This six-month writing mentorship for eight aspiring authors around the world was established in 2020 as part of the agency’s commitment to champion new and exciting voices around the world and launch debut writing careers. Open to writers over the age of 16 who are unrepresented.
At least half the spaces will be reserved for writers underrepresented on the nation’s bookshelves. This includes, but is not limited to, writers from an ethnic minority background, LGBTQ+ writers, writers who are disabled or neurodiverse, and writers from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
The programme will be split into two parts – the first part is a series of online insight sessions over six months, given by editors, agents, international rights, film & tv, as well as bestselling authors.
The second part of this programme will run concurrently with the first, but without a fixed time limit. Each mentee will be partnered with an MM literary agent mentor and will receive personalised editorial feedback on their manuscript. They will also receive guaranteed representation from an agent,
We are looking for exceptional stories with characters who live and breathe, that are compelling, that make us think hard about the world we live in, or have something new, fresh and interesting to say.
On the fiction side, we are especially eager to find historical, commercial, literary, thriller, book club, middle grade and young adult. On the non-fiction side, we are particularly looking for narrative non-fiction, memoir, new perspectives in history, arts and culture, politics, economics, philosophy, psychology, nature and science, unusual illustrated projects, dynamic cookery or food writing.
You do not need to have completed your full manuscript to apply,just have a strong idea of where it is going with at least a few written chapters. ,
The Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency is a leading literary agency based in the UK renowned for talent spotting new writers.
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Deadline: 5.30pm BST on 1st July 2021