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Ms. Danielle Chiotti
Upstart Crow Literary
244 Fifth Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
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Website: www.upstartcrowliterary.com
Blog: upstartcrowliterary.com/blog/
Twitter: daniellechiotti
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CNR: 5/26/21
YA Magical Realism 78k
I believe her confirmation email estimated current response times were between 6 and 8 weeks. I'm closing this one out at 56 days and writing the rejection letter I didn't receive.
Dear Overly Optimistic Querier,
Thank you for querying me for this project and submitting the first twenty pages that I duly ignored. Had you read the blog on my agency's website, you would have discovered that I respond to next to no queries. Chin up; it's a subjective business. Since I do not want you too feel as if you definitely wasted your time in querying me (you did), I have taken the liberty to compile a list of activities by which you would benefit rather than pursue this futile endeavor.
1. Take a statistics class and realized that the odds are not in your favor.
2. Mine ideas from agents' manuscript wish lists and shape them into an authentic conglomerate of a novel.
3. Research genre trends that will invariably change in the 6-8 weeks you await a response I won't write.
Don't think of it as rejection. Think of it as a lesson in developing a thicker skin. With this query letter, you're going to need it.
Full request: 12/7/2020
No response/follow up
MG Fantasy Adventure, 69K
Upmarket YA 50k
YA Fiction 57K
LGBTQ+ New Adult 120k
Received confirmation of submission immediately; notes in that confirmation that you should consider it a pass if you haven't heard in 4-6 weeks as she currently doesn't respond to all queries
CNR: 10/27/2020
Confirmation of receipt (stating 4-6 week turnaround): 9/11
CNR: 10/27
90k YA fantasy
CNR: 10/19
YA CON VERSE 26K
7/28/2020: CNR
8/14/2020: Form rejection
YA historical fiction, 64K words
I like that this one asks for the first 20 pages instead of just the first 5-10.
ER: 7/15/2020
Form rejection - MG Contemporary 60K
ER: July 17 (form)
97K YA historical
FRej: 07/15/20
YA/NA Fantasy LGBTQ+ 81k words
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