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Book submissions should use this page
Manuscript Submission Guidelines

Book acquisition areas are listed below, with the Acquiring Editor's name:
  Acquiring Book Editor: Martha Bates
• Ethnohistory and Anthropology
• Immigration Studies
• Transportation - Rail, Auto, Ship
• Solicited manuscripts ONLY for Literature and Poetry
• Radical Studies
• American Indian Studies
• African American Studies
• Black Studies
  Acquiring Book Editor: Julie Loehr
• Great Lakes History and Culture
• Environmental and Natural Sciences
• Agricultural Sciences

Book manuscripts:
  We prefer a hard copy but also accept email proposals.
  Initial submissions to MSU Press should be in the form of a short letter of inquiry and a sample chapter, as well as our preliminary Marketing Questionnaire. Download our Manuscript Marketing Questionnaire here, fill it out, and mail it with your manuscript.

We do not accept:
  • email manuscripts
  • Festschrifts, conference papers, or unrevised dissertations

(Festschrift: A complimentary or memorial publication usually in the form of a collection of essays, addresses, or biographical, bibliographic, scientific, or other contributions).

Please note:
  • Bibliographic citations (notes, bibliography, etc.) must be prepared in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition).
  • After an evaluation by the Press editorial staff, works then requested by us for publication are routinely subjected to peer review by scholars in relevant fields of specialty. In addition, these manuscripts undergo evaluation by the Michigan State University Press Editorial Advisory Board, after which the Press editorial staff makes its determination of suitability for publication.

All letters of inquiry and hardcopy manuscripts should be mailed to the specific Acquiring Editor:

Acquisitions Editor (Choose an Acquisitions Editor name from above)
Michigan State University Press
Suite 25
1405 South Harrison Rd.,
East Lansing, MI USA 48823-5245


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