New literary agent Martha Wydysh of Trident Media seeks authors

At Death's Door by Sherrilyn Kenyon
represented by Trident Media

Trident Media Group

355 Lexington Ave

Floor 12

New York, NY 10017

https://www.tridentmediagroup.com/

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Trident Media Group is one of the largest and most diversified agencies in the world. Trident represents over 1,000 authors in a range of genres of fiction and nonfiction, many of whom have appeared on the New York Times Best Sellers Lists and have won major awards and prizes. For more than six consecutive years, Publishers Market Place ranked Trident number one for sales in North America. But Trident doesn’t just work with bestselling authors; it also takes on emerging authors.

The newest member of the team is Martha Wydysh. Martha is now co-agenting select titles with Executive Vice President of Trident Ellen Levine and is working to begin a client list of her own.

Martha Wydysh graduated cum laude from Cornell University with a B.A. in English literature and attended the Columbia Publishing Course in 2014. As an undergraduate, she spent a year at St. Anne’s College, Oxford University, studying British literature and creative writing and was a staff writer for the Cornell Daily Sun’s Arts & Entertainment section.

Before coming to Trident, Martha worked as a literary assistant in subsidiary rights at a major agency, selling audiobook and serial rights for all clients at the agency. She came to Trident in 2016 to work as Magazine Rights Associate and Executive Assistant to Ellen Levine, and was promoted to Magazine/Audio Rights Associate, Co-Agent, and Executive Assistant in 2019.

At Trident, she loves placing short stories, book excerpts, articles, and essays with magazines and literary journals on behalf of Ellen’s clients and also selling audiobook rights to their work. She has placed work by Ellen Levine’s renowned clients with The Paris Review, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, The Nation, The New Republic, New York Review of Books, the New York Times Book Review, Playboy, n+1, Guernica, New York Magazine’s The Cut, Tin House and The Believer.

Martha is now developing a client list of her own and like any new agent, she needs authors. She is seeking literary fiction, upmarket commercial fiction, thrillers (psychological and domestic) as well as narrative nonfiction, memoir, and humor.

You can follow her on Twitter @mlwyd.

Query Martha through Trident’s online form here.

Literary agent Martha Webb

If you’re interested in getting published, now or sometime in the future, don’t miss our upcoming How to Get Published  workshop with literary agent Martha Webb of the  CookeMcDermid agency, Saturday, April 25, 2020, in Guelph (see here).

In the meanwhile, starting in January, a full range of weekly courses is on offer:

Burlington: Exploring Creative Writing, Thursday afternoons, Jan 23 – March 19. Details here.

Oakville: Writing Personal Stories, Thursday evenings, Jan 23 – March 19. Details here.

Burlington: Next Step in Creative Writing, Tuesday afternoons, Jan 21 – March 31. 1st emailing Jan 16. Details here.

Burlington: Intensive Creative Writing, Wednesday evenings , Jan 15 – March 11. 1st readings emailed Jan 8. Details here.

Toronto: Intensive Creative Writing, Friday mornings, Jan 17 – March 13.  1^st readings emailed Jan 10. Detail here.

    See details of all winter courses here.

To reserve a spot, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Also in the new year, check out Writing Conflict: Fight scenes, Dialogue scenes & Love scenes,  Saturday, Jan 18, in Oakville (see here), Raising the Stakes: How to Increase Your Story's tension, Saturday, Jan 25, in Toronto (see here) and Saturday, Feb 22, in Kitchener (see here), and Writing & Revising, Saturday, Feb 29, in Mississauga (see here).

Plus …

Algonquin Writing Retreat, Friday, June 5 – Monday, June 8, 2020. Four days of luxury and writing in one of most beautiful spots in Ontario. This is the area that inspired the Group of Seven; come and let it inspire you, too. Still lots of room. Details here.

To reserve a spot in any upcoming weekly course, weekend retreat, or Saturday workshop, email Brian at: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Read reviews of Brian’s courses, retreats, and workshops here.

See Brian’s complete current schedule here, including Saturday writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in Algonquin Park, Alliston, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Jackson’s Point, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga, New Tecumseth, Oakville, Ottawa, St. Catharines, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.

Navigation tips: Always check out the Labels underneath a post; they’ll lead you to various distinct collections of postings. If you're searching for more interviews with literary agents or a literary agent who represents a particular type of book, check out this post. 

