Success Stories
Since 2018, over 100 WriteMentor writers have signed with agents or secured publishing deals
Publishing Deals
Jenny Pearson
AJ Sass
Priscilla Mante
Rachel Faturoti
Brianna Bourne
Alex Page
Katherine Foxfield
Jenni Spangler
Amy McCaw
Emma Bradley
Michael Lunsford
AJ Vanderhorst
Dana Faletti
Lenore Stutznegger
Carrie Beamer
Emily Kenny
Camilla Chester
Lorraine Hawley
Tracy Curran
Haleigh Wenger
Kari Veenstra
George Jreije
Sarah Barkoff Palma
Samantha Cook
Emma Pearl
Frances Tosdevin
Louise Finch
Rosie Talbot
Laura Noakes
Ravena Guron
Tess James-Mackey
Sophia Payne
Emily Randall-Jones
Jan Dunning
Rebecca Laxton
Dee Benson
“Maybe I would have been published eventually, but I really believe working with KC through the WriteMentor experience sped the process along by literal years.“
Brianna Bourne, author & former mentee on WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme
Hub success stories
Hub member Arden Jones is represented by Molly Jamieson of United Agents
Hub member Melissa Kay Valente is represented by Alice Williams of Alice Williams Literary
Hub member Aerin Apeltun’s debut is being published by SmashBear Publishing
Hub member Jessica Mae Shelley is represented by Maddy Belton at Madeleine Milburn Agency
Hub member Nazima Pathan is represented by Chloe Seager at Madeleine Milburn Agency
Hub member Caroline Murphy is represented by Rachel Petty at The Blair Partnership
“I honestly believe if I hadn’t found WriteMentor, I would have given up after receiving so many rejections. I would have continued to believe that I wasn’t good enough. I owe any successes so far to the team at WriteMentor and I will always support and love this place.”
Arden Jones, author and Hub member
Award success stories
Sophia Payne won the 2020 WriteMentor Picture Book Award and is now represented by Alice Williams Literary
Sean Dooley won the 2021 WriteMentor Novel Award and is now represented by Caroline Wakeman Literary Agency
Chris Galvin shortlisted for 2021 WriteMentor Novel Award and is represented by David Higham Associates
Louse Finch’s novel, shortlisted in the 2020 WriteMentor Novel Award, is now published by Little Island
Aoife Doyle won the 2021 WriteMentor Novel Award and is now represented by Peters Fraser + Dunlop
Sue Cunningham won the 2020 WriteMentor Novel Award and is now represented by The Blair Partnership
Maureen Tai won the WriteMentor Picture Book Award 2022 and is now represented by Fuse Literary.
Saira Shah won our 2023 Picture Book Award and is now represented by Peters Fraser + Dunlop.
Keep an eye out on our awards page for news on when our Novel & Picture Book Awards and Novel-in-Development-Award are open for entries
Congratulations to our writers for securing agent representation
“I spent twelve years and four novels writing mostly in isolation, and after eighteen months working on a fifth novel with two different mentorship programmes, I signed with an agent!”
Becky Orwin, author & former mentee on WriteMentor’s summer mentoring programme