Without any ado, here are Ms. Podos's winners (with her thoughts in orange ): #9 UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY : "The query did a good jo...

This month's--well, last month's--agent was Rebecca Podos of Rees Literary Agency ! From her agency's website: "Rebecca Po...

Check out the entries below, then leave some feedback in the comments if you feel so inclined. (ENTRANTS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO CRITIQUE AT LEA...

Dear Mystery Agent, In The Guardian Mermaid , sisterhood is more than skin and scales. It is forged from a heartstring, tethered to a swo...

Dear Mystery Agent: I submit to you my YA historical fiction, SECRETS IN THE STONE, which is complete at 72,000 words. It is piloted by a...

Dear Agent, I am seeking representation for my 71,462-word YA Fantasy novel, Even A Broken Heart Will Bleed . Elody is a Wind Spirit. The...

Dear Secret Agent, Seventeen-year-old Charlotte Fairfax has spent the past two months listening to her conservative father give campaign ...

Dear Mystery Agent:  When eleven-year old, Kimberley Adams’ Shakespeare-scholar grandfather, Abu, suddenly dies, Kimberley worries he won...

Dear Agent's Inbox, In Prince Deacon’s kingdom, getting married means an irreversible bond of mind and body. His parents want him to ...

Dear Agent: In 2052, tubular transcycles and decrepit hovercycles crowd the narrow streets of Kyoto, Japan. But it’s the glistening spee...

Dear Agent: In the laboratory, every experimental test subject is expendable--but fifteen-year-old Avery is determined to be more than an...

Dear Agent, Nobody can see the portal to a parallel world that opens whenever Charlotte Ashdown is bored; that is, except Eleanor, her d...

Dear Wonderful Agent, When 17-year-old Greer Carson loses her insulin after planning her own kidnapping, her whole scheme unravels. ...

Dear Agent, Imagine that there’s another you out there somewhere--or three other yous. When 12-year old Cecilia’s parents announce their...

Dear Mystery Agent, The weather changes fast in Colorado, especially if something (or someone) is controlling it. On the day twelve-y...

Dear Agent’s Inbox, Conceived in rape and crippled by lifelong pain, Adria is burdened with an ability to hear people’s thoughts and emot...

I'm now accepting entries for this week's round of "An Agent's Inbox." Here's a quick refresher: The Rules 1. To e...

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR ENTRIES! I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS-UP. THE CONTEST OPENS NEXT MONDAY, MARCH 26. “An Agent's Inbox” is exa...

Alternate title: "Has It Really Been Three Months Since I Blogged?" The first thing you need to know is that I've scheduled ...

Without any ado, Ms. Piraino's winners: Third place: #1 CURSE OF THE NINE-TAILED FOX #7 ALL IS DARK #9 HARBINGER These three ent...