Howland Literary
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Howland
Literary is a small American agency with four agents, all of
them currently looking for authors.
Zoe Aline was
recently promoted to Associate Agent, and like all new agents, she needs authors.
After working with Howland Literary and Lookout Books while earning her BFA in
Creative Writing and Certificate in Publishing from the University of North
Carolina Wilmington, Zoe Howard is now building her own list of adult literary
fiction and adult nonfiction.
More
than anything, Zoe is drawn to writing that lingers – on language, on character
development, on the subtleties of character relationships, on place, on a niche
subjects – and makes the details discovered there pop. Zoe would love to read
writing that explores boundaries: poets writing prose, region-specific writing
about the coastal or “convenience store” south and the western United States,
non-traditional narrators, unhinged women in fiction, and so on.
In
adult fiction, Zoe looks for voice-driven stories that subvert reader
expectations of their subject matter. She is especially interested in
off-putting and unashamed characters, women breaking social expectations,
LBGTQ+ characters, grounded magical realism and speculative elements, and
insular settings (small towns, amusement parks, summer camps).
In adult
nonfiction, Zoe looks for narrative nonfiction, memoir, and essay collections
that blend personal narratives with research. Her niche interests include
internet culture, celebrities, pop culture, religion/spirituality, para-social
relationships, material culture, and the relationships between people and the
places they inhabit.
Send Zoe
your off-kilter, heartfelt, lyrical, and literary work.
Please
submit all queries via Zoe's QueryManager link
Victoria Dillman was an assistant and foreign rights
associate at Sobel Weber Associates and an intern at Linda Leith Publishing, as
well as a reader for the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP)
Awards before joining Howland Literary. She holds a B.A. in English from McGill
University, and an MFA in Fiction from The New School. She wants people to know
her pronouns are she/her.
Victoria is most interested in adult
literary/upmarket fiction and narrative and expert-driven nonfiction. Like
everyone else, she particularly wants to hear from underrepresented communities
including neurodivergent, queer, and BIPOC voices.
In fiction, she looks for a well-paced plot with a
strong, distinctive voice. She is fascinated by complex and nuanced characters
with conflicting desires. She especially loves literary fiction with a
speculative or magical element. She is also intrigued by hybrids of
literary-genre fiction: pieces that work to subvert genre conventions. She will
always be captured by family relationships, particularly the complexities of
sibling dynamics and intergenerational trauma. As someone who grew up
internationally, Victoria is drawn to narratives exploring transitory homes and
cultures.
In nonfiction, she is looking for projects that have
a passion for and in-depth knowledge of niche topics. She is drawn to
narratives that focus on the individual and offer fresh perspectives on our
world. Some of the topics she is interested include social justice, climate
change, mental health, cults, true crime, and counterculture.
Please submit all queries via Victoria'sQuery Manager link
Erin Clyburn was previously an associate agent with The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency. She was the general manager and director of collection development for Turtleback Books, a distributor of books to the school and library market, and she has over a decade of experience in magazine publishing, having worked for brands including Food & Wine, Cooking Light, People, and Entertainment Weekly.
Erin received her BA in English Literature from Mississippi State University and her MA in Children’s Literature from Hollins University. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with her partner, Michael, and four unruly rabbits.
Erin represents middle grade fiction, YA fiction, and adult fiction and nonfiction. In MG and YA, she is looking for horror, mystery, thriller, big-hearted contemporary, and grounded stories with magical or speculative elements.
In
adult fiction, she is most interested in upmarket and literary fiction, and she
gravitates toward the dark and strange: horror, thriller, mystery, and grounded
stories with speculative or magical elements. Send her your weirds.
In
nonfiction, she's interested in intersectional perspectives and is looking for
narrative nonfiction, memoir, and deep dives into topics including pop science,
nature, food and culinary history, and sports and adventure.
An
Alabamian with Louisiana roots, Erin is particularly interested in Southern
literary and upmarket fiction from diverse voices in the above genres. A more
in-depth wishlist can be found on her website.
Please submit all queries via Erin'sQuery Manager link
Carrie Howland founded Howland Literary in 2018, after thirteen years as an agent, most
recently at Empire Literary.
Carrie holds a B.A. in English and
Creative Writing from Albion College, where she was the Poetry Editor of The
Albion Review. Her poetry has appeared in various literary journals and
magazines.
She attends several conferences, both
nationally and internationally, throughout the year. Her craft talk from the
Adirondack Writers Conference, "Beyond the Query Letter," is
available on the Howland Literary website.
In her spare time, Carrie volunteers as
a foster for a local dog rescue and is an active member of the Junior League.
Her passions include music, pop culture, and the Midwest.
She has been featured in several
publications discussing her work as an agent including Poets & Writers,
SCWBI insight, Akashic Books, and Slice Magazine.
Carrie is accepting submissions for:
adult literary, upmarket, and commercial fiction as well as memoir, narrative
and prescriptive non-fiction.
Please submit your query via Carrie'sQuery Manager link
Full submission guidelines here.
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And in the fall, I'll again be offering a weekly kid lit class. Once this
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just scroll down for all upcoming Kid Lit courses or one-day workshops. ~Brian
Beyond that, my schedule continues to take shape….
Workshops:
Online: How to Write Great Dialogue, Sunday, June 26. Details here.
Weekly classes {See all summer classes here}:
Online: Exploring
Creative Writing, Wednesday mornings, 10
a.m. – 12 noon; July 6 – August 24. Details here.
Online: Writing
Personal Stories, Thursday afternoons, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m., July 7 – Aug 25. Details here.
Online: Intensive Creative Writing, Wednesday afternoons, 2:00 – 4:30 p.m.; July
6 – August 24. Details here.
Online: Intensive Creative Writing, Thursday mornings, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., July 7 – Aug 25.
Details here.
Writing retreats:
Algonquin Park: Writing Retreat at Arowhon Pines Resort, June 3 – June 6, 2022. Details here. (Wait
list only.)
Summer in Algonquin: Writing Retreat at Arowhon Pines Resort, July 8 – July 11, 2022.
Details here. (Wait list only.)
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| Sherwoon Inn |
Muskoka Writing Retreat at Sherwood Inn, Friday, Oct 14 – Monday Oct 17,
2022. Details here. Reserve early before it fills
up!
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