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Encyclopedia of Ethnic American Literature

Call for Contributors

Editor
Emmanuel S. Nelson
Department of English
SUNY-Cortland
Cortland, NY 13045
Ph: 607-753-2078
Fax: 607-753-5978
E-mail: nelsone@cortland.edu

Advisory Board
Ken Cerniglia (Cornish College
   of the Arts)
Guiyou Huang (Kutztown University)
Arnold Krupat (Sarah Lawrence College)
Paul Lauter (Trinity College)
Ann Shapiro (SUNY-Farmingdale)

Loretta Woodard (Marygrove College)

Roberta Fernandez (Univ of Georgia)

Contributors are sought for a multi-volume Encyclopedia of Ethnic American Literature scheduled for publication by Greenwood Press. Approximately one million words in length, the work will be published simultaneously in five volumes in 2005. Entries range in length from 500 to 4,000 words and cover a range of topics, authors, texts, genres, historical events, and stereotypes. Contributors may write several entries in their areas of expertise.

Remuneration for the contributors will be based on the total number of words assigned to their entries. Here are the guidelines:

500 to 3,000 words:   A copy of the five-volume Encyclopedia (tentatively priced at $500) at the time of publication;

3,250 to 5,000 words: A copy of the five-volume Encyclopedia and $100;

5,250 to 7,000 words: A copy of the five-volume Encyclopedia and $150;

7,250 to 9,000 words: A copy of the five-volume Encyclopedia and $200;

9,250 words and above: A copy of the five-volume Encyclopedia and $300.

All payments will be made at the time of publication of the Encyclopedia.

If you are interested in participating in this project, please contact the Editor--Emmanuel Nelson-- with the following information: a list of several entries that you are willing to write (your top choices may have already been assigned); your institutional affiliation and status;your day time phone number; and your preferred e-mail and snail mail addresses where you would like to receive all related correspondence. ( I should add that preference will be given to contributors who write at least a total of 2000 words for the Encyclopedia.) You will receive e-mail confirmation of your assignment, guidelines for manuscript preparation, sample entries. Shortly afterwards you will receive a formal contract to sign from Greenwood Press via snail mail. Completed manuscripts (hard copy and disk) are due by April 30, 2004.

List of Entries