About Our Sponsors
Agent Query accepts sponsorship from companies and organizations who provide beneficial services to writers such as manuscript editing,
career consulting, networking opportunities, and writing classes, workshops, and conferences. If you would like more information about how to become an AQ sponsor, please click here.
Algonkian Novel Workshops
The goal of Algonkian is to provide writers of all genres with the craft
skills, connections, and market knowledge they need to effectively compete
in today's fiercely competitive literary market. We provide a series of reality
checks, both in terms of written exercises and interactive sessions with professional
editors and agents. We also require every writer in our shops develop a realistic
plan to get their novel or fiction manuscript published. For more information, see
our FAQ at http://www.algonkianconferences.com/faq.htm
Backspace: The Writer's Place
Backspace is an online writers organization with over 850 members in a dozen countries.
A third of our members are agented and published, and include nearly a dozen New York Times best-selling authors.
Their annual Backspace Writers Conference brings together literary agents, acquisitions editors, best-selling authors,
and publishing professionals for a two-day, two-track program of workshops, panels, and networking in the heart of the
publishing world (attendance limited to 200). The Backspace Agent-Author Day
(November 5th and 6th, 2009 in NYC) brings together over 20 top literary agents for panels and workshops provising authors an opportunity to have their query letters and opening pages critiqued by literary agents in a small-group, genre-specific format (attendance is limited).
The Editorial Department:
Now celebrating 26 years in the service of writers worldwide.
Founded by former William Morrow senior editor Renni Browne, our firm is
dedicated to helping writers of full-length fiction and nonfiction turn
promising manuscripts into salable properties. What sets us apart from others
is our high rate of success with first fiction, our policy against taking on work
that we feel shows little promise, and the assistance we offer our un-agented authors
in finding literary representation. We cannot guarantee writers publication as a result
of working with us, but we can dramatically improve their odds. Authors’ Services include:
manuscript evaluation & consultation, proofreading, copyediting, line editing, ghost writing
& collaboration, synopsis & book proposal preparation, writers’ workshops & seminars, a free
writers’ e-zine, and a fiction-writing e-course. Contact info:
The Editorial Department, www.editorialdepartment.com, admin@editorialdepartment.com
PH: (866) 360-6996
HelpingWriters.com
HelpingWriters.com offers free special reports, articles, and audio downloads for writers, plus a free 50-minute video workshop, What Insiders Know-and Rarely Reveal-About Getting Published.
HelpingWriters.com also features live online classes and workshops taught by Scott Edelstein, author of The Complete Writer's Kit, 100 Things Every Writer Needs to Know, The Indispensable Writer's Guide, and other books for writers.
Upcoming classes and workshops include Selling and Publishing Your Book, Positioning Your Nonfiction Book, Creating Nonfiction Book Proposals That Sell, The Ins and Outs of Book Contracts, How to Read Royalty Statements, Market Research for Writers, and more.
All classes and workshops are available through your choice of live video streaming or conference call.
James River Writers Conference
James River Writers’ annual Writers Conference will be held October 9-10, 2009 in Richmond, VA. Speakers include professional writers, respected editors and New York literary agents. Featured presenters will include Katherine Neville, New York Times bestselling author of The Eight, Thomas Lux, author of eleven full-length collections of poetry, and literary novelist, Michael Knight, author of Divining Rod. The popular event is cross-genre and attracts writers of all levels who write – or aspire to write in – commercial and literary fiction, romance, non-fiction, journalism, theater, memoir, graphic novel, short stories and poetry, among others. The conference is defined by its professionalism, hospitality and intimacy. Every attendee is guaranteed a one-on-one meeting with a literary agent. 2009 agents include Elizabteh Evans (Reece Halsey North), Molly Friedrich (The Friedrich Agency), Paige Wheeler (Folio Literary Management), and Ken Wright of Writers House.
TheNextBigWriter.com
TheNextBigWriter is a dynamic, supportive private community where writers post their novels, short stories, and poems to receive feedback from other writers and readers.
In addition, writers can share ideas and network with one another, start building a fan-base of readers, and receive recognition and rewards - including cash
prizes and publishing contracts. This all occurs within a validated password-protected (VPP) site, ensuring that the rights to each author's
work are fully preserved, and creating a comfortable, professional environment. Members on the site run the spectrum from beginners to published writers
and come from all parts of the world.
Disclaimer: Agent Query reserves the right to reject any requests for sponsorship for any reason at any time. Sponsorship approval and subsequent ads do not constitute an endorsement of any sort on the part of Agent Query LLC.
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