The 10 Best Literary Agents for Writers & Filmmakers

screenwriter-it-can-be-confusing-navigating-the-multitude-of-literary-agents-out-there”>As a screenwriter, it can be confusing navigating the multitude of literary agents out there.

Big or small, almost all literary agents won’t accept unsolicited material.

Many specify that unsolicited material will be returned or destroyed unread, in order to protect them from complaints or lawsuits from disgruntled amateurs.

These days, when it’s easier than ever for a script to linger at the bottom of an unread email folder, it’s a business of referral.

The ideal scenario is, with some buzz behind you, agents will be seeking you out with as much passion as you’re pursuing them.

Then the difficult decisions begin.

Researching agents means following trade publications like Variety, Deadline, The Hollywood Reporter, and ScreenDaily for signings, spec sales, writing assignments and TV staffing news.

Which literary agents are expanding?

Which agents and their clients are defecting and to where? (Poaching happens frequently among the bigger agencies.)

Which literary agents have represented writers with the kind of career that you’d like to have?

To help narrow it down here are, in alphabetical order, 10 of the very, very best…