The Kent State University Press welcomes submissions of works in the following areas:

• Ohio and the surrounding region
• Sports
• History:
  • U.S. history, especially the Civil War era; abolitionism; U.S. foreign relations
  • military
  • true crime
• Literary Studies:
  • Hemingway
  • C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings

We do not publish fiction, aside from thematic collections such as Christmas Stories from Ohio.

We do not publish poetry, except for the winners of the Wick Poetry Prize and Wick chapbook competitions. 

We ask that proposals consist of the following:

• A cover letter or statement that describes the project, its importance and uniqueness, its suitability to KSU Press’s publishing program, any competing book(s), and the target audience;
• A table of contents in which each chapter is described by a short paragraph;
• Two or three sample chapters (one of these should be the introduction), if available, or a sample of your published work;
• A current c.v. or résumé

Direct inquiries to:

Joyce Harrison
Acquiring Editor
The Kent State University Press
1118 University Library
1125 Risman Drive
Kent, OH  44242­–0001
jharri18@kent.edu
(330) 672-8099

Guidelines for Authors Under Contract

For your convenience, the Kent State University Press provides the following downloadable guidelines in PDF format.

Electronic Manuscript Guidelines for Authors
Illustration Submission Guidelines for Authors
Copyright Guidelines for Authors
The Publishing Process

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