
Website: https://lgrliterary.com/
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Stephanie Kip Rostan
How to Query: Query by e-mail at [email protected]; do not attach more than 50 pages. Read more at http://www.levinegreenberg.com/how-to-submit/


Lowenstein Associates
121 W. 27th St., Ste. 601
New York, NY 10001
Website: http://www.lowensteinassociates.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Emily Gref
How to Query: Send a one-page query letter, along with first 10 pages pasted in body of e-mail to [email protected].


Donald Maass Literary Agency
121 West 27th Street, Ste 801
New York, NY 10001
Website: http://www.maassagency.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Jennifer Jackson
How to Query: Query via e-mail at [email protected] and include a synopsis and first five pages pasted into the body of the e-mail; no attachments.


MacGregor & Luedeke
2373 NW 185th Avenue, Suite 165
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Website: http://www.macgregorandluedeke.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Chip MacGregor, Sandra Bishop, and Amanda Luedeke
How To Query: At this time we are not looking to add unpublished authors except through conferences and referrals from current clients.


Denise Marcil Literary Agency, Inc.
110 William Street, Suite 2202
New York, NY 10038
Website: http://www.denisemarcilagency.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Denise Marcil and Maura Kye-Casella
How to Query: Send one-page query letter and SASE via mail. Or, query via e-mail at [email protected]; no attachments.


Marsal Lyon Literay Agency
PMB 121, 665 San Rodolfo Dr 124
Solana Beach, CA 92075 USA
Website: http://www.MarsalLyonLiteraryAgency.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Kevan Lyon and Jill Marsal
How to Query: For electronic submissions, please send a query letter to [email protected] or [email protected] and write “QUERY” in the subject line of the e-mail. For hard copy submissions, please send a cover letter, one-page synopsis of your work, and the first 10 pages of your manuscript.


The Evan Marshall Agency
Six Tristam Place
Pine Brook, NJ 07058-9445 Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Evan Marshall
How to Query: New clients by referral.


McIntosh & Otis, Inc.
353 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Website: http://www.mcintoshandotis.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Rebecca Strauss, Shira Hoffman, Christa Heschke, and Emily Winick Rubinstein
How to Query: Mail query letter, synopsis, author bio, first two chapters and SASE.


Mendel Media Group, LLC
115 West 30th Street, Suite 800
New York, NY 10001
Website: http://www.mendelmedia.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Scott Mendel, managing partner
How to Query: If you have a novel you would like to submit, please send the first 20 pages and a synopsis by regular post to the address above, along with a detailed letter about your publication history and the history of the project, if it has been submitted previously to publishers or other agents.


Maureen Moran Agency
P.O. Box 20191, Park West Station
New York, NY 10025
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Maureen Moran
How to Query: Prefer letter with SASE. If the book and author sound promising, I ask to see the complete manuscript or partial with a recently published book. Brief e-mail queries are fine, but no attachments, please.


Grace Morgan Literary Agency
405 East 54th Street, Suite 8E
New York, NY 10022
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Grace Morgan


William Morris Agency
1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6026
Website: http://www.wma.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Mel Berger


Nelson Literary Agency, LLC
1732 Wazee Street, Suite 207
Denver, CO 80202
Website: http://www.nelsonagency.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Kristin Nelson
How to Query: Please send a one-page query letter via e-mail to [email protected]. No attachments. We do not accept snail mail queries. Also, we do not accept queries by phone or in person. If we are interested, we will send you a reply e-mail with explicit directions on how to upload sample pages to our electronic submission database.


Prospect Agency
285 Fifth Ave., PMB 445
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Website: http://www.prospectagency.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Emily Sylvan Kim
How to Query: To submit electrically, please upload your submissions at https://www.prospectagency.com/submissions.php. We do not accept paper or e-mailed submissions.


The Rosenberg Group
23 Lincoln Avenue
Marblehead, MA 01945
Website: http://www.rosenberggroup.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Barbara Collins Rosenberg
How to Query: Mail one-page query letter and include SASE.


