Submission Guidelines

Instructions for Prospective Authors

Book Proposal Guidelines

The University Press of Kansas welcomes proposals via e-mail, but not attached partial or complete manuscripts. Please send your query to the appropriate acquisitions editor (see below).

Your proposal should contain the following elements:

  1. Overview: Subject, argument, research
  2. Core Contribution: what’s unique, significant, exciting?
  3. Comparison to other works in the field
  4. Intended audience
  5. Length of work (preferably in words) and number and type of illustrations
  6. Annotated table of contents
  7. Status of proposed work and timeline for completion
  8. Bio or CV

Acquisitions Editors

Joyce Harrison, Editor in Chief
785-864-9162, joyce@ku.edu
Military history and intelligence studies; Rethinking Careers, Rethinking Academia series

Joyce Harrison oversees the Press’s publishing programs in military and intelligence studies, including the Modern War Studies series. She is also the Press's contact for the Rethinking Careers, Rethinking Academia series. Joyce has acquired books in U.S. history, military history, Civil War studies, and other fields during her publishing career, most recently with the Kent State University Press and the University Press of Kentucky. She is a native of Baltimore, and has an M.A. in musicology from the Eastman School of Music.

David Congdon, Senior Editor
785-864-6059, dcongdon@ku.edu
Political science and law

David Congdon oversees the Press’s publishing programs in political science, American political thought, presidential studies, public policy, law, and legal studies. David has acquired books in religion, history, psychology, and the sciences in his previous editorial work with InterVarsity Press. He has a B.A. in English from Wheaton College and an M.Div. and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is a native of Portland, Oregon.

Bethany Mowry, Acquisitions Editor
785-864-1459, brmowry@ku.edu
Western history, Native American and Indigenous studies, environmental studies, American studies, and Kansas and regional studies

Bethany Mowry manages our lists in Western history, Native American and Indigenous studies, environmental studies, American studies, and Kansas and regional studies. A multigenerational Kansan, Bethany started her publishing career at the University of Oklahoma Press. She has a BA in History from Washburn University, an MA in history from the University of Pittsburgh, and she is completing her PhD in history at the University of Oklahoma.

Instructions for Authors Under Contract

Use the following guidelines and checklists as you prepare to submit your manuscript.

 
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