Submit Your Manuscript To Ohio University Press’ "Modern African Writing Series" For Publication —Pawners Paper

Ohio University Press calls out to interested writers to submit their manuscript for publication for it's Modern African Writing Series.

Submit Your Manuscript To Ohio University Press’ "Modern African Writing Series" For Publication

Ohio University Press calls out to interested writers to submit their manuscript for publication for it's Modern African Writing Series. Ohio University Press was incorporated in 1947 and duly organized by the then president of the Ohio University, Vernon Alden, in 1964. The press is widely known across Africa, Appalachia, Southeast Asia, and the Midwest publishing contents on their topics and the press is also considered the leading and oldest schorlarly publisher in Ohio.

The press published works ranging from from academic monographs to regional guides to internationally acclaimed literary works, its books have established the press as an essential member of its many communities: scholarly, literary, and geographic as well as on many other topics. 

Ohio University Press requests that you should not submit your complete manuscript unless an editor has invited you to do so for its series.

Submission Guidelines For The Ohio University Press’ "Modern African Writing Series"

Your proposal should include a cover letter that includes a narrative description (2-4 typescript pages) of the proposed book's content and scope and an argument for the book's importance, as a rationale for publishing by the Ohio University Press. 

The answers to the questions below should be provided in your supposed proposal.

 Why is this book needed? What will it contribute? How does it compare with other literature on the subject? Who is the audience for this book?

Your proposal should also include:

• A table of contents
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• A sample chapter, or two
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• The anticipated length of the manuscript
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• The anticipated date of completion (if still a work-in-progress)
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• An up-to-date copy of your curriculum vitae

Submission For The Ohio University Press’ "Modern African Writing Series" should be mailed to the address or email address below

Ohio University Press Submissions

Alden Library, Suite 101

30 Park Place

Athens OH 45701

— or —

huard@ohio.edu

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Submitting a Manuscript For The Series

If an editor has requested a full manuscript for review, they ask that you adhere to the following guidelines:

Submit a hard copy of the manuscript. 

At the review stage, computer disk copy is not required.

Manuscript copy should be double-spaced, on standard 8½" × 11" paper. Margins should be at least 1" on all sides. Dot matrix print is only acceptable if it is near-letter quality. Text should be unjustified (ragged right margin).

Pages should be consecutively numbered and printed on one side only.

A total word and/or character count for the work should be given. All text, including tables, charts, graphs, and illustrations, should be submitted. Text should include a table of contents, preface or introduction, all chapters, notes, bibliography, appendices or supplementary materials, and any other text to be included in the work.

In general, Ohio University Press follows the stylistic guidelines in the Chicago Manual of Style and asks that authors prepare their manuscripts accordingly.

All explanatory notes should be prepared as endnotes and placed at the end of the text. Ohio University Press does not accept footnotes, typed at the bottom of corresponding pages. 

Endnotes should also be prepared in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style.

Please provide full information about the permissions that have been or will have to be procured for quoted material and/or illustrations.

Check the Guidelines and Checklists for the Submission of a Final Manuscript in the link below:

Submission of a Final Manuscript

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