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Announcing a New Submissions Policy
For over 15 years The Ned Leavitt Agency has felt it was important to
accept submissions from anyone willing to send in material for
consideration. We have believed that encouraging writers is an
important service that agents offer and we have tried to keep our doors
open to anyone. However, we have come to the regretful decision that we
can no longer accept submissions unless they are recommended by someone
we already know. Over the years the volume of submissions
has grown alarmingly. Also the time needed to keep track of
what’s come in and to respond to phone calls following up on
submissions has become too much of a burden on our small office. We
have also been receiving more and more submissions that have no
relation to the kind of material we represent.
If you have already submitted to us with an SASE, we are sorry to say
we will not be able to respond. As of January 1, 2007 all submissions
not meeting our guidelines will not be accepted and will be recycled.
We regret this decision, but our advice to writers seeking
representation is to search out writing groups or writing teachers that
can give support to your work and can provide recommendations to agents
when they feel your work is ready for submission to a professional
publishing person.
As for guidance in the writing process we strongly recommend the following books:
WRITING DOWN THE BONES by Nathalie Goldberg
BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott.
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