The Gernert Company is a full-service literary agency with offices in New York and Los Angeles.
The Gernert Company Submission Guidelines
Founded in 1996 by former Doubleday Editor-in-Chief David Gernert, the agency represents more than 500 authors across a broad range of fiction and nonfiction. Its list includes literary and commercial fiction, general nonfiction, practical nonfiction, children’s literature, graphic novels and comics, and podcast creators.
Submitting Your Work to The Gernert Company
Before submitting to The Gernert Company
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To be sure your submission is appropriate for this market, we recommend you familiarize yourself with The Gernert Company by reading a sample issue before submitting.
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From the The Gernert Company guidelines:
Submission Guidelines Details for The Gernert Company
Market Type: Literary Agency
From the Guidelines
The Gernert Agency Submission Guidelines
Send a query letter by mail or email describing the work you would like to submit. Include some information about yourself and, when appropriate, a sample chapter.
Do not send queries directly to individual agents. Email submissions should be sent to info@thegernertco.com and should indicate which agent you are querying.
If submitting by mail, include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) for a response. If you would like your materials returned, include a SASE with sufficient postage.
The agency is not responsible for materials lost in transit and cannot guarantee the return of submitted materials, even when a SASE is included.