Tuesday, June 28, 2022

July 2022 Pass or Pages Query Contest Agent Reveal

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Here's the agent who will PASS on query letters, or request PAGES, and write a critique so we can learn the reasoning for the five chosen query letters in the July Family Dynamics/Family Saga fiction contest.

Ann Leslie Tuttle


Literary Agent 
@DGandBTweets ; specializing in women’s fiction/romance/thrillers and Middle Grade/YA.  
Former editor.

Ann Leslie Tuttle joined DG&B in 2017 after working for 20 years at Harlequin Books where she worked on an extensive and varied list of bestselling and award-winning titles in romance and women’s fiction.  She received her B.A. degree from the College of William and Mary and an M.A. from the University of Virginia. Helping to grow the careers of established and debut writers has always been Ann Leslie’s passion.  Ann Leslie is especially seeking women’s fiction (e.g. relationships, family sagas, historical fiction and psychological thrillers) romance (e.g. romantic comedies, medical romance and contemporaries) and Southern Gothics on the adult fiction side as well as Middle Grade fiction and narrative nonfiction.  Ann Leslie lives in New York City with her husband and young daughter, who is just discovering the magic of books and writing.

This fantastic agent also took part in May 2019.

The genre for the July 2022 Pass or Pages is...


Family Dynamics/Family Saga fiction

Any age audience

Here are the important dates for this round:


July 4-8: Entry window

July 25-29: Feedback shared on blog


For a recap of the rules and links to previous rounds, click here

Pass or Pages poll results
This genre was voted for by 39 people in April and May.
Thank you to everyone who voted!


3 comments:

Natasha said...

Hi, I'm new to this and have a question! My novel is definitely about family dynamics (with a mother-daughter relationship at its heart), but in my query I specify the genre as upmarket women's fiction. Can I still enter, or do I need to rework the query so I call the genre out as family dynamics?

Dena Pawling said...

When reading your query, does it sound like family dynamics? Then please enter! And if you believe the specific genre is upmarket women's fiction, then call it that in the query.

Natasha said...

Yes it is definitely family dynamics! Thank you! :-)