Professional Letter



The University of Akron Press

120 E. Mill Street

Suite 415

Akron, OH 44308

Phone: 330-972-6202

uapress@uakron.edu



Manuscript Inquiry Form

Please provide the following information to expedite our consideration of your manuscript. Please attach your curriculum vitae or resume to this questionnaire. Please note that poetry collections by single authors should be submitted to the Akron Poetry Prize. For those guidelines, see uakron.edu/uapress/poetryprize.html

1. Name of Author(s) or Editor(s):

2. Contact Information:

home: office:

phone: phone:

fax: fax:

e-mail::

3. Title of manuscript:

4. Is this manuscript a draft or final version of your manuscript?

If it is a draft, please outline any revision plans you have at this time.

5. Is this manuscript a revised or unrevised version of your dissertation?

If so, please indicate what revisions have you made or plan to make.

6. Has the manuscript, or any part of it, been previously published?

If the manuscript is an anthology or collection of essays, published or unpublished, do you have permission to use the material included?

If so, list those essays that have already appeared in print (where and when).

Characteristics of the final manuscript:

Length of your MS: _______ pages Estimated word count: _____________

Number of tables: _ Maps: Line drawings: Photographs: _

All manuscripts must be double spaced.

1. Please state succinctly the main contribution or thesis of your manuscript:

2. To what audience is your manuscript addressed?

3. Please name a few scholars working in your field competent to provide an impartial reading of your manuscript (include affiliation). Indicate if any have already read it.

A.

B.

C.

D.

4. Please list any recently published books on the same or similar subject as your work.

5. Is your manuscript currently under consideration elsewhere? _____Yes _____ No

We do not require exclusive submissions. However, if your work is under consideration elsewhere, we ask as a courtesy that you wait for our decision regarding publication before you choose a publisher.

After we have contacted you and ask for the submission of your manuscript, retain a complete copy of your work in case of loss or damage in the mail. Do not send any original materials (such as photos or artwork) that cannot be easily replaced. We cannot be held responsible for lost materials.

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