UMass Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press

Authors holding advance contracts with the University of Massachusetts Press:
Please read and carefully follow our guidelines for manuscript preparation. Remember, the more carefully you prepare your manuscript, the more likely it is that your book will be published on schedule.

In due course, we will ask you to fill out a marketing questionnaire that will help us to develop a specific marketing plan for your book.

Authors interested in publishing with the University of Massachusetts Press:
Our editors actively encourage the submission of manuscripts and make a point of responding promptly to all inquiries. Here is some helpful information:

The University of Massachusetts Press publishes scholarly books and serious nonfiction. Before submitting a proposal, you should determine that we are an appropriate publisher for your work. Please note that we consider fiction and poetry only through our annual Juniper Prize contests. We do not normally publish festschriften, conference proceedings, or unrevised doctoral dissertations.

Please send your proposal materials to one of our acquisitions editors, either Clark Dougan or Bruce Wilcox. Their mailing addresses are given below. You may send an initial inquiry via email, but please make it brief and do not include attachments.

When submitting a full proposal by mail, be sure to include the following: a covering letter, a prospectus, and your curriculum vitae. Also, if available, please provide: (1) a table of contents, (2) a sample chapter, (3) the estimated length of your manuscript, (4) examples or descriptions of any artwork, including the total number of illustrations to be used in the text (there is no need to send originals at this stage), and (5) your sense of the potential audience for the work.
If the manuscript is not yet complete, please indicate its anticipated date of completion. Do not submit your complete manuscript unless invited to do so by an editor.
University of Massachusetts Press Acquisitions Editors:
Clark Dougan
University of Massachusetts Press
P.O. Box 429
Amherst, MA 01004
cdougan@umpress.umass.edu
OR

Bruce Wilcox
University of Massachusetts Press
P.O. Box 429
Amherst, MA 01004
wilcox@umpress.umass.edu

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