Received a personalized pass and was sorta shocked by how detailed it was. I appreciate the specific feedback! So few agents offer anything beyond a form these days, if even that.

PB - 845 words Non Fiction
Liked query letter did not connect with book to market it.

Marisa's agency has an agent, Kendyll Drilling. She's the best. She gives the actual reasons for rejection. So thoughtful. This helps to improve.

Has anyone not received a response on a query sent last year? I sent one on November 12, with the customary pages, and I still haven't received a response?

Query 10/27
Full request 11/22
Rejection 1/24

Rejections on fulls always sting a little, but this one was better than most. Mira was very kind, gave me great feedback and shared a helpful link as well. She also had lots of nice things to say about my story, and let me know she'd be rooting for me! I really appreciate her taking the time to give me a thorough response.

Query 1/19
Polite/informative rejection 1/23

FQ: 1/19
Full Request Received: 1/20
70,000-word mystery thriller

@GeorgesMom - very best of luck!!

88k literary/upmarket fiction. I pitched via Zoom to Marisa at the Midwest Writers' Workshop Agent Fest in early November and submitted a requested partial (50 pages) on 11/21/22; full request was received 1/18/23.

Query: January 9, 2023
Rejection: January 11, 2023

FQ: 10/10/22
FR: 01/17/23
40k YA Urban Fantasy (requested before being finished)

Partial requested with a verbal promise to work with me to make it better at RMFW conference. A kind form rejection from an intern who said too much telling not enough showing.

FQ: 1/11/23
FR: 1/15/203
88k Fantasy

A kind form rejection from an intern with a link to the agency's youtube to learn more about querying and the agent perspective.

Query: 10-4-22
Rejection: 1-16-23

20 page requested submission after PNWA pitch. Rejection with detailed, specific feedback and suggestions. I would submit to her again.

FQ: 1/14/2023
FR: 1/16/2023
70k New Adult Fantasy

Like a few other comments on here, I got a very quick rejection from an intern with links to Youtube with very generic advice about opening pages. Without feedback, I can't exactly rewrite my opening to connect with the agent as a reader, since this tends to be a matter of personal taste.

FQ: 1/6/23
FR: 1/9/23

"Thank you for submitting your query for ________ to Corvisiero Literary Agency for our consideration. Even though we found great qualities within your query and synopsis, we didn't connect with the sample pages as strongly as we had hoped to champion the project.

I always like to share this article as a resource to provide potential reasons I wasn't able to connect to the opening pages: https://www.how-to-write-a-book-now.com/story-beginnings.html"

The form rejection made me laugh a little—I clicked on the link out of curiosity and found it to be incredibly basic writing advice, all of which I'm pretty convinced I'm doing in my opening pages, so without more detailed feedback, it's still impossible to know why it didn't work for this particular agent. Still, it seems like the interns are personalizing the responses a little, since people do seem to be getting variations on the rejection form letter.