It's here! The 2020 Canadian Writers Contest Calendar ~ Just what every writer needs

Whether you're a beginner or an advanced writer, if you’re looking for places to send your work, you should put contests on your list. 

The Canadian Writers’ Contest Calendar is a book that gives a full listing of annual writing contests in Canada arranged by deadline date. It lists contests for short stories, poetry, children’s writing, novels, and nonfiction – contests for just about everyone. 

The Calendar costs just $22 at one of Brian Henry's workshops or classes or $25 by mail within Canada (all taxes & shipping included). 

To order, email brianhenry@sympatico.ca

See Brian Henry’s schedule here, including Saturday writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in Algonquin Park, Alliston, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga, New Tecumseth, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.

Raising the Stakes – How to tighten the tension in your story, Saturday, February 22, in Kitchener

Raising the Stakes

How to increase your story's tension 

Saturday, February 22, 2020
1:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Forest Heights Public Library, 251 Fischer-Hallman Road, Kitchener, Ontario (Map here)

Ever stayed up all night reading a book? In this workshop, you’ll learn you how to build that kind of tension.  And we'll help you put into practice the techniques professionals use – on every page and in every kind of story – to create drama and raise the tension in each scene they write.

Workshop leader Brian Henry has been a book editor and creative writing instructor for more than 25 years. He publishes Quick Brown Fox, Canada’s most popular blog for writers, teaches creative writing at Ryerson University, and has led workshops everywhere from Boston to Buffalo and from Sarnia to Charlottetown. But his proudest boast is that he has helped many of his students get their first book published and launch their careers as authors. 

See reviews of Brian's classes and workshops here.

Fee: $37.17 + hst = $42 paid in advance 

or $39.82 + hst = $45 if you wait to pay at the door

To reserve a spot now, email: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

See Brian’s complete current schedule here, including writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in Algonquin Park, Alliston, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga, New Tecumseth, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.

Call for 10–15 minute plays for Page to Stage 2020

Page to Stage 2019

Call for 10–15 minute plays 

for Page to Stage 2020

Stage Write Burlington’s Fourth Annual Festival of rehearsed Staged Readings of New Short Plays 

To Be Held in Partnership with Theatre Burlington

At Theatre Burlington, February 23, 2020

Open to Burlington and Area Playwrights

Submission deadline: December 7, 2019

Accepting only one script per playwright, 

no more than 15 minutes in length 

with no more than 4 characters. 

No musicals or children’s shows.

Set limited to table and 2 chairs provided.

General stage lighting only.

No specials.

No sound support.

Send scripts in PDF or Word format to 

George Marciniak marciniakgeorge1@gmail.com

For more information, including photos from Page to Stage 2019,

go to www.stagewriteburlington.ca

See Brian Henry’s schedule here, including Saturday writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in Algonquin Park, Alliston, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga, New Tecumseth, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.

Congratulation to Lynn, Jill, Nancy and Chang!

If you’ve had a story (or a book!) published, if you’ve won or placed in a writing contest, if you’ve gotten yourself an agent, or if you have any other news, send me an email so I can share your success. And be sure to let know if you're looking for a writers' group or beta readers; a notice in Quick Brown Fox, will help you find them. 

Email me at brianhenry@sympatico.ca

 Hey, guys.
Here’s my interview on Morning Live on CHCH about The Girls Dressed for Murder if want to take a look:

https://www.chch.com/the-girls-dressed-for-murder/ 

Lynn McPherson

www.lynnmcpherson.net

The Girls Dressed for Murder is available on Amazon here.

Hi, Brian.

Just a note to say I’ve had a story published online today. I workshopped this story in your weekly classes and took it to the Humber Writing School this summer. 

Jill Malleck

Read Jill’s story, “Sisters from Another Mister,” here.

For information about submitting to Literally Stories, see here.

For information about upcoming creative writing classes, see here.

Hi, Brian.
Great news - the short story that I wrote during your Writing Great Characters workshop will be published next week on CommuterLit. I'll send the link when it's published.
Thanks for your advice and tips!
Nancy
Nancy Taber

Read Nancy’s story “Climbing” on CommuterLit here.

For information on submitting to CommuterLit, see here.

Hello, Brian.
Thank you very much for having helped me with my picture book, A DAY WITH DAD. It was a finalist in the CANSCAIP competition!
Best,
Chang Hong

The Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers {CANSCAIP} holds a yearly contest for picture books and middle grade and young adult manuscripts which is well worth entering. Details of the 2019 contest here.

