Creative Arts Book Company accepts unsolicited manuscripts. We request that you include the following:

• A cover letter
• A one-page description of the work.
• The manuscript in its entirety.
• A self-addressed, stamped envelope for returning the work. Without proper postage we regret that we cannot return your manuscript.

We are looking for manuscripts, both fiction and nonfiction, with emphasis on the following:

• Mystery, Suspense, and Noir
• Original fiction by never-published authors
• Women's topics
• California and West Coast Topics
• Memoirs
• Travel memoirs
• Historical Fiction
• World War II
• Poetry
• Music topics
• Multiculturalism
• Biographies
• The Environment
• Reprints (Fiction and Nonfiction)
• Books that appeal to special niche markets

If you are unsure whether your manuscript is appropriate for Creative Arts, please take a moment to look through our current list of titles. Photographers: we do not accept photographic submissions at this time.

Please direct your manuscript to the address below, and allow 8-12 weeks for a response:

Assistant to the Publisher
Creative Arts Book Company
833 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA 94710

Thank you for thinking of Creative Arts.