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Tilda Butterworth
Rebecca Carter Literary
Open to submissions
Submission Guidelines
- Submit via
- Submission contact
- submissions@rebeccacarterliterary.com
- Looking for
- Unusual stories grounded in the real world but with strange and surreal elements, with a focus on human relationships, queer characters and alternative culture. Diverse and unexpected perspectives that offer new ways of seeing and have something urgent to say about the contemporary world. Particularly interested in debut writers.
- How to submit
- Email submissions@rebeccacarterliterary.com with the subject line 'Submission: [your name] [TITLE OF SUBMISSION]'. Address the submission to Tilda (not both Tilda and Rebecca). Include a covering letter in the body of the email. For fiction, attach the first three chapters or up to 10,000 words plus a short synopsis. For non-fiction, attach a detailed proposal and, if possible, a sample chapter. Attach files as Word documents or PDFs; do not include external links. Typescript should be 1.5 or double spaced with page numbers. Files should be saved as '[your name] [TITLE OF SUBMISSION] [document type]'.
- Response time
- 1 month
What They Represent
- Genres
- Literary Fiction, Narrative Non-Fiction
- Age categories
- Adult
- Location
- UK
What we found
Tilda is Rebecca Carter's assistant and is building her own small list. She has a particular interest in debut writers and aims to nurture long-term collaborative relationships from the very start of a writer's career. The agency does not represent YA, children's, poetry, illustrated books or screenplays (with limited exceptions for existing clients), and no feedback is provided on passes.
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