Seeing a few people say they& #39;re switching YA fantasy MS to adult because they think YA fantasy is saturated, and this is generally not a good idea, especially if you haven& #39;t talked it over with your agent

Adult fantasy is a much smaller market, with very specific subgenres. If you can& #39;t find two or three strong adult comp titles published by major publishers in the past three years, your effort& #39;s best spent making it the best YA it can be instead of aging it up

The YA fantasy community is incredibly diverse, compelling, and full of great writers! There& #39;s a lot out there, but there& #39;s always room for more great stories.

I see lots of Discourse about "this specific YA fantasy should be adult" but that decision is made by publishers, not authors, in how children& #39;s books are funded versus adult books

If I had a magic wand, I would wave it and double the budgets of each adult SFF imprint. Until then, I& #39;m not recommending YA authors switch to adult *for market reasons* (obviously WANTING to write an adult book is different)