Michelle Lerner is the author of the poetry chapbook Protection (Poetry Box, 2021) and the forthcoming novel Ring (Bancroft Press, 2025), and her writing appears in VQR, Shenandoah, Lips, Paterson Literary Review, and many other journals and anthologies.
Michelle received an MFA in Poetry from The New School. Her poetry and fiction manuscripts have been selected as finalists for the Book Pipeline Unpublished Contest, Bridge Eight Fiction Prize, Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, and Fiction Five Award; semifinalist for the Pamet River Prize and Willow Run Poetry Book Award; long listed for the Dzanc Prize for Fiction; and chosen as a quarterfinalist for the ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition, and as a Notable Selection for the Chapter One Prize. Her poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best New Poets.
Michelle directs the Laura Boss Poetry Foundation. She’s a recovering public interest lawyer currently emerging from late-stage Lyme Disease, living with her family in rural New Jersey. She’s represented by Veronica Goldstein at United Talent Agency.
Seeking published books, graphic novels, and short stories for film and TV adaptation. Winner and runner-up receive extensive development with execs and circulation to producers.
Reviewing unpublished manuscripts across multiple categories of fiction and nonfiction. Select publishers and literary agents get first look at the winners and runners-up.
Unpublished finalist (Nonfiction) Kate Evans was introduced by Pipeline to agent Cindy Bullard of Birch Literary in 2023, who soon after signed her. Ditch Your Sh*t!: How to Declutter the Crap Out of Your Life and Home is slated for publication in October 2025 through Turner Books.
The Woman in the Waves by Camille Booker, winner of the 2022 Unpublished season (Mystery/Thriller), released March 2025 from Hawkeye.
Michelle Lerner signed with Veronica Goldstein of UTA (formerly Fletcher & Co) after placing as a finalist in the 2020 Unpublished Outsider category with her experimental novel Ring. The book released in January 2025. Read her interview on Pipeline Artists.
