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Maria Vicente
@mariavicente.com
senior literary agent & senior advisor | P.S. Literary
board member | Association of American Literary Agents
🜂 🜄 🜁 🜃

resources & workshops ⤵️
https://www.mariavicente.com

agency ⤵️
http://www.psliterary.com
Need help with your query letter? Join me for a fall session of my virtual Query Letter Workshop. 👩🏻‍🏫

Registration includes a 2 hour live class, Q&A, and a critique of your query letter. You can sign up now for the October 1st or November 5th workshops.

www.mariavicente.com/query-letter-workshop
Query Letter Workshop — Maria Vicente, Literary Agent
www.mariavicente.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My query letter workshop is back! The two fall sessions (October and November) are now open for registration. The workshop includes a virtual 2 hour class followed by a Q&A session and a professional critique of your query letter.

www.mariavicente.com/query-letter...
September 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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We are delighted to share that senior agent <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sxifn5ckgc2bghswuzh2mwfs" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@mariavicente.com will be expanding her impact by serving as a senior advisor, providing strategic consultation on the development of the agency.

Please join us in congratulating her on this expanded role and in celebrating her 12 years of excellence!
September 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Someone is impersonating me as a means to request material from writers in various online communities. All my requests are sent from a P.S. Literary email address (maria@psliterary or submissions@psliterary).
May 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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The Graphic Novel Proposal Workshop still has a few spots left. We start next week! ✨

www.mariavicente.com/workshops
Two of my workshops are open for registration. Space is limited.

Graphic Novel Proposal Workshop starts May 13.

Query Letter Workshop is in June.

Both have a small class size, there's plenty of time for Q&A, and you'll receive personalized feedback on your work.

www.mariavicente.com/workshops
May 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Graphic Novel Proposal Workshop still has a few spots left. We start next week! ✨

www.mariavicente.com/workshops
Two of my workshops are open for registration. Space is limited.

Graphic Novel Proposal Workshop starts May 13.

Query Letter Workshop is in June.

Both have a small class size, there's plenty of time for Q&A, and you'll receive personalized feedback on your work.

www.mariavicente.com/workshops
May 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Two of my workshops are open for registration. Space is limited.

Graphic Novel Proposal Workshop starts May 13.

Query Letter Workshop is in June.

Both have a small class size, there's plenty of time for Q&A, and you'll receive personalized feedback on your work.

www.mariavicente.com/workshops
April 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It’s been a couple of months, so let’s do another #askagent.

Have publishing questions? Reply to ask, and I’ll do my best to answer.
April 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Registration is open for my April and May query letter workshops. 👩🏻‍💻

🔸 Live virtual class
🔸 Professional critique
🔸 Q&A session

Space is limited (smaller group = more time to chat), so don’t wait too long to sign up!
Workshops — Maria Vicente, Literary Agent
www.mariavicente.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Registration is now open for my March and April query letter workshops.

🔸 Live virtual class
🔸 Professional critique
🔸 Q&A session

Space is limited. 👩🏻‍💻

Please share with your writer friends at the start of their publishing journey.
Workshops — Maria Vicente, Literary Agent
www.mariavicente.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Maria Vicente
Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off
February 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I have a bunch of new followers after #MSWL day (hi, everyone! 👋🏻), so let’s do an #askagent.

Do you have publishing questions? Reply and ask. I’ll do my best to answer.
February 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's #MSWL day! For those who don't know, you can read through posts under the hashtag to see what literary agents and editors are looking for in submissions.

My official MSWL profile is linked below, but I'll share some specific wish list items in the posts that follow, too.
Maria Vicente – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Reposted by Maria Vicente
@ publishing are you listening to this
“Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection. Labels, we got you — but do you got us?”

— Chappell Roan demanding labels to do better during her #GRAMMYs acceptance speech.
February 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Does anyone know why so many writers are querying super long manuscripts lately? I’m seeing a lot of projects clocking in at close to 200k.

Are writers not editing before querying? Is there bad advice somewhere that says the higher the word count, the more impressive the story?
January 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I vote we all buy one book (or more) from this list today and give it to a young person in our life.
The 23 Most Banned Picture Books of the 2023-2024 School Year - PEN America
These are the most banned picture books of the 2023-2024 school year. Most feature LGBTQ+ identities, including lighthearted fiction about animals.
pen.org
January 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Shout out to @authorsabb.bsky.social for a great town hall today. They’re doing incredible, important work.
January 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Reposted by Maria Vicente
Making art is so embarrassing. Oh, you had a feeling and wanted to express it? You tapped into the divine creative stream and let it flow through you? Grow up, dude.
January 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Reposted by Maria Vicente
“Courts have agreed that these vague and overbroad laws aimed at keeping young readers from accessing contested library books are unconstitutional.”
January 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Love that my very first thought when I wake up in the morning is wondering what level of hell we’ll reach today.
January 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Quite possibly the most delightful series to ever exist.

Happy pub day to @hellocookie.bsky.social and @heywhitney.bsky.social!
RACC PACK: PRINCE AND THE PAWPER 👑🦝 is out today by @heywhitney.bsky.social and myself. The Bins’ Family discover a celebrity pet raccoon and set out to meet him and learn how to win over the humans (and their food!)—order a copy at raccpack.com or your local bookstore 📚
January 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Congratulations to @tayberryjelly.bsky.social! Taylor's gorgeous debut, Murray Out of Water, is now a Stonewall Honor Book. 🌊🏳️‍🌈
January 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
…it’s only day 3.🤦🏻‍♀️
January 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Another day, another rant about wishing publishers would acquire more black and white graphic novels. 🖤🤍🖤
January 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM