I received an email rejection that said: "Thanks so much for contacting me regarding representation. Please forgive me for the form letter. The volume of submissions we receive, however, makes it impossible to correspond with everyone personally.

Unfortunately, the project you describe does not suit our list at this time. We wish you the best of luck in finding an agent and publisher for your work, and we thank you, once again, for letting us consider your materials."

The website shows: After an agent passes, you may query another agent at DG&B.

Her email started off addressed to me, but then the rejection come from us? My thought is that she made the call for the agency that I shouldn't query another agent at that office with this story. Disappointing because I would have queried another agent in their office.

If this is how they work - why are they saying you can query someone else??

More and more authors moving to self-publishing rather than querying agents and I can understand why.

EQ: 8/25/25
Literary Fiction 80K
Form Rejection: 9/2/25

EQ: 8/28/25
Historical Romance (WWII)
93K
Form Rejection: 9/2/25

Q: 7/17/25 85K Historical Romance

40 days seems long based on her response rate data & it looks like my query was skipped looking at the timeline.

Based on the website… “We will respond to most query letters within eight weeks. If you don’t hear from us within that time frame, chances are we did not receive yours. Feel free to resend it, referencing the date of your original query.”

Best bet is to just wait the eight weeks?

7/23/2025 queried 92K women's upmarket
7/23/2025 full request!

7/30/2025 rejection with feedback, polite and somewhat helpful