Portobello Literary

Submission guidelines

The agency does not accept postal submissions and does not accept submissions originated, written or edited by AI technology. To send in your submission, address your email to Caro at submissions@portobelloliterary.co.uk with: a synopsis of your book, and a short biography. For fiction: the first three chapters or the first 50 pages of your manuscript along with the total word count. For non-fiction: a chapter outline and three sample chapters no longer than 50 pages. It is helpful if your name and book title are both in the file name and within the files in the header or footer. The agency is not looking for children's books (picture books to young adult) at this time.

AI policy

They do not accept submissions originated, written or edited by Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.

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• Caro Clarke

  Portobello Literary

  Caro is the founder and literary agent at Portobello Literary. They founded the agency in 2022 after twelve years working in publishing houses, including Transworld and Canongate Books, where they were a Senior Rights Manager. They were named Rights Professional of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2021. In 2019, they co-founded the Nan Shepherd Prize for underrepresented nature writers.

  Genres:Biography · Commercial Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Crime · Fantasy +16 more

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