QUERY GUIDELINES

William Clark began accepting representation queries via email in 1993, and may be the first literary agent to have done so. Since the founding of the agency in 1997, the query@wmclark.com email address propagated across the net and received an overwhelming amount of spam daily. As a result, we no longer accept queries via any other means than the below form, and queries sent to query@wmclark.com are deleted unread. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this change in policy creates.

We respond to all queries, whether or not we are interested in your work or idea.

We do not represent screenplays nor respond to screenplay pitches. It is advised that before querying you become familiar with the kinds of books we handle by browsing our Book List, which is available on this page.

QUERY FORM

Contact Information

Name:

Email:

Phone:

Type of Project

Non-fiction (NF) Fiction (F)

Genre of Project

NF - Advice / Relationships NF - Anthology NF - Biography NF - Business/Investing/Finance NF - Cooking NF - Health NF - History/Politics/Current Events NF - Humor NF - Illustrated/Art NF - Lifestyle NF - Memoir NF - Narrative NF - Parenting NF - Pop Culture NF - Reference NF - Religion/Spirituality NF - Science NF - Sports NF - Travel NF - True Crime NF - General/Other Non-Fiction F - Debut F - Literary F - Mystery / Crime F - Sci-Fi / Fantasy F - Thriller F - Women's F - General / Other Children's - Picture Book Children's - Middle Reader Children's - Young Adult Graphic Novel

Status of Project

In Development Partial Manuscript Complete Manuscript Proposal Treatment / Outline

Title

Summary

Briefly describe your project, indicating what makes it unique and compelling. Pretend this is the jacket flap copy of your eventual book.

Author

Briefly explain your qualifications and background for writing this book. Pretend this is the
author's bio that will appear on the jacket flap of your eventual book.

Audience

Identify and define the self-selecting, core audience who will definitely review, publicize, and buy your book, and why. Is there a secondary or crossover audience for your book?

Competing and Related Titles

Over 200,000 trade books are published every year. How does your book stand out, or significantly add to or alter the popular understanding of its subject?

Special Marketing and Promotional Opportunities

Is there something about your position or background that will help a publisher in selling your book? For example, do you give speeches and/or appear in the media? Are you affiliated with an organization that plans to purchase and/or promote your book?

Questions or Comments

Do you have any questions about this query process, or suggestions as to how it might be improved?

How Did You Find Us?

Were you referred to us by a friend of the agency, or through a search or a link from another site?

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What's Next?

After you select Submit below, your query will be sent and you will see a page confirming your query details. We will endeavor to respond as soon as possible as to whether or not we'd like to see a proposal or sample chapters from your manuscript.

Thank you for your patience dealing with this form, and for awaiting a response to your query.

[Select Submit to send your query;
select Reset to clear the form]

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