Sligo Literary Agency will be offering agency contracts to authors of nonfiction in 2008, and to authors of women's fiction. If you have interest in our agency, please email a query letter or book proposal before mailing anything to us.

Sligo Literary Agency will continue to represent our proven stable of multi-published authors of fiction and nonfiction, and now in 2008, will be accepting submissions from authors of both fiction and nonfiction. We encourage new writers to query us via email about their works.

NOTE: We normally reply to an email query on the day it is received, but certainly within three days. If you do not hear back from us in that time frame, it means we either had no interest in your project or it falls outside of the genres we represent.

Our agency and our experienced agents are extremely skilled at matching author works with publisher needs. We deal with the largest New York City publishers, as well as smaller regional and University presses.

To learn what others say about us, please click through to our References and News page.

Note: When contacting us by email, please do not include an attachment or photo. For security and computer virus reasons, we do not and will not open them.

We represent all well-written nonfiction subjects. Some of the more popular are: Military, Autobiography/Biography/Memoir, History, Self-help and Sports. But please send us an email query as we are open to all subjects.

While we did not take on new fiction projects in 2007, in 2008 we are accepting fiction submissions. Our area of interest is women's fiction. We do not have interest in Screenplays, New Age, Poetry, Short stories, Children's works, Poetry or Cookbooks. And we do NOT represent authors who reside outside of the United States.

Answers to frequently asked questions:

(Q): What is your commission structure? (A): We receive a 15% commission on domestic sales, and a 20% commission (which we split with our foreign co-agents) on foreign sales.

(Q): Do you charge a reading fee? (A): No, and contrary to what some Internet "watch dog scam" websites say, we never have.

Please review our standard contract by clicking on "Services and Fees" above. You will clearly see that there is no request for a fee of any kind.

(Q): Do you have specialists who handle movie and television rights? (A): If your work qualifies for this treatment, yes we do.

(Q): Do you have co-agents in Hollywood? (A): Yes.

(Q): Do you handle audio and mass market paperback sales. (A): Yes, we do.

(Q): Will you represent a self-published book? (A): No. Once an author has self-published his/her work, it is out of play in the professional publishing business.

(Q): In which countries do you have co-agents, and who are they? (A): Marco Vigevani in Italy, Thomas Schlueck in Germany, AJA in France, The English Agency, Japan Uni, Tuttle Mori, Asano Agency, and Motovun Co. Ltd. in Japan (non-exclusive), Riff Agency in Brazil, MB Agency in Spain, Pikarski Agency in Israel, Synopsis Literary Agency in Russia, The Drummond Agency in Australia, Read n Right in Greece, Nurcihan Kesim in Turkey, Jai-Xi Books in China (non-exclusive) and Andrew Nurnberg in Bulgaria. These are not all, but the majority of our co-agents abroad.

(Q): What time period is your contract? (A): Six (6) months. Please click through to "Services and Fees" to see our standard contract.

Submission Guidelines:

(Q): Should I email your agency with a query letter first? (A): We appreciate it if you do so.

THEN, IF WE ASK TO READ YOUR WORK:

• Include a cover letter and your email address.
• Include a synopsis.
• Include a SASE for its return if necessary. A #10 SASE if you do not wish the entire work returned. Affix the postage to the SASE. Do not send your work in a box. Use a USPS Priority Mailer pouch.
• Do not use metered postage if good only on the date of purchase.
• Do not send us a check or money to cover the return postage. Affix the correct amount of postage to your return SASE.
• Send a copy only. Items are frequently lost in the mail.
• Do not send your ms to our agency certified, registered or in any other manner in which our staff must sign for it.
• Do not bind your manuscript in any fashion.
• Double-space your manuscript on one side of the page only.
• If you follow our guidelines and make a professional submission, we assure you a respectful and thourough reading of your work from our agency.

Note: Always include your email address for our use in corresponding with you concerning your submission status.

You may email your query letter to eric@mckennapubgrp.com, and you may submit your work to our new author submission mailing address (Our Corporate and business office is still in Indian Wells, CA): Eric G. Bollinger, CEO, Sligo Literary Agency, 1241 Johnson Avenue, #104, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

STAFF:

• Eric G. Bollinger, Founder and CEO
• Melinda Royer, Senior Agent
• Wanda Shaw, Co-Agent/Foreign Rights Sales
• Motion Picture and Dramatic Co-Agent/ Joel Gotler and Associates, Los Angeles, CA

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Sligo Literary Agency
This is our New Author Submission Mailing Address Only: 1241 Johnson Avenue, #104, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. All business correspondence should be directed to our corporate address: 74-923 #173, Indian Wells, CA 92210.

Note: Please, no phone calls. We prefer to be contacted by email unless you are a signed client.