Jane Rotrosen Agency
318 East 51st Street
New York, NY 10022
Website: http://www.janerotrosen.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Annelise Robey, Christina Hogrebe, and Carlie Webber
How to Query: Send query to agent, along with brief synopsis and up to three chapters of your novel. No attachments. Include SASE if querying by mail.


Damaris Rowland Agency
5 Peter Cooper Road, #13 H
New York, NY 10010
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Damaris Rowland
How to Query: Send query letter first. If I’m interested I’ll ask to see three sample chapters. If I like the chapters, I’ll ask to see the entire manuscript.


The Seymour Agency
475 Miner Street Road
Canton, NY 13617
Website: http://www.theseymouragency.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Julie Gwinn, Nicole Resciniti, and Marni Freedman (film agent), Kat Enright
How to Query: For e-mail queries, one-page query letter; no attachments. For mail queries, include first three chapters, synopsis, and a SASE.


Wendy Sherman Associates, Inc.
138 W. 25th St. Suite 1018
New York, NY 10001
Website: https://www.wsherman.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Kelli Martin
How to Query: Send query letter and first 10 pages in body of email. Include your last name, first name, title, and name of agent you are submitting to in the subject line. Send all queries to [email protected]. No attachments, please.


Spectrum Literary Agency
320 Central Park West, Suite 1-D
New York, NY 10025
Website: http://www.spectrumliteraryagency.com
How to Query: Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted. Send query letter, first 10 pages of books, with SASE to Eleanor Wood or Justin Bell at agency address.


Spencerhill Associates, Ltd
P.O. Box 374
Chatham, NY 12037
Website: http://spencerhillassociates.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Karen Solem, Nalini Akolekar, and Jennifer Schober
How to Query: E-submissions only. Send query letter in body of e-mail, and attach first three chapters and synopsis. Send all queries to [email protected].


Steele-Perkins Literary Agency
26 Island Lane
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Pattie Steele-Perkins
How to Query: Mail query, synopsis, 3 chapters and SASE; e-mail: [email protected]. Query and synopsis should be included in the e-mail. No attachments, please.


Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
65 Bleecker St.
New York, NY 10012
Website: http://www.sll.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Claudia Cross and Marcy Posner, director of foreign rights
How to Query: Submit a query letter, a synopsis of the work, a brief proposal or the first three chapters of the manuscript, a brief bio or resume, and a SASE. We do not respond to unsolicited e-mail inquiries.


Stringer Literary Agency LLC
P.O. Box 770365
Naples, FL 34107
Website: http://www.stringerlit.com/
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Marlene Stringer
How to Query: Electronic queries only. To submit, complete the form at http://www.stringerlit.com/contact/.


The Strothman Agency, LLC
197 Eighth Street
Flagship Wharf - 611
Charlestown, MA 02129
Website: http://www.strothmanagency.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Lauren MacLeod -- YA romance only; no adult romance or chick-lit
How to Query: We are not signing up projects in romance, science fiction, picture books, or poetry. Send e-mail queries to [email protected] only.


The Tobias Literary Agency
P.O. Box 66095
Longmeadow, MA 01106
Website: http://www.thetobiasagency.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Lane Heymont
How to Query: Please forward all submissions electronically. We accept simultaneous submissions, but will not open unsolicited attachments. To query, type “Query - The Title of your Manuscript”  in the subject line of an email, then please paste the first five pages of your manuscript into the body of the e-mail to [email protected]. Additional information may be found at: http://www.thetobiasagency.com/rsvp/


Waxman Literary Agency
80 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1101
New York, NY 10011
Website: http://www.waxmanliteraryagency.com/
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Holly Root
How to Query: E-mail [email protected] with a query letter; no attachments. Include 5-10 pages of manuscript in body of e-mail.


Writers House
21 West 26th Street
New York, NY 10010
Website: http://www.writershouse.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Queries should be made to the attention of submissions.
How to Query: Send a query letter of no more than two pages, a synopsis, and a SASE.


Nancy Yost Literary Agency
350 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2003
New York, NY 10001
Website: http://nyliterary.com
Agents Accepting Romance Fiction Queries: Nancy Yost, Sarah E. Younger, and Natanya Wheeler
How to Query: Paste the first three chapters in the body of an e-mail, after your query letter and send to , [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]