YA Agencies

This is a list of agencies that accept YA that I put together a few years ago. It's by no means a complete list and is probably quite outdated by now, so I'd suggest to use this list as a guideline and make sure to do your research on each agency before querying. I may query agents again in the future, and if I do, I'll work on updating this list. Soon I'll be submitting to editors and publishers that accept unsolicited queries. When I do, I'll add them to my database too, and post them here.

Below are my favorite sources for researching agencies:

QueryTracker.net

AgentQuery.com

Jay Eckert's Sharpened Pen

Publishers Marketplace

Writers Market

Remember, do your own research on an agency before querying! Look up their website, read their blog, check agents' bios to be sure your manuscript would be a good match with the kind of books they're looking for.

Agencies that accept YA:

3 Seas Literary Agency

A+B Works
The Aaron M. Priest Literary Agency
Abrams Artists Agency (mainly a talent & film agency; no unsolicited submissions)
Adams Literary
Aha Literary Group
Albert T. Longden Agency
Alison J. Picard (not recommended)
Alive Communications
A.M. Heath & Company
A.N. Experience in Books (specializes in African American authors)
Anderson Literary Management
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Andrea Hurst Literary Management
Andrew Mann (UK)
The Angela Rinaldi Literary Agency
Ann Elmo Agency, Inc.
Anne McDermid & Assoc.
Ann Tobias Literary Agency
Antony Harwood, Ltd. (UK)
AP Watt (UK)
Artists and Artisans Inc.
Ashley Grayson Literary Agency
Authorlink (not recommended)
Avenue A Literary (specializes in black/latino)
The Axelrod Agency
Ayesha Pande Literary (accepts YA but not interested in fantasy)

Baker’s Mark Literary Agency
Barbara Bova Literary Agency
Barbara J. Zitwer Agency (not recommended)
Barbara S. Kouts
Barry Goldblatt Literary Agency
Belcastro Agency
The Bent Agency
Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises
Bond Literary Agency
Book Cents Literary Agency
BookEnds, LLC
Books & Such
Bookstop Literary Agency
Bradford Literary Agency
Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents
Brick House Literary Agents
Browne & Miller Literary Assoc.
Bradford Literary Agency
Burkeman & Clarke Literary Agency

Caren Johnson Literary Agency
Carol Mann Agency
Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency (Canadian only)
The Charlotte Gusay Literary Agency (not recommended)
Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency (Sterling Lord Literistic)
Cherry Weiner Literary Agency
The Children’s Literary Agency (not recommended; top 20 worst)
The Chudney Agency
Claire Gerus Literary Agency
Clear Sailing Creatives
Connor Literary Agency
Conville & Walsh (UK)
The Cooke Agency
Cornerstone Literary Agency
Cowles-Ryan Agency
Creative Trust Inc. Literary Management
Curtis Brown Ltd.

D4EO Literary Agency
Darley Anderson (UK)
Davey Literary & Media Management
David Higham Assoc. (UK)
DeFiore and Company
Denise Shannon Literary Agency
Diana Finch Literary Agency
Doe Coover Agency
Don Congdon Associates
Donadio and Olson, Inc.
Donald Maass Literary Agency
Dreisbach Literary Management
Dunham Literary, Inc.
Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency
Dwyer & O’Grady, Inc.
Dystel & Goderich Literary Management

East West Literary Agency (not recommended)
Ed Victor, LTD (UK agency)
Eden Street, LLC
Elaine Koster Literary Agency
The Elaine P. English Literary Agency
The Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency
Elyse Cheney Literary Assoc.
The Epstein Literary Agency
Erin Murphy Literary Agency
Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency
Evan Marshall Agency

Faye Bender Literary
Felicity Bryan (UK)
Fielding Agency
Fifi Oscard Agency
Fine Literary
Fine Print Literary Management
Flannery Literary
Fletcher & Company
Folio Literary Management
Foundry Literary + Media
Fox Literary Agency
Frances Collin Literary Agent
Franklin and Siegal (no contact information)
Full Circle Literary

Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents
Georges Borchardt, Inc.
The Gernert Company
The Gersh Agency (snobs)
Gina Maccoby Literary Agency
GlobalBookRights.com (translation rights company)
Global Literary Management
Greenhouse Literary Agency

Halyard Literary Agency (website expired, no contact info)
Harold Ober Associates
Harvey Klinger Agency
Heacock Hill Literary Agency
Herman Agency
Hotchkiss and Assoc.
Howard Morhaim Literary Agency

Ia Atterholm Agency (Scandinavian)
Inkwell Management
The Intellectual Property Group (no longer in business)
International Transactions
Irene Goodman Literary Agency
Irene Webb Literary

