Call, e-mail, or write to us and ask. Tell us the purpose of your writing project. There are projects that may not be a good match or for which we do not have competence, such as personal journals or technical projects in the physical sciences. Both Steve and Valerie write and edit fiction and nonfiction, including the social sciences and humanities. The short answer is no, we also accept memoirs for family or colleague readership, as well as academic theses and dissertations.
Publication has various meanings.
If the intent of the writer is to produce work to be read by others, it is within our scope. We prefer not to work with material meant only for the writer's eyes, such as journals. Memoirs, as well as committing to paper oral histories from elders, we believe to be valuable contributions to any culture's body of work. These histories should not be lost. Some memoirs are meant for wide readership, such as Angela's Ashes, while others find their significant readership within a family or town or group of colleagues.