Morgan Hughes

Currently Seeking:

Middle Grade

• Stories that center around themes of friendship and exciting adventures / journeys
• “Found family” trope for a middle grade audience with an ensemble cast of characters
• Voicey narratives that really get down on a young reader’s level
• Characters learning their own agency in settings outside of their home like boarding school / camp or in a group activity (sports, theater, clubs, etc).
• For MG graphic novels, I’d love to see a mystery or heist!

Young Adult

• Sweet and funny romances that have readers kicking their feet, but each character is also overcoming something outside of their budding romantic relationship
• Thriller / mysteries
• Contemporary or fantasy that explore the growing-pangs of young adulthood (clashing with parents, making/losing friends, grief as a young adult)
• For YA graphic novels, a fantasy / dark academia story would be intriguing!

New Adult

•  #RushTok / Scream Queens but make it fantasy or dark academia
• Magical colleges / universities

Adult

• Fantasy with heavy romance aspect
• Light-hearted Rom-coms
• Romances with small town vibes, sports settings
• Fresh conflicts
• Stories of women finding their happy ending without romance (think the Barbie movie)
• Travel / wanderlust

In general, for Fantasy, I enjoy intricate world-building and a unique political system / conflict.

I am not a good fit for:

• Historical Romance
• Science Fiction
• Thrillers
• Picture Books
• Non-Fiction

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be emailed to submissions@fineprintlit.com

Send your query to submissions@fineprintlit.com. Include “Dear Morgan” in the body of the email. Send your query letter along with a synopsis of your book, your bio, and the opening 3 or 4 pages embedded in the body of your email (please no attachments). If you are submitting a graphic novel, please paste 5 sample images directly in the body of the email.

*Morgan is closed to queries for the remainder of 2023.*

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