Ashlee MacCallum
@ashleedani.bsky.social
junior literary agent @howlandlit.bsky.social | brewing banned books, spinning stories, and raising feral protagonists | powered by coffee and chaos | rep: @redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social @belcastroagency.bsky.social
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Well, I was going to open to queries tomorrow but I just can't wait 🤓 From now until November 7th (or until I reach 200 queries) I am open to marginalized authors only. I will reopen to queries widely after the New Year.
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Just a reminder, I am closing tonight at midight!
Well, I was going to open to queries tomorrow but I just can't wait 🤓 From now until November 7th (or until I reach 200 queries) I am open to marginalized authors only. I will reopen to queries widely after the New Year.
MSWL: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/as...
MSWL: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/as...
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just a reminder, I am closing tonight at midight!
Well, I was going to open to queries tomorrow but I just can't wait 🤓 From now until November 7th (or until I reach 200 queries) I am open to marginalized authors only. I will reopen to queries widely after the New Year.
MSWL: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/as...
MSWL: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/as...
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Well, I was going to open to queries tomorrow but I just can't wait 🤓 From now until November 7th (or until I reach 200 queries) I am open to marginalized authors only. I will reopen to queries widely after the New Year.
MSWL: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/as...
MSWL: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/as...
✨I am over the moon to welcome Gabriela Orozco Belt to Howland Literary! I immediately fell in love with her charming, bilingual picture books which celebrate culture and family and I am SO looking forward to working together!✨
October 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
✨I am over the moon to welcome Gabriela Orozco Belt to Howland Literary! I immediately fell in love with her charming, bilingual picture books which celebrate culture and family and I am SO looking forward to working together!✨
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Trick or Treat with Agent Ashlee MacCallum! HUGE Submission Opportunity Inside!
Hi, readers, writers, and querying creators of all kinds! Today is #SeasonsOfKidLit’s last day of our 2025 Trick-or-Treat Event, and we’re closing it out in an extremely BIG way! We’re thrilled to wel...
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October 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Trick or Treat with Agent Ashlee MacCallum! HUGE Submission Opportunity Inside!
Hi, readers, writers, and querying creators of all kinds! Today is #SeasonsOfKidLit’s last day of our 2025 Trick-or-Treat Event, and we’re closing it out in an extremely BIG way! We’re thrilled to wel...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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I'll be closing my inbox tonight at midnight! 🕛
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October 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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As a writer who has followed Literary Rambles for quite some time, I'm super excited to share my interview and contest details with you all! ✨️
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September 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
As a writer who has followed Literary Rambles for quite some time, I'm super excited to share my interview and contest details with you all! ✨️
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I'm closed to queries but so excited to take one-on-one pitches at the online Chesapeake Writing Workshop on August 15-16. Join me! Anyone from anywhere can attend. Learn more about the virtual writers conference here:
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2025 Online Chesapeake Writing Workshop
Get Your Writing Published: August 15-16, 2025
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August 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I'm closed to queries but so excited to take one-on-one pitches at the online Chesapeake Writing Workshop on August 15-16. Join me! Anyone from anywhere can attend. Learn more about the virtual writers conference here:
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I just hit 500 queries for July, so I'll be closing my inbox this Wednesday, 7/23, at midnight. I will likely stay closed for the month of August. Thank you so much to everyone trusting me with their work! I have some pretty special stories in my inbox right now 👀✨️
a man in a suit and tie is jumping in an elevator with a sign on the wall that says " in case of fire "
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July 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I just hit 500 queries for July, so I'll be closing my inbox this Wednesday, 7/23, at midnight. I will likely stay closed for the month of August. Thank you so much to everyone trusting me with their work! I have some pretty special stories in my inbox right now 👀✨️
📢CLIENT ANNOUNCEMENT📢
@bookfairyangus.bsky.social and I are absolutely, positively, undeniably OVER THE MOON to announce the wickedly talented @uriiswriting.bsky.social has joined our team! His #MG horror had me SHOOK and we can't wait to get it out into the world! Uriel, LET'S DO THIS! 🥳❤️
