Janice Sperry SHE CAME FROM THE HILL Genre: YA Gothic Fantasy Word count: 56,000 Query: Clay went to Strawberry Hill for the camping, not the ghost hunting. His friends’ stories about a dead little girl and her rainbow-winged fairy friends are not exactly the stuff that nightmares are made out Read more…
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy Word count: 60,000 Query: Ms. Fury, Sixteen-year-old Kitty is a Chinese weredragon and an operative for the US government’s Draconic Intelligence Command, or as she likes to call it, DIC. When a rookie under Kitty’s supervision breaks the number one rule (don’t let humans know what Read more…
Genre: YA/ChristianWord Count: 63,000 Query: Dear Ms. Chapman, Rachel Harker prayed for God to change someone’s life; she never imagined it would be hers. When sixteen year old Rachel gets lost in the woods during a church sponsored hiking trip with skeptic Asher Jenkins, she expects help to come quickly. Read more…
Genre: YA Paranormal SuspenseWord count: 55,000 Query: River Morgan’s petite, pink-haired and not quite twenty, but she has already mastered the art of how to erase a memory from those who are haunted by their past. River must write the memories in her Memory Book or else they become her Read more…
Genre: YA Fantasy Word count: 65,000 Query: When her father does things like slam her head into the fridge, sixteen-year-old Emma Sullivan copes the only way she knows how: she steals her mom’s pain meds and piles on extra makeup. What really hurts is that her mom would rather pretend Read more…
Genre: YA Sci-FiWord count: 79,000 Query letter: Dear Mr./Mrs. Uber-Agent, The Surgeon Generals are liars. The lives squirming inside the guts of Katia and the other clones aren’t parasites. They’re Freeborns. The squirming in Katia’s gut means two things: she is infected with the dreaded parasite, and her boring life Read more…
Genre: Science Fiction Word Count: 80,000 Query: Dear Ms. Agent, I am seeking representation for my novel, NUMBER BLUE, a work of Science Fiction complete at 80,000 words. Viz can use her as a weapon or he can help her escape but, with the city’s freedom at stake, either choice makes Read more…
Genre: YA Dystopian Word count: 72,000 Query: Dear Ms. Chapman, When sixteen-year-old Misty Evans discovers a hidden notebook in her mother’s art room, she’s excited and terrified. Paper is against the law. In the pages of the notebook, Misty learns that events leading up to her mother’s disappearance might have Read more…
Genre: Contemporary YAWord Count: 57,500 Query: Dear Ms. Chapman: I found the Super Intern Contest on Twitter and am pleased to send you the opening 250 words of my contemporary YA manuscript, Dead Sister Days. The story might appeal to readers who enjoyed the candid emotion and colloquial style of Read more…
Genre: YA historical fantasy romanceWord count: 50,000 Query: Falling in love isn’t easy when it’s challenged by a brutal duke, a murderous king, and the threat of war between kingdoms. But truelove doesn’t care about convenience, and it certainly has no aversion to danger. When Princess Araya flees an arranged Read more…