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The Manuscript Mart at the Muse & the Marketplace 2023 is an opportunity for writers to have a 20-minute meeting with an established literary agent or editor who has read the writer's first FIVE (5) pages in advance (along with an optional, highly encouraged query letter and/or synopsis) and can provide feedback from an industry perspective on a one-to-one video call during the May and/or July Summits.

Twenty-minute, one-to-one video call sessions will be scheduled 1:00–6:00 PM EDT on May 18, 19, & 21 (May …

We’re kicking off our new Muse and the Marketplace Conference Series programming with two virtual publishing summits (that will include Manuscript Mart sessions!) this May and July.

Registration for both the May and July events is currently OPEN! Scholarships are available. Register here.

We’re kicking off our new Muse and the Marketplace Conference Series programming with two virtual publishing summits (that will include Manuscript Mart sessions!) this May and July.

Registration for both the May and July events is currently open to members and will open Tuesday, February 21 for everyone. 

We’re kicking off our new Muse and the Marketplace Conference Series programming with two virtual publishing summits (that will include Manuscript Mart sessions!) this May and July.

Registration for both the May and July events will open on Thursday, February 16th for members and Tuesday, February 21 for everyone. 

The Muse and the Marketplace 2022 is almost here! This year's conference is our first ever hybrid conference, taking place Wednesday, April 27th - Sunday, May 1st, with the Manuscript Mart taking place Wednesday, May 4th - Sunday, May 8th.

This year’s conference theme is “Finding Your People.” As writers, we may draft our work alone, but it takes many people to bring a creative project into the world — from family and friends, to fellow writers, instructors, publishing professionals, literary champions, and ultimately eager readers. Muse 2022 is celebrating all of the connections that enable and …