Submissions

We do not accept Poetry, Educational Curriculum, Erotica, Short Stories/Essay Collections

We are interested in YA, Adult fiction, and Non-fiction.

YA and ADULT FICTION: You must have a complete, previously unpublished, polished manuscript before contacting us.

SEND the following in the body of the email:

  1. A well-written query letter single spaced 350 words or less. The query must provide
    1. GENRE, WORD COUNT, TITLE
    2. Comps or something that conveys the concept of your book
    3. A compelling “back of the book summary” of what your book is about.
  2. A 1-2 page double spaced synopsis that outlines the main plot points of your story. INCLUDING the ending. This is not a long summary—this is a synopsis.
  3. The first 5 pages of your manuscript (Times New Roman, 12 point font, Double spaced)

NON-FICTION: You should have a full formal proposal ready to submit upon request.

In the body of the email, please submit:

  1. Genre (narrative, business, self-improvement, memoir etc.), word count, and title
  2. The Overview (what your book is about),
  3. Your author bio with any qualifications for your topic

Renee C. Fountain is looking for adult and YA fiction and non-fiction. She prefers: thrillers, horror/dark fantasy, romantasy, humor, rom-com, pop-culture, self-improvement and narrative/commercial.

Renee DOES NOT represent screenplays or previously published books (including self-published), High Fantasy (wizards, elves, magical powers/the chosen one) Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera, Post Apocalyptic, Cli-Fi, Sci-fi, MG, Picture Books, Erotica, Poetry, Novellas or Short Story Collections.

Please do not submit any novels with themes of: terrorism, politics/political topics, viruses, animal abuse/death.

EDITING: It is important that all manuscripts are proofread for grammatical errors and typos.

RESPONSE: Due to current backlog, it may take 90 days or more for a response if we are interested. We are a no response means no agency.

If you are querying a particular agent, please reference their name first in your submission. Please note, Allison Hegan and Dr. Emma Wood are not accepting submissions at this time.

SCREENWRITERS: If you are a screenwriter and wish to submit a screenplay or teleplay for consideration, email a query to ScriptSubmissions@ghliterary.com*
* Renee Fountain does not represent screenplays.

AUTHORS: For all new manuscript submissions, please email a query to Submissions@ghliterary.com.

Thank you for contacting Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary Management.