Polly Halladay

About

Polly is a literary agent at Georgina Capel Associates, representing writers for their literary work and speaking engagements.

She joined the agency in 2021, having studied Literature at the University of Oxford and gained 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.

Genres

Looking for

• book club fiction
• short story collections

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

Submissions must be the original work of the author; submissions originated, written or edited using artificial intelligence (AI) will not be accepted, including in the cover letter, synopsis, proposal and manuscript.

Links

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