SCBWI NY METRO First Pages with Agent Sera Rivers

Join us for a First Pages event with agent Sera Rivers from Speilburg Literary. She’ll respond in the moment to as many first pages as possible, with time for Q&A at the end. She is offering a submission opportunity for 30 days following the event. The event will be recorded, so you do not need to be present. Please note, there will be no guarantee that your first page will be read. We will try to read and respond to as many as possible. Even if your first page is not read, there is still a great learning opportunity to see how an agent responds in real time to the first page of a manuscript. Sera Rivers (she/her) is a Literary Agent at Speilburg Literary, an AALA member, and a writer. She represents books for the children’s and adult markets and is especially interested in inclusive narratives. She prioritizes queries by children’s authors and illustrators who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and other underrepresented and marginalized identities and cultures. She holds an MFA in writing for children from Simmons University. Prior to agenting, she was an editor in educational publishing. She lives in Connecticut with her partner and their island rescue pups Jett and Marty. Check out her full MSWL and status updates, and sign up for her newsletter WRITE Agent at SeraRivers.com. Follow her on socials @writeloudly. All kid lit genres will be accepted from Board Book to Young Adult. Once you register, please send your first page, and only your first page to [email protected] with FIRST PAGES in the Subject Line. Attach your First Page as a PDF, with all identifying information removed. You may include the title and genre of you page.