@bookfairyangus.bsky.social and I are absolutely, positively, undeniably OVER THE MOON to announce the wickedly talented @uriiswriting.bsky.social has joined our team! His #MG horror had me SHOOK and we can't wait to get it out into the world! Uriel, LET'S DO THIS! 🥳❤️
June 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
📢CLIENT ANNOUNCEMENT📢
@bookfairyangus.bsky.social and I are absolutely, positively, undeniably OVER THE MOON to announce the wickedly talented @uriiswriting.bsky.social has joined our team! His #MG horror had me SHOOK and we can't wait to get it out into the world! Uriel, LET'S DO THIS! 🥳❤️
@bookfairyangus.bsky.social and I are absolutely, positively, undeniably OVER THE MOON to announce the wickedly talented @uriiswriting.bsky.social has joined our team! His #MG horror had me SHOOK and we can't wait to get it out into the world! Uriel, LET'S DO THIS! 🥳❤️
I was lucky enough to receive some truly exceptional material over the last two days, so in order to prioritize those manuscripts and my submission inbox, I’m closing temporarily, but will open again soon🫶
I’ve answered all queries so I’m doing a soft re-open, narrowing down my #MSWL to focus on areas I didn’t receive many queries when I initially opened. I’d 🩷 to see your chapter books, MG: contemporary, MG: nonfiction, MG: novel in verse, YA: contemporary, & YA: novel in verse
a man with a beard is holding a piece of paper and saying `` so ready ! ''
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June 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I was lucky enough to receive some truly exceptional material over the last two days, so in order to prioritize those manuscripts and my submission inbox, I’m closing temporarily, but will open again soon🫶
I’ve answered all queries so I’m doing a soft re-open, narrowing down my #MSWL to focus on areas I didn’t receive many queries when I initially opened. I’d 🩷 to see your chapter books, MG: contemporary, MG: nonfiction, MG: novel in verse, YA: contemporary, & YA: novel in verse
a man with a beard is holding a piece of paper and saying `` so ready ! ''
ALT: a man with a beard is holding a piece of paper and saying `` so ready ! ''
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June 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’ve answered all queries so I’m doing a soft re-open, narrowing down my #MSWL to focus on areas I didn’t receive many queries when I initially opened. I’d 🩷 to see your chapter books, MG: contemporary, MG: nonfiction, MG: novel in verse, YA: contemporary, & YA: novel in verse
#editors watch out for @briermarilyn.bsky.social 👀💛
I’m beyond excited to say I now have not one, but TWO agents!
(If you told me this a month ago, I’d call you cuckoo 😜)
Huge thanks to @bookfairyangus.bsky.social & @ashleedani.bsky.social
Here’s to more stories as fun as 🧀🐶 and all the art my brain can dream up. 💛
(If you told me this a month ago, I’d call you cuckoo 😜)
Huge thanks to @bookfairyangus.bsky.social & @ashleedani.bsky.social
Here’s to more stories as fun as 🧀🐶 and all the art my brain can dream up. 💛
May 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
#editors watch out for @briermarilyn.bsky.social 👀💛
What’s better than one agent? TWO! I am honored to have @briermarilyn.bsky.social as my first client! She is wildly talented and uber creative! @bookfairyangus.bsky.social and I fangirled so hard over her stories and illustration style and we cannot wait to share her work with all of you!
@ashleedani.bsky.social
and I are SO excited to be co-representing @howlandlit.bsky.social
first author-illustrator for our growing kidlit list! @briermarilyn.bsky.social
sent us the PB of our dreams and we fell in love with Cheese Dog. She is also open to illustration work.
and I are SO excited to be co-representing @howlandlit.bsky.social
first author-illustrator for our growing kidlit list! @briermarilyn.bsky.social
sent us the PB of our dreams and we fell in love with Cheese Dog. She is also open to illustration work.
May 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
What’s better than one agent? TWO! I am honored to have @briermarilyn.bsky.social as my first client! She is wildly talented and uber creative! @bookfairyangus.bsky.social and I fangirled so hard over her stories and illustration style and we cannot wait to share her work with all of you!
May 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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#Kidlit friends 💔 Please share this far and wide
Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn
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Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn
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May 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#Kidlit friends 💔 Please share this far and wide
Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn
gofund.me/ce50d993
Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn
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✨ANNOUNCEMENT✨
I am OVER THE MOON to announce I've joined the @HowlandLit team as a Junior Literary Agent! Before starting my own list, I'll be working with the incredible @bookfairyangus.bsky.social supporting #teambookfairy. It's the beginning of a crazy beautiful journey! Stay tuned!
I am OVER THE MOON to announce I've joined the @HowlandLit team as a Junior Literary Agent! Before starting my own list, I'll be working with the incredible @bookfairyangus.bsky.social supporting #teambookfairy. It's the beginning of a crazy beautiful journey! Stay tuned!
