Polly Halladay

Submission status: Open
Submission route: Email
Response time: Assume no reply = no after 6 weeks
Last checked: 14 days ago

About

Polly is a literary agent at Georgina Capel Associates.

She joined the agency in 2021. She studied Literature at the University of Oxford and holds an MA in Creative Writing Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia. Her clients include winners of the Hawthornden Prize, the RSL Encore Award, the Wingate Literary Prize and the Banjo Prize.

What they represent

Commercial Fiction Literary Fiction

Looking for

literary
book club
and commercial fiction

Agency submission guidelines

Send a covering letter briefly describing the story or proposal and outlining any writing experience (e.g. previously published work, short story or journalism, creative writing qualifications; for non-fiction, what qualifies the writer to write about the subject). Include a synopsis of approximately 500 words, the first three chapters of the work, and an email address and/or telephone number. Postal submissions are preferred, sent in an envelope marked 'Submissions Department' to Georgina Capel Associates Ltd, 29 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PS, but email submissions are also accepted (refer to the contact us page for the right email address).

Agency AI policy

They do not accept submissions originated, written or edited using artificial intelligence (AI), including in the cover letter, synopsis, proposal, or manuscript.

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