An award-winning writer of micros and novels, Caroline Bock is co-president and prose editor at the Washington Writers’ Publishing House. Her short story collection, Carry Her Home, won the Fiction Award from WWPH and she is also the author of acclaimed young adult novels LIE and Before My Eyes from St. Martin’s Press. 

In her role at WWPH, she launched/co-edits the bi-weekly online lit magazine WWPH Writes; she is the senior editor for fiction and creative nonfiction books, and she has been the prose editor on the following anthologies: This Is What America Looks Like (2022), America’s Future, poetry and prose in response to tomorrow (September, 2025) and Capital Queer: A WWPH Pride Celebration (June, 2025).

Megan Frayser is an associate literary agent at Creative Media Agency. After graduating from the College of William and Mary, she began my journey in publishing with internships at Tule Publishing Group and Liza Dawson Associates. In 2021, I interned at Creative Media Agency before transitioning into an assistant positio, then associate agent. I’m currently looking for both Adult and Young Adult Fiction.

I am particularly looking for stories with atmospheric writing and compelling characters. Send me anything with chosen family, stories about a close group of friends, or a quirky cast of characters. I’m also always looking for stories that focus on underrepresented voices and experiences, including neurodivergent, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, disability, and mental health.

Paloma Hernando got her start at Einstein Literary Management in 2020, where she built a list focusing on graphic novels and illustrated books, and joined APL in the fall of 2024. Coming from a background of independent comics and the DIY scene, Paloma has always been attracted to well-told stories with a passionate drive behind them. A resident of the Maryland-DMV area, Paloma can usually be found at a drag show or in the karaoke room, and would love to recommend the next movie you should watch.

Macey Howell is a Tennessean turned Brooklynite. She graduated from Belmont University with a BA in Publishing (editorial concentration) and English (writing concentration). At Belmont, she was co-managing editor of The Belmont Story Review, a nationally-recognized literary magazine, and completed editorial internships with Penguin Random House and Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. She began her career as a literary agent at Jones Literary, where she represented Christian nonfiction, and then joined WordLink in 2022 to represent a wide range of genres across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature. Macey has also ghostwritten eight nonfiction books across the subjects of business, finance, memoir, and personal development.

Roma Panganiban began her publishing career at The Gernert Company before moving to Janklow & Nesbit in 2019, where she began representing

literary and upmarket fiction and nonfiction. She joined the Azantian Literary Agency in 2025 to continue championing fresh, unexpected perspectives, particularly those of marginalized writers. Her taste leans literary, but she is open to fiction that incorporates genre elements, as well as work that defies categorization. She is interested in narrative nonfiction that reorients our understanding of history, culture, science, society, and ourselves, and creative nonfiction that appeals equally to the heart, mind, and sense of humor. Roma is a member of the American Association of Literary Agents and can be found on Bluesky (@romapancake) and in Brooklyn.

Shawn Reilly Simmons is the Owner, Publisher, and Managing Editor at Level Best Books, an independent crime fiction press based in Maryland. Level Best publishes quality crime fiction, true crime, select nonfiction, fantasy & speculative fiction, YA, middle-grade, and short story anthologies and collections. With a roster of roughly 230 authors, Books published by Level Best have been nominated for and won the Agatha, Lefty, Silver Falchion, Anthony, Shamus, Derringer, Macavity, and Robert L. Fish Awards.

Shawn serves on the National Boards of Bouchercon and ShortCon. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, and the Crime Writers’ Association, and is an Agatha and Anthony award-winning author of novels and short stories.

Paloma Hernando got her start at Einstein Literary Management in 2020, where she built a list focusing on graphic novels and illustrated books, and joined APL in the fall of 2024. Coming from a background of independent comics and the DIY scene, Paloma has always been attracted to well-told stories with a passionate drive behind them. A resident of the Maryland-DMV area, Paloma can usually be found at a drag show or in the karaoke room, and would love to recommend the next movie you should watch.

Macey Howell is a Tennessean turned Brooklynite. She graduated from Belmont University with a BA in Publishing (editorial concentration) and English (writing concentration). At Belmont, she was co-managing editor of The Belmont Story Review, a nationally-recognized literary magazine, and completed editorial internships with Penguin Random House and Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. She began her career as a literary agent at Jones Literary, where she represented Christian nonfiction, and then joined WordLink in 2022 to represent a wide range of genres across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature. Macey has also ghostwritten eight nonfiction books across the subjects of business, finance, memoir, and personal development.

Roma Panganiban began her publishing career at The Gernert Company before moving to Janklow & Nesbit in 2019, where she began representing

literary and upmarket fiction and nonfiction. She joined the Azantian Literary Agency in 2025 to continue championing fresh, unexpected perspectives, particularly those of marginalized writers. Her taste leans literary, but she is open to fiction that incorporates genre elements, as well as work that defies categorization. She is interested in narrative nonfiction that reorients our understanding of history, culture, science, society, and ourselves, and creative nonfiction that appeals equally to the heart, mind, and sense of humor. Roma is a member of the American Association of Literary Agents and can be found on Bluesky (@romapancake) and in Brooklyn.

Noah Grey Rosenzweig grew up in New Jersey before moving to D.C. in 2017. 

Noah is interested in representing both fiction and non-fiction. He is a reader of all fiction but has a particular love for literary, climate, and speculative fiction, as well as the occasional YA novel. He's especially interested in queer and trans coming-of-age fiction, particularly told from a horror perspective.

He is also looking for narrative non-fiction that chronicles recent history, cultural trends, technology, and social rules that explain why and how we live in our current world. Above all, Noah is looking for work that is subversive — in prose, style, or subject.

Shawn Reilly Simmons is the Owner, Publisher, and Managing Editor at Level Best Books, an independent crime fiction press based in Maryland. Level Best publishes quality crime fiction, true crime, select nonfiction, fantasy & speculative fiction, YA, middle-grade, and short story anthologies and collections. With a roster of roughly 230 authors, Books published by Level Best have been nominated for and won the Agatha, Lefty, Silver Falchion, Anthony, Shamus, Derringer, Macavity, and Robert L. Fish Awards.

Shawn serves on the National Boards of Bouchercon and ShortCon. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers, and the Crime Writers’ Association, and is an Agatha and Anthony award-winning author of novels and short stories.