South East Asian Literature – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com #MSWL: What do you wish you had in your inbox? Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:43:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 AZ Hackett https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/az-hackett/ Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:06:04 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?post_type=mswl-post&p=10863 10863 Debut Literary Fiction Novel https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-item/debut-literary-fiction-novel/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:27:03 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?post_type=mswl-item&p=10629 Read more]]> I am currently accepting submissions for debut literary fiction novels — expand and explode the definition of a modern artist with great writing and a story that entertains, depicts, questions, excites, inspires, and connects readers.

Possible comp titles: Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar, We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo, Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn, The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob, A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza, Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng, The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht, Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, The Lightness by Emily Temple

]]> 10629 Tyler Monson https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/tyler-monson/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:31:45 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?post_type=mswl-post&p=10611 10611 Rebecca Nelson https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/rebecca-nelson/ Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:44:11 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?post_type=mswl-post&p=10463 10463 Rebecca Johns https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/rebecca-johns/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:02:13 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?post_type=mswl-post&p=10383 10383 Marta S. https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/marta-s/ Tue, 28 May 2024 17:32:56 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?post_type=mswl-post&p=10207 10207 Alex Brown https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/alex-brown/ Mon, 20 May 2024 19:24:34 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?post_type=mswl-post&p=10197 10197 Alex Brown’s Evergreen Wishlist! https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-item/evergreen-wishlist/ Mon, 20 May 2024 19:23:02 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?post_type=mswl-item&p=10199 Read more]]> Across Adult, YA, and MG, I am particularly drawn to: Final Girls who are also monsters, diaspora stories, horror of any kind, stories that will make her laugh/cry/wonder if something is lurking in the darkness, anything that hints at what might be hiding in the ocean, witches, rom coms, witchy rom coms, women/enby/POC-lead thrillers that leave her on the edge of her seat, queer horror, queer rom coms, queer anything, stories written by and for folks from underrepresented/marginalized identities, ghost stories, weird stories, weird ghost stories, time loops, heists, the sensibilities of Grady Hendrix, and anything speculative/fabulist.

]]> 10199 Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong’s Dying To Find… https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-item/cathie-hedrick-armstrongs-dying-to-find/ Mon, 13 May 2024 16:34:25 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?post_type=mswl-item&p=10181 Read more]]> I’m absolutely dying for anything that fits the following criteria:

  • Adult Romantic Fantasy (Romantasy). Bonus points if it’s from a Non-Western Culture
  • Adult Fiction from Native American Authors. Bonus points if the setting is in Oklahoma
  • Adult Mysteries in the vein of the GHOST HUNTER series by Victoria Laurie or the WITCHCRAFT MYSTERIES by Juliet Blackwell, but with a strong “will-they-or-won’t-they” romantic sub-plot. Bonus points if it has series potential.
  • Adult Romantic Comedy with the same feel as WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING. Bonus points if the main character is as much in love with the love interest’s family as they are with the object of their affection.

Queries can be sent to QueryManager after June 3, 2024. Please specify in your query that you’re answering my request for these specific things. Please do not send via email.

]]> 10181 Emily Anderson https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/emily-anderson/ Mon, 06 May 2024 14:35:38 +0000 https://www.manuscriptwishlist.com/?post_type=mswl-post&p=10130 10130