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The Purcell Agency may be open or closed to submissions separately by agent. See each Agent's QueryManager.com Account to see if open or not. We do take pitches at conferences, so watch Twitter for upcoming events, and our list of appearances below.
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UPCOMING APPEARANCES & PITCH SESSIONS
March 17-23 - Amy Nielsen will be at Writer's Workout Conference - Presenting on "From Concept to Contract: Navigating the Picture Book Journey"
March 21-23, 2025 -- Tina P. Schwartz will be on agent panels, giving a breakout session on making money as a writer with various revenue streams, and taking pitches at the Chicago Writer's Association's LET'S JUST WRITE! Conference in Chicago, IL at the Allerton Hotel. https://www.chicagowrites.org/conference#conference_schedule
April 3rd - Amy Nielsen will be at Florida Book Award - Amy is receiving the Bronze medal for her YA novel WORTH IT and will be attending an Award Ceremony.
April 12th - Amy Nielsen will be at Writing Day Workshop - Amy is looking for Romance and Thrillers in the YA and Adult age ranges.
April 26, 2025 -- Tina P. Schwartz will be taking pitches (starting at 10am) and Speaking on Query Letters (at 1pm) at Lincoln Township Library's "SW Michigan Writer's Conference" in Michigan.LincolnTownshipLibrary.org
June 21st - Amy Nielsen will be presenting at the Eastern PA SCBWI conference on Why and How to Make a Book Trailer
June 26-27, 2025 -- Tina P. Schwartz will be taking pitches at the Novel Bookcamp week long novel in residency at the Siena Retreat Center in Racine, WI. https://novelbookcamp.org/
September 25,26 - Amy Nielsen will be at YA By the Bay - Amy will be on the Florida State Book Award Panel.
If querying, please use each agent's individual QueryManager.com submission form, part of QueryTracker.net. "One Day Unsolicited Query Openings" will continue to be announced sporadically on Twitter/"X" if one of the agents is not open yet. Watch @TPurcellAgency for those announcements. FOR ALL AGENTS Tina and Amy WATCH THEIR TWEETS FOR one-week subs openings and GO TO SUB GUIDELINES PAGE on this site for exact details! Thank you.
March 21-23, 2025 -- Tina P. Schwartz will be on agent panels, giving a breakout session on making money as a writer with various revenue streams, and taking pitches at the Chicago Writer's Association's LET'S JUST WRITE! Conference in Chicago, IL at the Allerton Hotel. https://www.chicagowrites.org/conference#conference_schedule
April 3rd - Amy Nielsen will be at Florida Book Award - Amy is receiving the Bronze medal for her YA novel WORTH IT and will be attending an Award Ceremony.
April 12th - Amy Nielsen will be at Writing Day Workshop - Amy is looking for Romance and Thrillers in the YA and Adult age ranges.
April 26, 2025 -- Tina P. Schwartz will be taking pitches (starting at 10am) and Speaking on Query Letters (at 1pm) at Lincoln Township Library's "SW Michigan Writer's Conference" in Michigan.LincolnTownshipLibrary.org
June 21st - Amy Nielsen will be presenting at the Eastern PA SCBWI conference on Why and How to Make a Book Trailer
June 26-27, 2025 -- Tina P. Schwartz will be taking pitches at the Novel Bookcamp week long novel in residency at the Siena Retreat Center in Racine, WI. https://novelbookcamp.org/
September 25,26 - Amy Nielsen will be at YA By the Bay - Amy will be on the Florida State Book Award Panel.
If querying, please use each agent's individual QueryManager.com submission form, part of QueryTracker.net. "One Day Unsolicited Query Openings" will continue to be announced sporadically on Twitter/"X" if one of the agents is not open yet. Watch @TPurcellAgency for those announcements. FOR ALL AGENTS Tina and Amy WATCH THEIR TWEETS FOR one-week subs openings and GO TO SUB GUIDELINES PAGE on this site for exact details! Thank you.
AWARDS & NEWS about TPA books...
Leslie Johnson Piotrowski's ESCAPE FROM THE COTTON FIELDS won SCBWI-IL's "Many Voices Prize"
IN THE RING (Young Adult fiction by Sierra Isley) made it on the American Library Association's Rainbow Book list in 2025... drive.google.com/file/d/1QAQLQpcBi2MnzW3GhWQ8xK6NQe2rzo67/view
IN THE RING (Young Adult) by Sierra Isley has been named on a "Must Read" list. Use Link to See... https://georgiacenterforthebook.org/honors-awards/books-all-georgians-and-young-georgians-should-read-2024
A MARK IN THE ROAD (Young Adult) by Angelique Burrell has been honored as ILLINOIS' "Soon to be Famous" Illinois Author Project Winner 2023.
https://soontobefamous.info/
TPA Bi-Annual Scholarship Winner:
Melissa Trempe
January 2025
Scholarship Winners to Date: Jan. 2022 - Dannie Olguin, July 2022 - Paul DeStefano, Jan. 2023 - Brittany Plumeri, July 2023 - Ellen Zheng; Jan 2024 Christine Alemshah; July 2024 Jamie Bills; Jan.2025 Melissa Trempe
Third Annual TPA Writer's Retreat - June 2024
Hyatt-Regency Hotel, Deerfield, IL
Second Annual TPA Writer's Retreat - July 2023
Embassy Suites in Deerfield, IL
Photos from FIRST ever TPA Writer's Retreat (Oct'22)
Forthcoming Titles (waiting for cover art)
coming from TPA Authors...
2025
THE NORTHBOUND TRAIN, Picture Book, by Leslie Johnson Piotrowski (Abrams Books)
2025
HASHTAG, CELEBRITY CRUSH, Adult Romance, by Christy Swift (Forever; Hachette Book Group USA) + another stand alone title TBA
2025
CRASH LANDING, Adult Romance, by Annie McQuaid (Avon; HarperCollins) + another stand alone title TBA
Forthcoming
THE DRINKING FOUNTAIN, Picture Book, by Leslie Piotrowski (Abrams Books)
THE CONSEQUENCES OF NORMAL, Women's Fiction, by Elle Baade (Lake Union Publishing; Amazon)
Dung & Stag: Six Book Series, Middle Grade fiction (STEM), by Melanie Uteg, (ABDO Publishing)