2025 Annual Agent Roundup

20+ literary agents open to queries detail what they're looking for and how best to connect with them.

- Amy Jones

Maybe your novel is written and edited, and now you're ready to start sharing it. Or, maybe you've got a solid outline and business plan for a nonfiction book. Now comes the challenge of finding an agent to represent you and your work to publishers.

But, of course, agents do so much more than that these days. They also function as editors, ensuring your book or proposal is at its best before shopping it to publishers. If they're the right agent for you, they'll also help you build your career as a writer, helping you figure out what's next.

As you get started (or keep going) in your search to find the agent that's the best fit for you, your personality, and your working style, here are 21 agents open to queries right now and the specifics of what they're looking for. They've also detailed what they don't want and what makes a query stand out to them. Some agents are early in building their lists, others are established and looking to add a client or two to already robust rosters, and there are plenty in between. There are pros and cons to each, which is one more opportunity to consider what's most important to you in your author journey. Be sure to visit the agency websites to find out more about agency philosophies, agent biographies, and additional books/authors represented by those agencies.

WD wishes you the very best of luck in your search for an agent!