Submissions
We are currently not accepting submissions. Thank you for your patience.
Submission Guidelines
We are interested in well-written commercial fiction with a strong hook and non-fiction with stand-out subject matter by experts in their field. We welcome voices that are not heard often enough.
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We consider the following fiction genres: historical, crime/mystery/suspense and thrillers, horror, women's fiction from chick-lit sagas to contemporary and literary fiction.
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We consider most non-fiction particularly: current affairs, politics, conservation/environment, lifestyle, professional confessional, popular science, narrative non-fiction, self-help, how-to and true crime.
You can read more about each of our agents and what they are currently looking for here.
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We ask authors to submit material in an email to submissions@cmm.agency, please include:
About you
1-paragraph author biography – tell us a bit about you and your career to date, and whether or not you have sent your novel to other agents or publishers.
The hook
1-paragraph blurb/hook/genre and audience.
The book
Short synopsis – a simplified explanation of the plot, mentioning the setting, the theme and the characters.
Attached
The first three chapters – please make sure your manuscript is set out as described below, with your name, address, contact number and email address on the first page.
Please make sure that your manuscript is: double or 1.5 line-spaced, has wide margins, is in a type size no smaller than 12-point (preferably in Times New Roman font) and is fully numbered, page by page.
What Next
After a screening process, selected authors will be asked to submit their full manuscript by email. Those that Coombs Moylett Maclean believe to show promise will be offered representation.
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Please note that due to the large volume of work received for consideration, we are unable to respond to individual queries. If you have not heard from one of our agents after three months, you should assume we will not be taking the project forward.
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We do not handle poetry, plays or scripts for film and TV. Please note that we cannot accept submissions by post or via email directly to agents unless requested.