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Inkwell is an informational site for new writers and artists (including illustrators, web comic creators and graphic artists). We all have to start somewhere, and we hope you'll begin your journey here. We want to give you the resources and support you need to be successful.

If you have questions on publishing, we strive to provide answers here, with links.

This is also a community for established writers and artists, a place for them to promote their work and help others. We hope that they, too, will continue to learn and grow their skills.

Inkwell belongs to you and every other member. Its success depends on each of us participating, spreading the word and growing the site through engaging groups and interactive features. We hope that you find not only the resources you need but a caring community of writers and artists who are dedicated and passionate about their craft. Inkwell membership is free.

THE ADMIN FOR THIS SITE ARE: Buffy Andrews, S. A. Larsen and Jessica Milar

NEW AGENT: Hannah Bowman of Liza Dawson Associates. She's seeking commercial fiction, especially science fiction and fantasy, women’s fiction, cozy mysteries, romance and young adult. More Details here

NEW AGENT: Claire Dunnington of the Vicky Bijur Literary Agency. She's seeking YA fiction, and in particular looking for strong realistic YA fiction and literary middle grade fiction and will consider dystopian and futuristic YA, but is much less interested in vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and the like. More Details here.

NEW AGENT: Marie Lamba of the Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency. She's seeking young adult and middle grade fiction, along with general and women’s fiction and some memoir. Books that are moving and/or hilarious are especially welcome. She is NOT interested in picture books, science fiction or high fantasy (though she is open to paranormal elements), category romance (though romantic elements are welcomed),  More Details here.

AGENT ALERT:  Brooks Sherman is now an associate agent at FinePrint Literary Management. He is actively seeking a range of both fiction and nonfiction projects. You can find him on Twitter at @byobrooks. Deets here:

 AGENT ALERT: James James Schinke has joined AKA Literary as an associate agent. James studied writing, psychology and business at Clarke College. After working in corporate America for nearly 20 years, James is the newest Associate Agent to the AKA Literary team. While he looks forward to working with authors writing all genres, he especially enjoys YA, thrillers, mystery and cookbooks.

NEW AGENT! Nicole Resciniti of The Seymour Agency. She's seeking: romance, mainstream suspense, thrillers, mysteries, YA and inspirational novels are welcome. Also science fiction/fantasy novel and action/adventure.

More info here 

Kathleen Rushall of  the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. She is seeking: children’s and young adult literature in all areas including fantasy, historical fiction, science fiction, dystopian stories, and contemporary fiction. More info here

NEW AGENT! Halli Melnitsky of Zachary Shuster Harmsworth. She is seeking: Melnitsky is currently seeking fiction, both literary and commercial, with a smart, engrossing voice. She is also interested in compelling YA—both stand-alone titles and series. more info here 

Lindsey Clemons of Larson Pomada Literary Agency She is seeking: captivating thrillers, mysteries of all sorts and literary fiction, especially cutting edge literary fiction. She's looking for books that push boundaries with voice, style, character and concept, and that show an awareness of intent without being overtly self-aware. More info can be found here.

Lauren Ruth is the newest addition to BookEnds and she's open for submissions.  She's looking for a slew of stuff, including literary fiction, romance, women's fiction, chick lit, young adult, middle grade and much more. Good luck to those who query her.

MORE AGENT LISTINGS can be found here