See Brian Henry’s schedule here, including writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Cambridge, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kingston, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Saint John, NB, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor, Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.

Markets and contests for your short fiction, poetry and reviews

Quick Brown Fox Quick Brown Fox welcomes your short stories, poems, and essays about reading, writing, favourite books, and libraries. Read a few pieces on the blog to get a taste of what other writers have done (see here and scroll down). Quick Brown Fox also welcomes book reviews – or reviews of anything, of anywhere, or of anybody. If you want to review your favourite coffee shops or libraries, babysitters or lovers (no real names please), go for it. See examples of book reviews here (and scroll down); other reviews here (and scroll down).

Submit to: brianhenry@sympatico.ca

Include a short bio at the end of your piece and attach a photo of yourself if you have one that’s okay.

Close to the Bone aims to bring you gritty and interesting short fiction across multiple genres from a range of talented writers. 

“We are looking for bank robberies gone bad, double-crossing bastards going at it, serial killers with a heart (maybe literally), redemption and revenge. We like it violent, thoughtful and well written. We will consider other genres such as western, science fiction and maybe fantasy, as long as they fit in with the grit theme we are looking for. Please take the time to edit— look over your story for spelling, grammar, and flow.  We want to publish you. If it’s good but needs work we’ll let you know, if you don’t like criticism and are happy to stay as you are, then don’t submit.  As we said, we like to publish you and will offer help with advice.”

Submit a well-written story of 3,000 words or less. Post the title of the story and the word count in the subject line. The story must be attached as a .doc or .docx — if submitted in any other fashion the story will not be considered. Also, please provide a short bio along with your submission.

Send your story to: close2thebone@hotmail.com

Always accepting submissions. Guidelines here.

Prime Number Magazine is a quarterly online journal that seeks to publish distinctive poetry and short fiction, regardless of theme, form, or style. Contributors will include both emerging and established writers as selected by our guest editors. Submissions for poetry and short fiction are always open. Guidelines here.

53-Word Story Contest: It's free, it's fun, and the winner gets published in Prime Number Magazine and receives a free book from Press 53. Stories must be exactly 53 words long. New theme announced at the start of each month {so put this in your “to do” list for Dec 1].} Entries are due by the 21^st of the month. Guidelines here.

The Prime Number Magazine Flash Fiction Contest runs quarterly . The reading fee for entry is a low $7 (a prime number) per submission, with the following payouts for winners:
First Prize: $353 (a prime number) and publication 
Second Prize: $151 (a prime number) and publication
Third Prize: $53 (a prime number dear to us) and publication
Winners will be announced no later than one month following the close of submissions and th e stories will appear in the quarterly issue of Prime Number Magazine. Guidelines here.

The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts is looking for, as you might guess, compressed creative arts. A  publication of Matters Press.

“We accept fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, mixed media, visual arts, and even kitchen sinks, if they are compressed in some way. Work is published weekly, without labels, and the labels here only exist to help us determine its best readers.” 

Pays $50. 

Deadline: December 15, 2019. Guidelines here.

Grey Borders Books is interested in works that confront and challenge contemporary social norms. 

“We are looking for works of poetry, fiction (all genres) and nonfiction. There are no length restrictions; however, we are looking for full manuscripts for trade publication as well as smaller works for chapbook publication. We encourage simultaneous submissions. Our reading period is year-round.

"We also accept submissions for Grey Borders Magazine and Daddy: a cultural anthology for which you may use the submission forms on this site, or email Grey Borders Books directly.

Guidelines for Grey Borders books here. 

For magazines, here. 

Arc Poetry Magazine accepts unso­licited sub­mis­sions of pre­vi­ously unpub­lished poetry in English, or translations of poetry into English, on any sub­ject and in any form. Pays $50 per page. 

Deadline: December 31, 2019. {Note: Arc does not accept general submissions from January 1 to March 31 and from August 1 to August 31.} Guidelines here.

See Brian Henry's schedule here, including Saturday writing workshops, weekly writing classes, and weekend retreats in Algonquin Park, Alliston, Bolton, Barrie, Brampton, Burlington, Caledon, Collingwood, Georgetown, Georgina, Guelph, Hamilton, Jackson’s Point, Kitchener-Waterloo, London, Midland, Mississauga, New Tecumseth, Oakville, Ottawa, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Sudbury, Toronto, Windsor,  Woodstock, Halton, Muskoka, Peel, Simcoe, York Region, the GTA, Ontario and beyond.