@smjekw I think she does two weeks. Someone commented they accepted rep from her but gave her two weeks to make the decision. Sounds like she's fine with it.

Marlene Stringer is known for only allowing authors 3 days to decide on an offer of rep. She "isn't going to compete." Anyone know if that's an agency-wide policy or if it's only Marlene? If it's agency-wide, I won't query.

submitted query 4/22/22
rec'd request for call 4/26
talked on the phone, sent add'l manuscripts and rec'd offer of rep on 4/28

FQ: 2/12/2022
Full Request: 02/14/2022

YA Contemporary 76K

Jan 2nd 2022 - Query Sent (Online Form QM - Longer form than most, I really liked it! Lots of good questions!) YA Contemporary.
Jan 3rd 2022 - Full Request (I sent it the same day via QM)

Rejection March 4/22: High praise of story and characters, "beautiful, heart wrenching" but not quite right fit for her list at the moment.

FQ - Jan. 27
Full - Jan. 31
Kind rejection - Feb. 28 - "really liked" the MC but "didn't fall in love" with the book in the way needed to offer rep.

Thank you very much for your query, which we have read with interest. Unfortunately, the project does not seem right for this agency, and we are sorry that we cannot offer to serve as your literary agent. This is not always a reflection of the merit of your submission--many of the submissions we read are excellent, they just aren't right for us.
We also apologize for the form rejection. The sheer number of queries we receive prevents personalization in order for us to respond in a timely fashion.
We wish you all the best in finding more suitable representation, encourage you to query widely, and thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider your work.
Sincerely,
The Stringer Literary Agency LLC

Form Query: 11/5/21
Full Request: 11/9/21
Rejection on full: 02/01/22

YA Contemporary, 76,000

Query sent: 8/01/2022
Rejection received: 9/01/2022
YA Mystery

Form rejection -
Thank you very much for your query, which we have read with interest. Unfortunately, the project does not seem right for this agency, and we are sorry that we cannot offer to serve as your literary agent. This is not always a reflection of the merit of your submission--many of the submissions we read are excellent, they just aren't right for us.
We also apologize for the form rejection. The sheer number of queries we receive prevents personalization in order for us to respond in a timely fashion.
We wish you all the best in finding more suitable representation, encourage you to query widely, and thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider your work.
Sincerely,
The Stringer Literary Agency LLC

FQ: 12/18/2021
YA Adventure Romance 120k

I queried a while back, but have made significant changes/improvements to the ms and query letter since- fingers crossed something will come out of it

Form Query: 2021 Nov 30 (Fiction PB)
Form Rejection: 2021 Dec 3

Form Query: 12/1/21
Rejection: 12/3/21
The project didn't seem like the right fit for her agency.

YA Contemporary Romance 79k

Form Query: 11/14
Form Rej: 11/15
PB

Queried: 9/30/21
Full request: 10/1/21

Ya contemporary

Shari Maurer is currently seeking contemporary & historical YA and MG (no fantasy, please), and picture books. She's drawn to characters who have passion and grit, and would love to see stories that have humor, social justice, and suspense --not necessarily all in the same book!