Science Fiction

Looking for a literary agent to represent a science fiction manuscript? Science fiction remains a smaller specialty within English-language agenting compared to general fiction, but it has deep roots and a loyal readership, and a meaningful number of agents build all or part of their list around speculative fiction. Many of these agents work across the wider spec-fic space, science fiction, fantasy, and sometimes horror, rather than science fiction alone, and they tend to know the imprints and editors who acquire actively in the genre.

Before submitting, look closely at the authors an agent already represents. A list heavy on hard science fiction signals different tastes and contacts than one built around space opera or near-future thrillers, and matching your manuscript to an agent's actual track record matters more than a genre label on their submission page.

A finished, polished science fiction manuscript is genuinely rare, and agents notice. A complete draft with a consistent, well-thought-out world and a clean copyedit already stands out from most of what crosses an agent's desk. Before reaching out, make sure your manuscript is truly done, not just close.