Authors

Book Proposals

Please send a cover letter summarizing the project and the contribution it makes to its field. Copies of the table of contents and preface or introduction should accompany the cover letter. Mail, fax, or email the proposal to one of the following editors at the postal address below. Please include an SASE if you need the materials returned to you.

Editors
Barbara Hanrahan

Director
Medieval and early modern studies; Irish/Irish American studies; literature and criticism; and African American studies

Charles Van Hof

Senior Acquisitions Editor
Religion; theology, philosophy; and history

Lowell Francis

Assistant Acquisitions Editor
Political science; political philosophy; Latin American studies; Latino/Latina studies; European studies; peace studies and international relations; sociology; and anthropology

The University of Notre Dame Press
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Notre Dame, IN 46556

Phone: (574) 631-6346

Fax: (574) 631-8148

Email: undpress.1@nd.edu

Manuscript and Graphics Submissions Guidelines (PDF)

Please review our guidelines above for preparing manuscripts, electronic files, illustrations, and permissions.

Additional Graphics Submission Guidelines (PDF)

Art Checklist—DON’T’s:
  • Do not write on the back of any original photos. Use pressure sensitive labels instead.
  • Don’t use ink that might rub off of the label onto the photo itself (as do roller ball pens).
  • Do not submit line art in programs such as Corel Draw, Excel, Access, or table generators in word-processing files.
  • Do not size photos and line art too small. We can reduce larger images but cannot enlarge tiny ones.
  • Do not staple, tape, or clip original photos.
  • Do not submit gif, jpeg, or compressed images.
  • Do not enlarge a graphic image once it has been scanned. It must be scanned at the reproduction size.
  • Do not download art from the Web for submission as original art. Web art is only 72 dpi, not high-enough resolution for print publication.

Author Responsibilities and Copyright Guidelines

AAUP Permissions FAQ (PDF)

This document was developed by the Copyright Committee of the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) for dissemination among AAUP member presses. It is designed to provide practical answers to the kinds of copyright permissions questions authors often raise when preparing their work for submission. Sample permissions letters are appended.

More material helpful to the academic publishing community is provided courtesy of the University of Chicago Press. Click to read Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines from the University of Chicago Press (PDF) at the AAUP web site.

Author Questionnaire (PDF)

We ask authors and editors under contract with the Press to complete and return the questionnaire to the Marketing department. Providing us with this information will greatly help us to reach the appropriate audience for your book.

Poetry and Fiction Prizes Published by the University of Notre Dame Press

The Press publishes the winning manuscripts of three creative writing contests.

The Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry and the Richard Sullivan Prize in Fiction are awarded to authors who have published at least one volume of short fiction or one volume of poetry, respectively. The Creative Writing Program in the Department of English at University of Notre Dame, administers these two prizes. Please see their guidelines for submitting manuscripts and the submission dates at their site:

Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry

The Sandeen Prize in Poetry is awarded to authors who have published at least one volume of poetry.

Richard Sullivan Prize in Fiction

The Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction is awarded to authors who have published at least one volume of short fiction.

Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize

The Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize is bestowed by the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. The submission guidelines and information about this prize can be found at the Institute’s site.

Online Poetry Resources

Poets.org, the online newsletter of The Academy of American Poets, has profiled a few of the most necessary sites in the vast online poetry world as a way to help visitors find the most dependable and exhaustive sites. Check out this terrific resource here.

Exhibits Schedule

The Press regularly exhibits at scholarly conferences. We invite you to drop by our booth to meet the editors and see our titles.

Press News

Poetry and Fiction Brochure Online

The University of Notre Dame Press partners with the Creative Writing Program at the University of Notre Dame to publish the Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction and the Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry winners. In addition, the Press collaborates with the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame to support the work of emerging Latino/a poets with the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize.

We are pleased to offer the books in these series, as well as other fine poetry and fiction titles, in this brochure: Poetry & Fiction Brochure. Some of the books are offered…

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