In Fall 2002, the Humanities Laboratory began sponsoring a maximum of three "first books" a year for the next three to five years to be published at the University of Illinois Press.
To be considered for selection you should present precisely the same materials as if you were submitting your project to any academic press. You will need to send the following: We will read and critique these materials and will select a small number of projects for which we will request the complete manuscript. If we request your manuscript you will have to grant us sole consideration through the entire process from our internal evaluation through the evaluation process of the University of Illinois Press. You will not be able to submit your manuscript during this process to any other press.
The internal evaluation will result in three manuscripts annually being submitted in the Humanities Laboratory First-Book Series at the University of Illinois Press. There they will undergo the same process of evaluation as ALL solicited manuscripts. The Humanities Laboratory will award successful manuscripts a publication subvention to facilitate their publication.
Submit your initial materials for consideration to the Associate Director of the Humanities Laboratory:
Dawn Marlan
Humanities Laboratory (MC 228)
601 S Morgan St.
Chicago, IL 60607
dmarlan@uic.edu
(312)413-4247
For information on our October 15th publishing workshop, click here:
How Will I Get Tenure If You Won't Publish My Book?
The Humanities Laboratory First-Book Series
with the University of Illinois Press
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