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Poets & Writers Literary Agents, Magazines & Grants Scraper

Poets & Writers Literary Agents, Magazines & Grants Scraper

Scrape the complete Poets & Writers (pw.org) database: literary agents, magazines, small presses, and writing contests/grants. Covers genres, submission guidelines, reading periods, grant deadlines, and prize amounts.

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Scrape the complete Poets & Writers directory: literary agents, literary magazines, small presses, and writing contests/grants. Exports structured JSON records with genres, submission guidelines, reading periods, deadlines, and prize amounts.

What it scrapes

Record typeSource listingFields
literary_agent/literary_agentsname, agency, genres, representative authors, submission guidelines, email, website
literary_magazine/literary_magazinespublication name, editorial focus, genres, reading period, payment terms, circulation, format
small_press/small_pressespublication name, editorial focus, genres, reading period, reading fee, simultaneous submissions
grant_award/writing_contestsaward name, sponsor, prize amount, deadline, entry fee, eligibility

All records include source_url (the canonical pw.org URL) and record_type.

Input

FieldTypeDefaultDescription
recordTypesarrayall 4 typesWhich record types to scrape. Options: literary_agent, literary_magazine, small_press, grant_award
maxItemsinteger(none)Maximum records to collect across all types. Omit to scrape everything.

Example input

{
"recordTypes": ["literary_agent", "grant_award"],
"maxItems": 50
}

Output

One dataset item per record. All fields are optional — absent values are omitted rather than set to null.

Literary agent example

{
"record_type": "literary_agent",
"name": "Laurie Abkemeier",
"agency": "DeFiore and Company",
"genres_represented": "General Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Health and Medicine",
"submission_guidelines": "Query by e-mail only...",
"accepts_email_queries": "Yes",
"website": "https://defliterary.com",
"source_url": "https://www.pw.org/literary_agents/laurie_abkemeier"
}

Grant/award example

{
"record_type": "grant_award",
"award_name": "New Writers Awards",
"sponsor": "Great Lakes Colleges Association",
"prize_amount": "$500 and campus visits",
"deadline": "February",
"entry_fee": "None",
"eligibility": "First book of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction",
"source_url": "https://www.pw.org/writing_contests/new_writers_awards"
}

Coverage

Poets & Writers maintains one of the most comprehensive databases of literary market information in the United States:

  • ~230 literary agents
  • ~155 literary magazines
  • ~235 small presses
  • ~45 writing contests and grants

Full crawl typically completes in 15-30 minutes depending on the record types selected.

Notes

  • No account or API key required — all data is publicly accessible on pw.org.
  • Respectful crawling — the actor uses low concurrency to avoid overloading pw.org's servers.
  • Data reflects the current state of the pw.org directory at the time of the run. Agents, submission windows, and deadlines change frequently — re-run regularly for up-to-date results.