The Frontlist
Pile of manuscripts

Slush Pile noun

A mildly pejorative term for the unsolicited manuscripts clogging up literary agents' inboxes.

The Frontlist website

A free, fair, transparent, agreeable pathway to traditional publication for marketable writers.

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ANGUS & JONES Literary AgentsC.W.M.PRockwell Books

The Frontlist for Writers

An efficient, fair, transparent route to representation

The traditional, unsolicited manuscript route to publication is creaking. Neither loved by writers nor literary agents, it is both slow and opaque. The Frontlist has been carefully constructed to add a little grease and sunlight to the traditional process. Other than that, it's business as usual. We do not poke our noses into contracts and relationships that may develop between agents and writers. We do not charge writers to submit or agents to search.

The Frontlist for Reviewers

An efficient, fair, transparent route to representation

The traditional, unsolicited manuscript route to publication is creaking. Neither loved by writers nor literary agents, it is both slow and opaque. The Frontlist has been carefully constructed to add a little grease and sunlight to the traditional process. Other than that, it's business as usual. We do not poke our noses into contracts and relationships that may develop between agents and writers. We do not charge writers to submit or agents to search.

The Frontlist for Literary Agents

An efficient, fair, transparent route to representation

The traditional, unsolicited manuscript route to publication is creaking. Neither loved by writers nor literary agents, it is both slow and opaque. The Frontlist has been carefully constructed to add a little grease and sunlight to the traditional process. Other than that, it's business as usual. We do not poke our noses into contracts and relationships that may develop between agents and writers. We do not charge writers to submit or agents to search.