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Submission Information and Guidelines for Prospective Authors
General Mission
The University of Michigan Press publishes both scholarly works and books of more general interest in the following areas:
American History, Applied Linguistics, Classical Studies and Archaeology, Class Studies, Communications, Cultural Studies, Disability Studies, English as a Second Language, Fiction, Gender Studies, German Studies, Law, Literary Criticism and Theory, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Music, New Media, Poetics, Political Science, Theater and Performance, and Writing Craft.
In addition to publishing individual titles in the areas above, we also offer a number of book series intended to explore particular topics, disciplines, and themes. To learn more about series in which we are actively acquiring, follow any of the links below:
Analytical Perspectives on Politics
CAWP Series in Gender and American Politics*
Class : Culture
Contemporary Political and Social Issues
Corporealities: Discourses of Disability
Critical Performances
Cultures of Knowledge in the Early Modern World
Editorial Theory and Literary Criticism
Jazz Perspectives
Kelsey Museum Studies
Law, Meaning, and Violence
Law and Society in the Ancient World*
Michigan Literary Fiction Awards
Michigan Modern Dramatists
Michigan Studies in International Political Economy
Michigan Studies in Political Analysis
New Comparative Politics*
New Directions in Classics*
The New Media World*
The New Public Scholarship*
The Papers and Monographs of the American Academy in Rome
Poets on Poetry
Politics of Race and Ethnicity
Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany
Studies in Literature and Science
Sweetwater Fiction: Originals
Sweetwater Fiction: Reintroductions
Technologies of the Imagination: New Media in Everyday Life*
The Thackeray Edition
Theater: Theory/Text/Performance
Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures
Tracking Pop
Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance
Under Discussion
Writers on Writing
Submission Guidelines
(Please note that Applied Linguistics, English as a Second Language (ESL), and Fiction have special submission guidelines).
For all other areas, to ensure that your work receives proper attention, we ask that you submit the following materials:
- a statement addressing the following points: the purpose or rationale of your book (for projects in the social sciences, please include references to your sources and methodology); similar or competing books in the field; the audiences you envision for your book and the contributions your work offers; why you think your manuscript is suited to the University of Michigan Press's list; the length of the manuscript and the number of illustrations incorporated; and your timetable for completion of the project (if it is already finished, please let us know that, too);
- a table of contents;
- an outline of your chapters (this should be no more than a paragraph or two describing the content of each chapter);
- an introduction or detailed overview of your project; if you have no introduction, please supply a sample chapter (or other material); and
- a curriculum vitae or resume for all authors or volume editors; for edited volumes, a list of your contributors along with their professional affiliations
The Press cannot be responsible for the return of unsolicited materials. Queries by email are welcomed, but proposals and submissions should be mailed in hardcopy to:
(appropriate editor's name)
The University of Michigan Press
839 Greene Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3209
See our staff directory for a list of editors and their areas.
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