JABberwocky Literary Agency
Jane Rotrosen Agency
Janklow & Nesbit Assoc.
J de S Assoc.
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
Jeff Aghassi
Jenee Arthur Agency
Jennifer DeChiara Literary Agency
Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency
Jenny Brown Assoc.
JET Literary Assoc.
Jill Grinberg Literary Management
Joelle Delbourgo Assoc.
John Hawkins & Assoc.
Joy Harris Literary Agency
Judith Ehrlich Literary Management
Julia Lord Literary Management

Kathryn Green Literary Agency
Kimberley Cameron & Assoc.
Kirsten Manges Literary
Knapp Talent & Literary
The Knight Agency
Krass Literary Agency
KT Public Relations & Literary Services
kt literary

Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents
LJK Literary Management
Laura Dail Literary Agency
Laura Langlie Agency
The Lazear Agency (not recommended)
Lescher & Lescher, Ltd.
Levine Greenburg Literary Agency
Linda Allen Literary Agency
Linda Chester Literary Agency
Linn Prentis Literary Agency
Lippincott Massie McQuilkin
Literary Counsel
The Literary Group International
Liza Dawson Associates
Lowenstein Assoc.
L. Perkins Agency
Lynn C. Franklin Assoc.
Lyons Literary Agency

MacGregor Literary
Malaga Baldi Literary Agency
Marcia Amsterdam Agency
Maria Carvainis Agency, Inc.
Marianne Strong Literary Agency
Marie Brown Assoc.
Markson Thoma Literary Agency
Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
Martin Literary Management (not recommended)
Maxine Thompson (specializes in African American authors)
The McCarthy Agency
McIntosh & Otis, Inc.
McMakin Literary Agency
McVeigh Agency
Mendel Media Group
Menza-Barron Literary Agency
Meredith Bernstein Literary Agency
Miriam Altshuler Literary Agency
Mortimer Literary Agency
Movable Type Literary Group
Mulcahy Conway Assoc. (London)

Nancy Coffey Literary & Media Representation

Nancy Gallt Literary Agency

Nancy Yost Literary Agency
Natasha Kern Literary Agency
Ned Leavitt Agency
Nelson Literary Agency
New England Publishing Assoc. (merged with Publish or Perish)
Nine Speakers, Inc.

Old North, A Literary Agency

P.S. Literary Agency

Painted Words, Inc.
Paradigm Agency
Parkeast Literary Agency
Paul S. Levine Literary Agent
Pen and Ink Literary
Peters, Fraser and Dunlop Ltd (UK)

Pinder Lane & Garon-Brooke Associates

Pippin Properties, Inc.

The Plains Agency, Inc.

PMA Literary Agency

Pollinger, LTD (UK)

The Poynor Group

Prospect Agency

Publish or Perish Agency

Raines & Raines

Ralph Vicinanza Ltd.
The Rappaport Agency
Redhammer LLC (London?)
Red Riding Hood Ink (not recommended)
Regal Literary, Inc.
Renee Zuckerbrot Literary Agent
Richard Henshaw Group
Ricia Mainhardt Agency
The Rights Factory

RLR Assoc.

Rob Weisbach Creative Management
Robert Astle and Assoc. Literary Management
Rodeen Literary Management
The Rohm Agency
The Roman Group
Roslyn Targ Literary Agency
Russell & Volkening

Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency
Sanford J. Greenburger Assoc.
Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency
Savvy Literary Services
Schiavone Literary Agency
Scott Treimel NY
Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency
Screenland Literary Assoc.
Serendipity Literary Agency
The Seymour Agency
Sheldon Fogelman Agency
Signature Literary Agency
Spectrum Literary Agency
Spencerhill Associates
The Spieler Agency
Steele-Perkins Literary Agency
The Steinberg Agency
Stephanie Tade Agency
Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
Sternig & Byrne
Stimola Literary Studio
The Stonesong Press, LLC
Strachan Literary Agency
The Stringer Literary Agency
The Strothman Agency
The Stuart Agency
Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency
Susan F. Schulman Literary Agency

Talcott Notch Literary Services
TriadaUS Literary Agency
Transatlantic Literary Agency
Trident Media Group

Unfolding World Literary Agency
The Unter Agency
Upstart Crow Literary

Valerie Smith
The Veltre Company
Veritas Literary Agency
Victoria Sanders & Assoc.

Waxman Literary Agency
Wendy Schmalz Agency
The Wendy Weil Agency
Wernick & Pratt Agency
William Morris Endeavor (UK)
Wolf Literary Services
Wolfson Literary Agency
Word|Link Literary Agency (not recommended)
Writers House

Zachary Shuster Harmsworth
The Zoe Pagnamenta Agency

Good luck!