Jonathan

Important — Closed to submissions.

Welcome, welcome!! 🥳🥳 So happy to have you as part of my team. 📚💡

Open to submissions. Please see guidelines on my Instagram. #MSWL

As a history and foreign language teacher, I’m drawn to prehistoric, ancient, medieval, and modern history, especially the cultural side. I focus on art, traditions, beliefs, music, and other expressions that show how societies interact, evolve, and contribute to one another. #MSWL

For nonfiction, hoping to see topics on history, cinema, video games, anime, K‑pop, Latino/Hispanic music, LGBT+ culture, spirituality/witchcraft, methods of divination, meditation, world traditional/contemporary practices, deity worship, neuroscience, human–nature interaction, social media... #MSWL

I’d love fiction with magical realism, historical fiction, contemporary fantasy, romance/romcoms, epic/high fantasy, LitRPG, mystery, or sci‑fi. Blend them? Great. Fantasy + mystery? Great. Magical realism + historical? Great. Set in Latin America, Africa, Asia, or about diaspora lives? Great #MSWL

🌈💡 I'm looking for adult fiction (literary to commercial, upmarket welcome) and nonfiction. I'm prioritizing LGBT+, Latino/Hispanic, Asian, and African writers. Submission info on my Instagram (linked in my profile) 💡🌈
#MSWL Day

Reabriré la recepción de manuscritos durante la primera semana de marzo para ficción y no ficción para adulto. Daré prioridad total a autores de orígenes y comunidades diversos; sin embargo, todo escritor es bienvenido a enviar su manuscrito. #MSWL (Query can be in Spanish. Manuscript in English)

50+ Literary Agents Seeking LGBTQ+ Stories in 2026 Find literary agents actively seeking LGBTQ+ stories. 87% increase in requests. Complete list with submission guidelines & tips.

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A sneak peek at LITTLE ETERNITIES, an upper middle grade graphic novel by Joyce Y. Ng, set in the final months before Hong Kong’s 1997 handover. As her family prepares to emigrate to Canada, Pui Pui’s sense of identity — and friendship — begins to shift. Now on submission.

#KidLit #GraphicNovel

“Charming illustrations and an approachable story make this a worthy selection for school and public libraries.” — School Library Journal

Delighted to share that CAT’S NEW BOOK by Nathalie Belhassen received a warm review in School Library Journal: www.schoollibraryjournal.com/review/cats-...

Neon Genesis Evangelion’s New Series May Have Found A Perfect Writer in Nier Creator Yoko Taro - Reactor The subversive gaming writer is taking on a massive new project

Yoko Taro will create a new end of Evangelion (no, for real this time, we promise):

Hello, writers. I’ll be reopening submissions beginning the first week of March for adult fiction and nonfiction. I will be giving total priority to diverse voices; however, writers of all backgrounds are welcome to submit. #MSWL #queries #nonfiction #fiction

I'm delighted to have been interviewed for this incredible project – especially as it's alongside incredible trans+ icons like Jessie Gender and Stephanie Sterling! 💞

I've also just backed it! You can too, at this link:

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From an unfinished Holocaust novel came the seed of a new graphic novel. Rabbi Rafael Grossman once described a moment that became the heart of A VISIT TO MOSCOW, illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg. Here’s a look at the art by Joshua Edelglass for that original unfinished manuscript.
#HistoricalFiction

Black History Month read: BEFORE 13TH exposes the roots of mass incarceration — showing that convict leasing began before the 13th Amendment, not after. A powerful graphic debut by Michael Ralph: www.harpercollins.com/products/bef...

#BlackHistoryMonth #GraphicNovels #Libraries

Bad bunny holding a football that says “together, we are America.”

Together, we are America.

Well done, Bad Bunny.

The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.

The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.

a cartoon character pointing at a map of the united states Alt: Yakko naming countries of the world

Bad Bunny like

Wonderful news for author-illustrator Rich Lo! AFTER THE SNOWFALL and AFTER THE MOONRISE have been licensed by Danish publisher Arkimedes Forlag and will now reach readers in Korea, Turkey, and Denmark.

#BookSky 
#KidLit 
#InternationalPublishing 
#PictureBooks

Classon releases uplifting novel “Loon Point” Carrie Classon wears about as many “creative” hats as thrift store dresses. You’ll understand that comment if you’ve been reading her columns in this...

A terrific write-up about my fabulous client, @carrieclasson.bsky.social, and her debut novel, LOON POINT, which hits shelves January 27th! If you like contemporary, heartwarming stories, this one might be your cup of tea!
www.stpaulpublishing.com/classon-rele...

Books travel in unexpected ways. Somehow A VISIT TO MOSCOW, illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg, found its way to Forest Creek Middle School in Fort Mill, SC—quietly waiting for its next reader. A reminder of the joy of discovering books far from where they began.

#SchoolLibrarian
#EduSky
#JewishBooks

I loved this queer speculative retelling of fairy tales! Check my review of Syr Hayati Beker's novel over at Reckoning! 📚🌈

"Of all the books I’ve had the opportunity to review, 'What a Fish Looks Like' is one of my absolute favourites."

When a reviewer as thoughtful and cogent as @redfernjon.bsky.social writes that, I pay attention.

Check out the review we just published of @syr.bsky.social's debut novella!

I don't quite know what to do with the information of the brilliance that is @redfernjon.bsky.social engaging so incisively with my book in @reckoningmag.bsky.social . I may never get over it. I am so very honored. Thank you, and thank you always @stelliform.press, now excuse me so I can go (!!!!)

Big news for A WONDERFUL THING by Jeffrey Turner! Two new Olswanger Literary deals just landed: Arkimedes Forlag (Copenhagen) for the Danish edition, and the online platform Joomsy, for digital rights. This beautiful story is officially going global: app.joomsy.com

#PictureBooks #FamilyReading

Going out to publishers in the new year: DIGNITY, an upper MG graphic novel set in NYC, 1948. Told through alternating POVs, it follows a Jewish boy shaped by the Holocaust and a Black girl rooted in the Great Migration—inviting empathy, dialogue, and moral courage.

#GraphicNovel
#MiddleGrade

Out on sub this week: FISHING, a middle grade wordless graphic novel by Michael Ralph. Drawing on the real practice of “fishing” in prison, it reveals how incarcerated people communicate, share, organize, express care, and stand up for one another.

#GraphicNovel
#MiddleGrade
#KidLit
#EduSky

A VISIT TO MOSCOW, illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg, appears in Jonathan Sandler’s 2025: Graphic Memoir Year in Review—a rigorously curated roundup of graphic work engaging with history, testimony, and cultural memory: jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/2025-graph...

#GraphicMemoir
#Libraries

A sneak peek at SOME DAYS, a new picture book by Miri Leshem-Pelly that supports young children as they learn to recognize big emotions and find gentle ways through them. Expressive animal characters and spare text offer comfort. Now out on sub.

#KidLit
 #EarlyChildhood
 #PictureBooks 
#EduSky