Deadline: (complete article): January 1, 2005
I am seeking contributors for a volume in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series with the working title "North American University Presses."
Entries will range in length from 3000-8000 words, and offer a chronological overview of the history of each press, discuss the press's significance, editorial emphases, and current publishing activities. Contributors receive a small honorarium and a copy of the volume.
The following presses, with essay lengths, are still available:
Cornell University Press (5,000)
McGill-Queen's University Press (3,000)
Michigan State University Press (3,000)
Ohio State University Press (3,000)
State University of New York Press (3,500)
Syracuse University Press (3,000)
University of British Columbia Press (3,000)
University of Hawai'i Press (3,000)
University of Iowa Press (3,000)
University of Nebraska Press (3,000)
University of Oklahoma Press (3,000)
University of South Carolina Press (3,000)
University of Tennessee Press (3,000)
University Press of Kentucky (3,000)
University Press of Mississippi (3,000)
University Press of New England (3,000)
Wayne State University Press (3,000)
Yale University Press (6,500)
See http://www.bcl-manly.comfor a sample entry and DLB style
guidelines, or consult your library's reference department for examples
of previous volumes in the series. (The volumes entitled "British
Literary Publishing Houses" and "American Literary Publishing Houses"
are relevant examples for this particular project.)
For a list of available publishers and essay lengths, or for general inquiries,
contact: Cecile Jagodzinski, Director of Collection Development and
Digital Scholarship, Indiana University Libraries, Main Library E651,
1320 E. 10th St., Bloomington, IN 47405 (e-mail, cjagodzi@indiana.edu).
Potential contributors should also include a current CV.
