FQ: 10/22/2021
Form Rejection: 10/25/21
Adult Fantasy 109K

Hi rdddrc,
That link redirects to their Submittable page. Submittable is an online submission service similar to QueryManager.

Rdddrc-that's the link I used and I signed the release agreement. It was standard-

10.21.21-Queried
10.22.21-Request for full
Literary Suspense

Submitted form October 14
Standard rejection same day
scifi 76k
"We received your query submitted to Mollie Glick inquiring about having Creative Artists Agency consider the query letter for above-entitled project. Although we appreciate your interest, we are not able to move forward with your query at this time. Accordingly, we are forwarding your e-mail back to you and we have deleted your e-mail from our active system.

Your query letter has not been, and will not be disclosed to any executive or other employee of Creative Artists Agency or any other person. You should be aware that many ideas are generated by our employees and our clients or other sources.

Thank you for taking the time to submit your query and considering Creative Artists Agency. We wish you much luck in your endeavors.

Cordially,

Creative Artists Agency"

Same day response but the creepiest form rejection letter ever. It's like they have artificial intelligence monitoring their queries. It's not clear if it even made it to the agent.

Thank you, Risa97. That makes sense.

EQ - 4/27/21
ER (form) - 6/4/21
YA - 96k

FYI for anyone puzzled by the language of their form rejection - All that legalese is standard Hollywood stuff and CAA is a Hollywood agency. They mostly represent above the line talent in film/tv/theater (actors, directors, etc.). In other words, CAA is not a literary agency like most of the agencies we all submit to. It is a Hollywood agency with a literary division, and that's why their rejection sounds like that.

Yes, i believe that they have a standard rejection letter, as quoted below. I use EQ even with a form because it is confusing to use FQ for form query and then FR for form rejection, as many do. FR means full request. Also, even with a form, the agency usually send you an email also when they respond, so you can still use the ER designation.

@LizziWolf
My form letter also had the weird "No executive has seen this and everything about you has been deleted from our system so we're totally not stealing your idea" language. I think it's just overly fearful legal staff.

I noticed people are sending EQs. Do you mean Form queries? Because, on here it says she does not take e-mail queries. I don’t know how that affects response times.

I also got an email that felt like they were preemptively threatening me not the sue them if they just happen to produce a story similar to mine. Being paranoid, I assumed it meant they in fact already have a story similar to mine. But from comments below it appears this is their standard rejection?

EQ: 9/1/21
ER: 9/23/21
Odd form letter; lots of "legalize." Seems maybe they have been burned in the past with people accusing them of stealing ideas. Same letter as quoted in a comment below.

EQ: 7/26
FR: 7/27
ER: 9/17/2021 (reason given: "As Mollie is currently taking little on, we're going to step aside and encourage you to submit elsewhere.")

Adult Satire/Speculative 71k

EQ: 7/7/21
FR: 7/7/21 (4 hours later)
ER: 9/17/21 No personalization

YA Contemporary, 83k