Sorche Fairbank
Sorche Fairbank’s (pronounced Sorka) Fairbank Literary Representation is happily in its eighteenth year. It is a small, selective agency and member of AAR, the Author's Guild, the Agents Round Table, PEN, and Grub Street's Literary Advisory Council. Clients range from first-time authors to international best-sellers, prize winning-journalists to professionals at the top of their fields. They can be found with all the major publishers, as well as in the New York Times, Harper’s, the Atlantic, the New Yorker, Granta, Best American Short Stories, and more.

Sorche’s tastes tend toward literary and international fiction; big memoir that goes beyond the me-moir; topical or narrative non-fiction with a strong interest in women’s voices, global perspectives, and class and race issues; children's picture books & middle grade from illustrator/artists only; quality lifestyle books (food, wine, and design); pop culture; craft; and gift and humor books. She is most likely to pick up works that are of social or cultural significance, newsworthy, or that cause her to take great delight in the words, images or ideas on the page.

Above all, she looks for a fresh voice, approach, story, or idea.

Carrie Howland
Carrie Howland founded Howland Literary, LLC in 2018, after thirteen years as an agent, most recently at Empire Literary. Carrie holds a B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Albion College, where she was the Poetry Editor of The Albion Review. Her poetry has appeared in various literary journals and magazines. In her spare time, Carrie volunteers as a foster for a local dog rescue and is an active member of the Junior League. Her passions include music, pop culture, and the Midwest. She has been featured in several publications discussing her work as an agent including Poets & Writers, SCWBI insight, Akashic Books, and Slice Magazine.

Carrie is accepting submissions for adult literary and upmarket fiction as well as memoir, narrative and prescriptive non-fiction. In Fiction: Commercial Fiction, GLBT, Literary Fiction, Upmarket Women's Fiction. In Nonfiction: Cultural/Social Issues, GLBT, Memoir, Music, Narrative, Pets, Pop Culture, True Crime, Women's Concerns.

She will also consider in fiction: Crime, Family Saga, Historical Fiction, Horror, Multi-Cultural, Mystery, Short Story Collections, Thrillers/Suspense. In Nonfiction: Adventure/True Story, Current Affairs, Dating/Relationships, Food & Lifestyle, Gift Books, Health & Fitness, Humor, Investigative Journalism, Juvenile, Multi-Cultural, Politics, Self-Help, Spirituality, Travel.

Ashley Lopez
Ashley Lopez joined the Waxman Literary Agency in 2015. She received her MFA in Fiction from Sarah Lawrence College and is a founder and the Managing Editor of Pigeon Pages Literary Journal. Ashley is looking for literary and young adult fiction, narrative nonfiction, memoir, and cultural criticism. Most importantly she seeks authors with a strong point of view and an eye for language.

Fiction: Literary Fiction, Multi-Cultural. Nonfiction: Cultural/Social Issues, Current Affairs, GLBT, Investigative Journalism, Memoir, Narrative, Pop Culture, Women's Concerns.

She will consider in fiction: Commercial Fiction, Family Saga, GLBT, Graphic Novels, Short Story Collections, Upmarket Women's Fiction, Young Adult. And in nonfiction: Dating/Relationships, Food & Lifestyle, Gift Books, History, Multi-Cultural, Music, Nature/Ecology, Parenting, Politics, Psychology, Science, Self-Help, Travel, True Crime.