Send a Query to Ashlee MacCallum at Howland Literary

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Thank you so much for trusting me with your work! I am truly honored you would consider me for representation. Before submitting your project, please read the information below.

At this time, I am open to children's literature and am looking to build my list in the following age categories, across most genres:

  • Chapter Books
  • Middle Grade
  • Young Adult

Check out my MSWL before submitting (https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/ashlee-maccallum/) and please note I am not the best fit for: rhyming picture books, religious themes, memoirs, pandemic stories, aliens, themes related to AI, animal protagonists (with the exception of PBs), didactic/forced texts, or previously self-published work. Finally, if you have written a book from an identity that is not your own, we will not be a good fit.

*I have a lot of great picture book submissions to decide on at the moment, but I plan to re-open to both Authors and Author/Illustrators in the future.

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