Prompt rejection.

em query: 8Mar
form decline: 15Mar
Dear ___,
Thank you for your submission. Your work has been carefully reviewed by the agent you queried, and it has been determined that Holloway Literary will not be pursuing representation of your manuscript. We regret sending you this information in a form letter; however, due to the volume of emails we receive daily it is almost impossible to send customized letters to every author. Thank you again for thinking of Holloway Literary, and we wish you every success in your writing career.
Best,

I got this message when I submitted my query today so it appears that she is closed.

"Nikki Terpilowski is currently closed to submissions from October 1, 2022 to June 1, 2023. Any submissions sent prior to Oct 1st will be reviewed. Any submissions sent after Oct 1st will be reviewed after June 1st"

EQ: 10/11/22
Resubmit EQ because she was closed: 3/2/23
Form rejection: 3/15/23

MG Fantasy 64K

After 13 days for suspense/120k words, I received this form letter that really kind of struck me as rude, like don't bother submitting to another agent. I don't know, maybe it's just me.

Thank you for your submission. Your work has been carefully reviewed by the agent you queried, and it has been determined that Holloway Literary will not be pursuing representation of your manuscript. We regret sending you this information in a form letter; however, due to the volume of emails we receive daily it is almost impossible to send customized letters to every author. Thank you again for thinking of Holloway Literary, and we wish you every success in your writing career.

Best,


Brianna Summers, Submissions Coordinator
Holloway Literary
www.HollowayLiterary.com

Received rejection today on my WF manuscript I sent 12/21/21. Query age: 443 days

Received an autoreply to a query today (sorted into promotions by gmail) that states the following:

"Nikki Terpilowski is currently closed to submissions from October 1, 2022 to March 1, 2022. Any submissions sent prior to Oct 1st will be reviewed. Any submissions sent after Oct 1st will be reviewed after March 1st"

The March 2022 I'm assuming is a typo?

The website says both Holloway agents are open. I'm unclear on the open/closed status.

Submitted Query on 9/13/22
Received Rejection on 9/26/22

I appreciated the quick response.

Was told the Holloway word count requirement for a thriller is 80,000-90,000 words. Mine was 67,000. They added that if I do decide to increase the story word count that I could feel free to query again at that time.

EQ: 09/20/22

Contemporary Romance

EQ: 27 July 2022

YA Sci-Fi 72K

90 after querying, I never got a rejection, BUT I was added to their email list marketing their online classes. Not a fan of that!

#LovePit request: 17th May 2022
EQ: 31st May 2022
90K Adult contemporary romance

5/25/2022 Got a full request while on my honeymoon (glad I brought my computer!) for my 69,000 cozy mystery.
Original query was 12/6/2021, and request for partial was 1/21/2022.

EQ sent 28 APR 2022
Mystery 77k

EQ: 1/3/22 Adult Romcom
CNR: 4/13/22

12 day form rejection on cont romance from submission coordinator Lauren Albury.

Thank you for your submission,

"Your work has been carefully reviewed, and it has been determined that Holloway Literary will not be pursuing representation. We regret sending you this information in a form letter; however, due to the volume of emails we receive daily it is almost impossible to send customized letters to every author. Thank you again for thinking of Holloway Literary, and we wish you every success in your writing career.

Best,"

ghosting on a full is just plain trash. Why do agents do this?

Ghosted on a full requested after a zoom pitch

I hope everything goes well for you, tghuguenin. I was emailed an offer of representation but didn't formally request the electronic signature form of the Author-Agency Agreement in time. So I'm rewriting a bit and resubmitting to other agents. Lesson learned the hard way.