Virginia Kidd Literary Agency

The Virgina Kidd Literary Agency is one of the longest established, science fiction specialized literary agencies in the world — with almost half a century of rich experience in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Our client list reads like a top notch "who's-who" of science fiction: Ursula Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, Anne McCaffrey, Ted Chiang, Alan Dean Foster and others set the bar very high indeed.

Our authors have won Hugos, Nebulas, World Fantasy, Tiptree, National Book Award, PEN Malamud, SFWA Grandmaster, Gandalf, Locus Award, Margaret Edwards Award, IAMTW Lifetime Achievement Award (Grand Master), Rhysling Award, Author Emeritus SFWA, BSFA Award — and more. The point is, we represent the best of the best.

So it is very special news that we are actively looking for just a few new authors in the adult hard science fiction genre. There are some conditions. We require that you have a complete manuscript, and that your writing be of extremely high quality. So. If you think your work is really top notch, your story truly riveting, and your science accurate and/or cleanly extrapolated... then we're ready to look your manuscript over.

Most established literary agencies simply do not take unpublished authors. That includes ours. Consequently this is a rare chance at the brass ring for new authors; an opportunity not likely to be repeated or duplicated. Show us what you've got. Perhaps you, too, can join the best of the best! Here's how to submit:

• Write a query letter; this is to be the body of your email, not an attachment.
• If you don't have Open Office, download it, then save your manuscript in .ODT format.
• Attach your entire manuscript as an Open Office format .ODT file.
• Email the query and manuscript attachment to Ben, at this email address:

Submit hard SF as directed, and you'll be hearing from us. Make sure your mailbox will accept mail from vk-agency.com.

Common reasons for not hearing back after submitting to this project:

• Submission of fantasy, soft SF, YA, horror, vampires, romance, religious, etc.
• Poor or illiterate query letter (if you can't write a good query...)
• Missing query letter.
• Query letter as attachment.
• No manuscript.
• Manuscript not in .ODT format.
• Your spam filters are ignoring vk-agency.com