UNO Press invites submissions of both creative and scholarly work in the following areas:
Louisiana: Culture and Diversity
This broad category will include work by and about Louisiana artists, musicians, and authors. It is open to creative work (fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and also graphic arts, photography, etc.) by authors and artists living in or connected with Louisiana, and also to scholarly work on Louisiana literature, music, and art, as well as cultural and historical studies on any aspect of Louisiana.
Katrina Scholarship
We invite submission of scholarly and theoretical work concerning Hurricane Katrina and related events and contingencies. In this category, we will be accepting papers— for inclusion in an anthology— as well as book length manuscripts for consideration.
Literature in Translation
In keeping with the growing cultural and linguistic diversity of New Orleans, the state, and the nation, and in support of the University's goal of internationalization, we are soliciting translations of important literary or scholarly works from languages other than English.
Open Category
Authors whose literary, artistic, or scholarly projects do not fall into any of the categories above are also invited to submit a prospectus, according to the guidelines below.
Series
UNO Press also publishes the following series. Queries for series publication are accepted by query to the Press.
The Ezra Pound Center for Literature
 This series,inspired by the prestigious summer institute of the same name, will concentrate on scholarly and literary work of relevance to Ezra Pound and to Modernism in general.
Series Editor: John Gery.
The Engaged Writers Series
 Featuring literary and scholarly works by writers involved in social, political, ethnic, ecological and other cultural issues currently shaping our world, this series is designed to explore the intersections between aesthetics and general culture.
Editorial Board of the Engaged Writers Series:
Peter Thompson, Roger Williams University
Jerry Ward, Dillard University
Cynthia Hogue, Arizona State University
Réda Bensmaïa, Brown University
Donald Wellman, Daniel Webster College
Christopher Burawa, Austin Peay State University
Adam Braver, Roger Williams University
Brenda Marie Osbey, Louisiana State University
The Neighborhood Story Project
 is a documentary book-making project initiated by UNO Professors Abram Himelstein and Rachel Breunlin. UNO Press is proud to be the publishing partner of this exciting project. Click here to read more about NSP.
To submit a query, please email the following materials to unopress@uno.edu:
- A short prospectus including a description or summary of the work, its intended
audience, the length or anticipated length of the manuscript, the
number or anticipated number of illustrations and color requirements, and the anticipated
date of completion if the work is still in progress. Translation projects should also include information about the original work and author.
- Author or translator's curriculum vitae.
- A table of contents and/or a three to five page excerpt of the work. Photography and graphic arts projects should submit either a low resolution pdf file of several exemplary pieces of the work, or a web link to a site where sample pieces may be viewed. Do not send email attachments larger than 1.5 mb.
- Those submitting short papers may simply attach the entire paper. Please include an abstract.
Please put "Query" and your last name in the subject header.
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