Submissions

The Karpfinger Agency is interested in representing quality fiction and nonfiction.  (Genres that we generally do not represent include poetry, drama, romance, horror, science fiction, fantasy, and children’s picture books.)

Submission Guidelines

 

Query Letter

To submit your work, please send a one-page letter of inquiry by regular mail.  Be certain to include a brief synopsis of your book, a line or two about your background, as well as both your telephone number and e-mail address.

Supplementary Materials

Supplementary materials must be printed on standard letter-sized paper, in black 12-point type, double-spaced.  Each page should contain a header with your name, the title of the book, and page number.  Please do not staple or bind the pages.

Fiction

Novelists are welcome to submit a ten-page sample from the completed manuscript (we do not accept queries from writers who have partial manuscripts).

Non-Fiction

Nonfiction authors may submit a proposal of up to ten pages. The proposal must include a table of contents from the proposed book, as well as a brief chapter-by-chapter summary.  In addition, you are welcome to submit up to three samples of your published articles related to the topic of the book.

Details

•Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.

•Please allow six weeks for a response.

•The Karpfinger Agency does not accept e-mail or fax queries.

Additional Resources

For information about writing a nonfiction book proposal we recommend consulting one of the following titles:

•How to Get Happily Published: A Complete and Candid Guide by Judith Appelbaum

•Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction—and Get It Published by Susan Rabiner

•How to Write a Book Proposal by Michael Larsen