May 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
✨ANNOUNCEMENT✨
I am OVER THE MOON to announce I've joined the @HowlandLit team as a Junior Literary Agent! Before starting my own list, I'll be working with the incredible @bookfairyangus.bsky.social supporting #teambookfairy. It's the beginning of a crazy beautiful journey! Stay tuned!
I am OVER THE MOON to announce I've joined the @HowlandLit team as a Junior Literary Agent! Before starting my own list, I'll be working with the incredible @bookfairyangus.bsky.social supporting #teambookfairy. It's the beginning of a crazy beautiful journey! Stay tuned!
Having a little fun with my #WIP today. Check out the editor's guide to THE REGISTER OF LOST TREASURE #MG #agented @amandalitagent.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Having a little fun with my #WIP today. Check out the editor's guide to THE REGISTER OF LOST TREASURE #MG #agented @amandalitagent.bsky.social
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I'm supposed to talk about my books and haven't been recently because of everything. But would you like a classic murder mystery that also talks about the grim history of eugenics in America? You know, because of the people talking about eugenics...yesterday?
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Death At Morning House - Maureen Johnson
The fire wasn’t Marlowe Wexler’s fault. Dates should be hot, but not hot enough to warrant literal firefighters. Akilah, the girl Marlowe has been in love with for years, will never go out with her ag...
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April 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'm supposed to talk about my books and haven't been recently because of everything. But would you like a classic murder mystery that also talks about the grim history of eugenics in America? You know, because of the people talking about eugenics...yesterday?
maureenjohnsonbooks.com/book/death-a...
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Officially searching for a literary agent assistant position or some sort of an agent apprenticeship. I have one internship under my belt and I’m looking for the next step! My DMs are open for anyone who thinks we might be a good fit ☺️
Not looking to be paid—just want to learn!
Not looking to be paid—just want to learn!
March 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Officially searching for a literary agent assistant position or some sort of an agent apprenticeship. I have one internship under my belt and I’m looking for the next step! My DMs are open for anyone who thinks we might be a good fit ☺️
Not looking to be paid—just want to learn!
Not looking to be paid—just want to learn!
Reposted by Ashlee MacCallum
Editors, keep your eyes peeled for @ashleedani.bsky.social's chapter book on sub today which is a mix of JUMANJI x THE MAGIC TREE HOUSE when a group of friends play with their new deck of cryptozoology cards only to be transported on a wild adventure to save these cryptid's from extinction!
March 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Editors, keep your eyes peeled for @ashleedani.bsky.social's chapter book on sub today which is a mix of JUMANJI x THE MAGIC TREE HOUSE when a group of friends play with their new deck of cryptozoology cards only to be transported on a wild adventure to save these cryptid's from extinction!
Reposted by Ashlee MacCallum
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November 29, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Don't miss the #PBSummit BLACK FRIDAY SALE just for #picturebook #writers & #illustrators. Get 40% off past Summit presentations this weekend only!
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💜ANNOUNCEMENT 💜
I am WILDLY EXCITED to share that I've signed with the incredible @amandalitagent.bsky.social at @belcastroagency.bsky.social! I cannot imagine a better partner and advocate for my writing and I'm thrilled to start this journey with her as my agent!
I am WILDLY EXCITED to share that I've signed with the incredible @amandalitagent.bsky.social at @belcastroagency.bsky.social! I cannot imagine a better partner and advocate for my writing and I'm thrilled to start this journey with her as my agent!
November 22, 2024 at 10:54 PM
💜ANNOUNCEMENT 💜
I am WILDLY EXCITED to share that I've signed with the incredible @amandalitagent.bsky.social at @belcastroagency.bsky.social! I cannot imagine a better partner and advocate for my writing and I'm thrilled to start this journey with her as my agent!
I am WILDLY EXCITED to share that I've signed with the incredible @amandalitagent.bsky.social at @belcastroagency.bsky.social! I cannot imagine a better partner and advocate for my writing and I'm thrilled to start this journey with her as my agent!
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My debut rhyming #picturebook has been announced!! So honored and grateful to work with 3x NYT-bestselling illustrator Ramona Kaulitzki and the team at Random House Studio!! 💖🐎
November 16, 2024 at 5:51 PM
My debut rhyming #picturebook has been announced!! So honored and grateful to work with 3x NYT-bestselling illustrator Ramona Kaulitzki and the team at Random House Studio!! 💖🐎