Agent closed to submissions

Australian River · Mar 2, 2015

So I was on an agency's website, I went through all the submission guidelines and there was no reference that a specific agent was closed to submissions.

I emailed my query and got an automatic response saying she was on maternity leave and closed to submissions until the end of March. When I looked deeper, I found the news had been posted on the agency's blog but the submission page hadn't been updated.

Do I assume my query is going to be binned and not read when she's back?

The blog post didn't really specify...

Thanks!

mayqueen · Mar 2, 2015

That's a bit frustrating! If you don't know about QueryTracker, that might be a good website to check out for updates like that.

Personally, I'd wait until the end of April or early May, and then resend.

hikarinotsubasa · Mar 2, 2015

I'd resend, maybe make a note so she knows it's not a matter of you not keeping records of who you queried. "I accidentally sent this while you were on maternity leave--congratulations, by the way!--and am resending now. My apologies if you receive it twice." Something like that?

Some agents do automatically delete (or get an assistant to delete) queries that come in while they are closed, so if you're enthusiastic about this agent, I would definitely resend.

Australian River · Mar 3, 2015

Thank you!

WeaselFire · Mar 4, 2015

Australian River said:
I emailed my query and got an automatic response saying she was on maternity leave and closed to submissions until the end of March.

Not sure what the issue here is. You resend the query after the end of March. Doesn't matter what else you see or where.

Jeff

Agent closed to submissions

Australian River

mayqueen

practical experience, FTW

hikarinotsubasa

Human, last I checked

Australian River

WeaselFire

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