Operation Awesome: Mystery Agents

MYSTERY AGENT contests have been suspended for the foreseeable future, but keep your eye out for flash fiction and other pitch contests coming soon!

Length of pitches and entries will vary for each month's Mystery Agent contest, but here are the general rules:

Entries must be for completed manuscripts. No unfinished drafts, please!

Entries must follow the instructions for length, and whether they should be emailed or delivered by another method.

You can only enter once per contest (only one project). If you participated or won previous MA contests, you can enter later ones as well!

Please include NAME, CONTACT INFO, GENRE, and TITLE, formatted like this:

Name:

Email or twitter:

Genre:

Title:

Pitch:

If the rules aren't followed, your entry will be disqualified.

Click on the REVEAL POST if you want:
1) interviews with the agents
2) the pitches that had them salivating
3) links to the agent's blog, website, twitter, and other interviews they've given

Click on the CONTEST link if you want:
1) a sense of the competition the winners beat out
2) list of genres the agent represents (non-exclusive, only valid for the date)

TIP: When querying, always remember more research is better. Use agentquery.com or querytracker.com to learn more about what an agent does and does not represent. Check out the agent's clients (list on querytracker), read some of the books they've sold. Use our links to check out interviews they've given. Look carefully for phrases like, "I'm seeing too much ______." or "I don't really represent [genre]." Always use the most recent information provided.

September 1, 2010
OFFICIAL LAUNCH CONTEST
REVEAL POST: Mandy Hubbard of D4EO Literary
SUCCESS STORY: Nancy Herman, now repped by Mandy Hubbard

November 1, 2010
CONTEST
REVEAL POST: Sara Crowe of Harvey Klinger Literary

December 1, 2010
CONTEST
REVEAL POST: Weronika Janczuk of Lynn C. Franklin Associates (note: agency change from D4EO)
SUCCESS STORY: Max Gladstone, now repped by Weronika Janczuk, two books sold to TOR

February 1, 2011
CONTEST
REVEAL POST: Chris Richman of Upstart Crow Literary

March 1, 2011
CONTEST
REVEAL POST: Kathleen Ortiz of Nancy Coffey Literary and Media Representation (note: agency change from Lowenstein Associates)

April 1, 2011
CONTEST
REVEAL POST: Vickie Motter of Andrea Hurst & Associates Literary

May 1, 2011
CONTEST
WINNERS
REVEAL POST: Krista Goering

July 1, 2011
CONTEST
REVEAL POST: Kathleen Rushall of Marsal Lyon Literary

August 1, 2011
CONTEST
REVEAL POST: Victoria Marini of Gelfman Schneider Literary

September 15, 2011
CONTEST
REVEAL POST: Taylor Martindale of Full Circle Literary

October 1, 2011
CONTEST
REVEAL POST: Sara Megibow of Nelson Literary

November 1, 2011
CONTEST