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PO Box 9128
La Jolla, CA 92038
Website: www.mcbrideliterary.com/
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Espionage Thriller 85,000 words
CNR 1/3/2021
02/24/2020: Asked to re-query starting April 1, even though I submitted before the agency was closed to submissions.
04/01/2020: Re-queried.
FR: 05/13/2020 (sent same day)
Nudge: 11/13/2020
ER, R&R (sort of): 11/20/2020
YA Fantasy
Full Manuscript Request 8/23/19
Nudged on 10/26/20. No response as yet.
Nudge letter sent 12/2/19. I heard back from her assistant within a few minutes! He assured me that my manuscript was in their queue to read, but that they were quite swamped.
Closed / No Response: 11/13/20
YA Fiction 75,000 words
denied 09/24
YA Sci-fi 83K
EQ: 6/28/20
ER: 8/17/20 Form
FR: 7/2/19
Nudged on 4/13/20, and was assured I was coming up in the queue soon.
CNR: 7/27/20
"Thank you for your interest in McBride Literary. Due to the high number of submissions we have received lately, we are currently closed for queries until September 1st. We would certainly encourage you to re-query at that time. Thank you for your understanding, we hope this will allow us to give each query and submission the appropriate amount of time and attention."
So, for all of you thinking of querying, I guess they're closed until Sept 1.
Mar 3/20 - Email stating they're closed to queries until May 1 and to re-query then.
May 1/20 - Re-query, referencing their request to send again on May 1
June 1/20 - Form rejection
Historical Fiction - 90K
Email received in March:
Thank you for your interest in McBride Literary. Due to the high number of submissions we have received lately, we are currently closed for queries until May 1st. We would certainly encourage you to re-query at that time. Thank you for your understanding, we hope this will allow us to give each query and submission the appropriate amount of time and attention.
ER: 6/1/2020 (polite but impersonal, from whole agency)
170K Adult Fantasy
1 June 2020 Form Rejection
89k queer ya fantasy
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