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she/her. senior literary agent @galltzacker. closed to unsolicited queries for the time being.

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#DVpit inspired me to reopen to queries sooner than I'd planned... Starting Nov 2025, I'll be open to unsolicited queries the first week of every month! Still just YA + MG fiction... Really hungry for 🤩 debut voices... You'll be able to submit here: querytracker.net/querybeth #mswl
October 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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For #DVart please use this feed to search until the hashtags are restores (please always try searching the hashtags first) #DVpit bsky.app/profile/did:...
#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co
October 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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If your hashtag searching is not working for #DVpit we created a feed for the hashtag. Please always try to search the hashtag first, but this feed includes all posts under the hashtag as well. We will update during the day as we learn more from bsky bsky.app/profile/did:...
#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
hiiii #DVpit! remember me? lol
i'm not open to queries right now, but i will be looking thru the feed for temptation!
if i ❤️ one of your pitches and you'd like to query me, pls use this link: querytracker.net/query/queryb...
let's do this thing!
a man in a striped shirt is standing next to a woman and a peacock logo
Alt: love island cast member clapping hands and rubbing them together like "let's go"
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October 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co
October 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Today is #PreDV, the pitch practice event before #DVpit! Post your pitch drafts with #preDV from 8AM-8PM ET

Post as many pitches or revisions as you need feedback on!

Provide feedback for other participants on their pitches & make new friends!

more info at dvpit.carrd.co #writersky
September 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Good luck #preDV participants! I’ll be going through the hashtag and providing feedback throughout the day. I’m rooting for you all 🤍
September 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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“In some cases, the government appeared to rely on unverified tabloid reports about Khalil. In others, its claims were factually incorrect because of inconsistent timelines and mischaracterizations of his work history.”
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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A U.S. immigration judge ordered pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil be deported to Algeria or Syria over claims that he omitted information from his green card application, court documents showed. https://cnn.it/48sDWI2
September 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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BREAKING: Judge orders Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria, alleging he omitted information from his green card application.
Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to Algeria or Syria
“It is no surprise that the Trump administration continues to retaliate against me for my exercise of free speech," Khalil, a former Columbia University grad student, said in a statement.
nbcnews.to
September 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Don’t you dare call us fascists, they say, as they force people off the airwaves for criticizing them while vowing to crush and criminalize their opposition.
September 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Hey 👋 Your local Philly kidlit editor here! I've got a few things up on the We the People fundraiser:

📚 A queer anthology
✍️ 50-page critique
💬 Publishing AMA

Hope you'll check it out and consider bidding for several good causes! 💖 www.32auctions.com/organization...
✨Please share and bookmark!✨

In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights!

www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...

+ A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:
August 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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✨Please share and bookmark!✨

In one week the We The People Summer fundraiser will begin to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire families in Gaza and immigrant and trans rights!

www.32auctions.com/WeThePeopleS...

+ A small thread of other ways to help that are now live and will be live long-term:
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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🚨IMPORTANT DVPIT ALERT!🚨

Unfortunately, the DVpit url has been claimed by an unknown party claiming to be us with services that we do not endorse.
All the official information for DVpit only comes from this account, our discord, or dvpit.carrd.co
We implore you to be safe & protect your information
August 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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✨pls share✨

I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom.

If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful!

GFM: www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...

32Auction: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
Donate to URGENT: Help Evacuate Mariam's Family from Gaza, organized by Sandra Proudman
My name is Sandra, I’m an author and literary agent from the US and I … Sandra Proudman needs your support for URGENT: Help Evacuate Mariam's Family from Gaza
www.gofundme.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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✨Please help me spread the word as I try to raise $15K for families ASAP

I will be doing a 50-page YA SFF intensive limited to 20 authors this summer for #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraising. It will be epic!!!✨

www.32auctions.com/organization...
Full Manuscript Critique - MG or YA
Auction item 'Full Manuscript Critique - MG or YA' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Omggg Bessie!!!!!!! #ALAYMA
January 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
APALA winners!

#alayma
January 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Let’s all watch together!!!!!! #ALAYMA
The wait is almost over! Join us this morning for the announcement of the 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards.
#ALAYMA
📚The #KidLit event of the year is almost here! Join us for the live announcement of the 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards!

📅 Mon., Jan. 27
🕖 7am PT | 8am MT | 9am CT | 10:00am ET

Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/AmericanLibr...
January 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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I have a book called THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER OF SENECA coming out next spring! It's about a girl who stumbles into a magical version of Seneca Village and has to solve a mystery about a missing girl!
November 18, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Wow people really are here now. I gave up on this place a year ago but I guess I’m back! Looking forward to raging with yall.
November 9, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I’m so worried about AI stealing my voice that when i get any calls from numbers i don’t recognize i always answer in a silly fake voice now lol
November 16, 2023 at 4:06 AM