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Before submitting to LSU Press
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If you have recently submitted to LSU Press or have experience with this market, please submit a comment below. Recent submission response times are always welcome and helpful to other writers.
If you plan to write or have written a manuscript that fits our publication list, please submit a proposal to us by mail. LSU Press does not accept unsolicited submissions by email attachment.
Proposals for everything except fiction and poetry should include a cover letter, working title, table of contents, sample chapters, information about competitive titles, and a resume or curriculum vitae. Please also include a rough total word count, including notes and bibliography, and information about proposed art, if any.
Fiction proposals should include a cover letter, a one-page summary of the work, a brief sample from the work, and a current resume. Poetry proposals should include a cover letter, 4–5 sample pages from the manuscript, and a current resume.
Market Type: Book
Contact: Rand Dotson, Executive Editor (Southern history and culture, music, fiction); Margaret Lovecraft, Acquisitions Editor (general interest and regional; literary studies); Alisa Plant, Senior Editor (European history, media studies, environmental studies, foodways); MaryKatherine Callaway, Director (all other subject areas)
Email: pdotso1@lsu.edu; lovecraft@lsu.edu; aplant@lsu.edu; mkc@lsu.edu
Accepts: Animals, anthropology, business, environment, fiction, food, geography, history, literary studies, media studies, poetry, regional
Web Address: http://lsupress.org
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