Manuscript Wish List®

I'm late to the party bc I was working (go figure), but some #mswl posts coming up! 🌻If you have work for me, whether I post I'm looking for it or not, pls follow the submissions guidelines at www.dclagency.com! 🌻 For illustrators, just send a link to your portfolio &/or pdf of your project.

Hi! I'm currently closed to subs, but will be open soon. I'll announce when here, so feel free to follow. I rep picture books, YA, adult, fiction and non-fiction and love unforgettable stories. Always looking for great works! My wishlist and guidelines here #mswl: www.jdlit.com/marie-lamba

#MSWL looking for a magical realism romance/romcom like Ashley Poston!

Hey loves #mswl - I love clowns? They're a hard sell apparently, but I love em in fiction & nonfiction. Send me your tricksters, your jokesters, your goofy goofs, clowns throughout history, panto stuff, clown communities of color, queer clowns, your beautiful doofs, send em.

#MSWL would love to find a romantic suspense leaning more romance (romance with murder?) similar to Catherine Cowles!

#MSWL I’d love a paranormal thriller like Simone St. James and Lisa Unger!

#mswl - broadly, I'm looking for prose right now - cozy, cute, funny romance (w some social tooth tho); horror, generally; feminist fiction in the speculative space; ecological and conservationist lenses; mysteries/murder fiction that don't center police (or even crime, be creative haha)

#mswl think petty crimes the podcast but a book (fictional petty shit that exists for a purpose, illuminates our society, makes us think, + petty fun).... up for this in any genre, send me petty gossip, petty drama prose

For clarity, I only represent age categories MG and up. For MG & YA I’m open to all genres fiction and nonfiction. On the adult side I only work on genre-adjacent or genre-lite fiction (no straight contemporary or anything that wades too deeply into the genre space). #MSWL

Thank you, Bethany! Yes, you can follow us here for verified #MSWL posts, and you can also use ManuscriptWishList.com.

We have a new smart search here too (profiles AND verified Bluesky #MSWL posts): manuscriptwishlist.com/smart-search

Some hyper-specific #MSWL items:

I love a retelling, and would especially love one of Peter Pan or Jane Eyre. But I also love something unexpected, like an overlooked side character, genre blending, or a new lens on a familiar story

I also love horror that makes you think, or has surprising emotional depth, in addition to the spookiness. And I have yet to find a really delicious gothic horror. #MSWL

One last #MSWL: romcoms, heavy on the “com.” I’m especially on the lookout for books starring or written by people who have not often been depicted as the romantic lead.

Excited to see more submissions when my inbox reopens in April!

What’s the Jewish version of DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS?
Or NARWHAL & JELLY?
Or THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT?
Or AFTER THE FALL?
Or PENGUIN PROBLEMS?
Or I WANT MY HAT BACK?
Or HAVE YOU SEEN GORDON?
I don’t know, but that’s what I’m looking to acquire for Kar-Ben.
#MSWL

Because it's worth saying #mswl send me your LGBTQIA2+ stuff. Whatever is happening in the world rn, there are soooo many LGBTQ+ editors and agents trying to do THINGS & we'll be asking ourselves & each other (& you, creators) how to do things. It's not over til it's over & even then it's not over.

#MSWL Looking for memoir and nonfiction on ’70s New York and L.A. culture with real scene energy—clubs, streets, studios, artists, hustlers, outsiders, beautiful chaos. I want voice, access, texture, and a world that feels dangerously alive. Guidelines in reply.

In the spirit of #MSWL day, here's what I'm craving in children's comics and MG/YA fantasy: any trope in Kingdom Hearts but especially amnesia plots, complex betrayals, friends separated for magical reasons and trying desperately to reach each other, and mysterious lore that's somehow consistent.

You can find my official wishlist here: www.jdlit.com/tori-sharp

Can't believe I have to put this on my #MSWL but please only send me human-made stories. I won't consider any projects created with AI art/writing or even ones for which generative AI was used for inspiration. Please don't send me AI-generated queries or synopses. AI is my sworn enemy.

#MSWL for @nicolefrailbooks.bsky.social: short fiction (short stories or novellas), essays, collections (short story or essay), multi-POV novels. Previous pub experience not needed, but an active online platform is.

Find out more: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ni...

Hi! A gentle reminder that the thread is JUST for agents and editors posting their wishes.

Also looking for in 2026 #MSWL

#Horror #MSWL Also, where’s all the holiday horror at? Let’s grow that out there. I really, really want a campy Christmas Hallmark meets Horror. Or a Rom Com Horror. Something like Fresh (2022 film) where it’s all going right until it goes wrong.

I would ***love*** to see supernatural YA thrillers and mysteries like these! #MSWL

My special interest is drag. You should absolutely weaponize this fact if you write about drag queens/kings/things, or if you are drag queens/kings/things. #MSWL

As editorial director at Kar-Ben, my #MSWL is all Jewish kids books. I want stories that feel contemporary, surprising, unpredictable, plot-driven, clever, fun, absurd, and/or whimsical, where the kid has agency and goes after their goals. How to submit: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/le...

Bingo card of MSWL wants, full description in rest of thread

It’s #mswl day hosted by @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social and I made this cute bingo card graphic with my wishlist wants. If you hit any square, feel free to query. My inbox is open and the link is in my bio.

It’s hard to read, so written out in thread form, here’s what I’m looking for: #mswl 1/x

#Latinx stories please from #Latinx creators

High-concept setups with emotional depth

Romance with a side of adventure

An epic forbidden romance with big emotions

Historical fantasy with a diverse bent and lots of magic #mswl 2/6

Stories that celebrate love in all its forms

Romance that sweeps me off my feet—but he falls first

A setting that is so atmospheric and compelling that it can also be considered a character too

All the grumpy-sunshine tropes

Voice-driven YA, crossover, and Adult Romance and Romantasy #mswl 3/6

Anything Swiftie-coded—I love when music is behind the inspiration

High concept stories that are just shy of bonkers

CENTER SQUARE: JOY

Gothics with light horror elements

Mysteries that keep me guessing until the end #mswl 4/6