NAB champions original human voice, thought, and creativity in its books. Unless specifically inherent to the subject matter of the book, NAB does not publish books with AI-generated text. AI-assisted improvements to human-generated texts for brainstorming, research, outlining, and editing is permitted; however, we ask that you disclose the use of any AI tools during the ideation and writing periods so we can understand their role and appropriately tailor our editorial feedback. Proposals should not contain AI prompts, breadcrumbs, or AI-generated competitive book titles. For questions about ethics, AI, and publishing, we recommend reviewing this resource by Jane Friedman: https://janefriedman.com/ai-and-publishing-faq-for-writers/

North Atlantic Books Submissions

The acquisitions team at North Atlantic Books (NAB) is now accepting submissions during dedicated open submission periods, rather than on a rolling basis. This change is part of our overall approach to equity as we consider how our editorial team is asked to allocate time and resources to multiple projects and tasks, and as we work to ensure that all submissions are afforded dedicated, careful review periods. 

Our Submittable page will be open for submissions from December through March, and again from July through September. We will not be accepting submissions during other months.

SUBMISSIONS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN

We will do our best to respond to your proposal within three months of receiving it, though due to the quantity of submissions we receive, we cannot respond to every proposal individually. In most circumstances, we are unable to offer feedback on proposals or submissions that we choose not to pursue. There are several talented freelancer developmental editors you can reach out to for this type of support, including the folks at Editcetera and Writing Diversely. 

North Atlantic Books does not accept phone calls, faxes, direct emails, or other inquiries regarding unsolicited submissions. Please do not mail us submissions.

If you would like North Atlantic Books to consider your work, please review the Proposal Questions listed on our website and prepare a proposal. Our submissions page lists several author resources, and we highly recommend using the audience mapping tool together with the proposal questions to create your proposal. If your proposal does not adhere to our guidelines, we may not consider your submission. 

We accept both agented and unagented works. Please format your submission as a Word document or a PDF. We cannot accept Google doc files or Pages files for submissions.  Please note that we are not currently accepting submissions for new fiction, poetry, children's books, or art books, and we will not be responding to submissions for books in these genres.

AI Usage Guidelines

NAB champions original human voice, thought, and creativity in its books. Unless specifically inherent to the subject matter of the book, NAB does not publish books with AI-generated text. AI-assisted improvements to human-generated texts for brainstorming, research, outlining, and editing is permitted; however, we ask that you disclose the use of any AI tools during the ideation and writing periods so we can understand their role and appropriately tailor our editorial feedback. Proposals should not contain AI prompts, breadcrumbs, or AI-generated competitive book titles. For questions about ethics, AI, and publishing, we recommend reviewing this resource by Jane Friedman: https://janefriedman.com/ai-and-publishing-faq-for-writers/