Greetings from NDSU Press.
Thank you for considering our press as a publication home for your manuscript. If you have not already, please visit our website to see what great things we are up to. From there, you can sign up for our e-newsletters and see our mission statement. Please avail yourself of the information at our website before submitting your manuscript so you can make sure your manuscript aligns with our mission to publish on regional topics, is a fit for our Contemporary Voices of Indigenous Peoples series, or contributes to our Heritage Guide series or our Little Book about North Dakota series.
NDSU Press exists primarily to stimulate and coordinate interdisciplinary regional scholarship. These regions include the state of North Dakota, the Red River Valley, the plains of North America (comprising both the Great Plains of the United States and the prairies of Canada), and comparable regions of other continents.
Please note that our in-house review takes approximately three months. Note also that we do not accept simultaneous submissions.
The submissions portal for our new series, A Little Book about North Dakota, is now open.
Our Poetry of the Plains & Prairies (POPP) Award submissions portal is open from January 17 through March 17 annually. Winners receive publication + $200 and are announced in May of each year.
Our general poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions portals are CLOSED DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY.
Thank you,
Suzzanne
Suzzanne Kelley, Publisher, North Dakota State University Press
With some frequency, North Dakota State University Press receives manuscripts that are not quite book-length but still significant studies or literary works. In the past, we’ve sadly turned them away. Our new series, A Little Book about North Dakota, provides the opportunity to bring such works to the public.
Each Little Book about North Dakota measures 6” x 6” and contains a substantive and/or literary treatment of the history, science, social science, health, politics, literature, culture, or contemporary life in North Dakota. Did we think of every possible category? No. The possibilities for content are limitless, bound only by their connection to North Dakota.
Submissions of such works, which will undergo our blind peer review process for acquisition, may be sent to our online submissions portal at https://ndsupress.submittable.com/submit.
Manuscripts should be submitted as a Word document, with double-spaced lines, 70 to 125-ish pages in length. If your work contains citations, please submit your manuscript with footnotes (and not endnotes).
Founded at North Dakota State University in 1950 under the name of Institute for Regional Studies Press, North Dakota State University Press (NDSU Press) exists to stimulate and coordinate interdisciplinary regional scholarship. These regions include the Red River Valley, the State of North Dakota, the plains of North America (comprising both the Great Plains of the United States and Prairies of Canada), and comparable regions of other continents.
The scope of NDSU Press publications is not limited by topic or discipline. We consider manuscripts in any field of learning. Our scope is defined, however, by a regional focus in accord with the press's mission. Generally, works published by NDSU Press address regional life directly, as the subject of study. Such works contribute to scholarly knowledge of region (that is, discovery of new knowledge) or to public consciousness of region (that is, dissemination of information, or interpretation of regional experience). In some, fewer instances the regional connection is one of service to a regional organization. Where regions abroad are treated, either for comparison or because of ties to those North American regions of primary concern to NDSU Press, the linkages should be made plain. Traditionally, we have published substantial trade books, but the line of publications is not limited to that genre. We may also publish textbooks (at any level), reference books, anthologies, reprints, papers, proceedings, and monographs. We will consider works of fiction (please submit to General Submission: Fiction), nonfiction (please submit to General Submission: Nonfiction), and poetry (please submit to General Submission: Poetry). Our aim is to provide regional works of landmark or reference status. Biographical or autobiographical works are evaluated carefully for their prospective contribution to regional knowledge and culture. All publications, in whatever genre, must be of such quality and substance as to embellish the imprint of NDSU Press.
We do not consider simultaneous submissions. An author submitting a manuscript to NDSU Press signifies thereby that it is not also under consideration at another press.
To complete your submission, you will upload at this site:
- Your cover letter, to include: Description of your manuscript or manuscript proposal, chapter titles (if applicable), brief bio.
- Your manuscript.
- Up to five Image samples for your text, if applicable.
Following internal and external review, authors should be prepared to submit a digital version in MS Word of the work after it is accepted and necessary revisions have been made.
Founded at North Dakota State University in 1950 under the name of Institute for Regional Studies Press, North Dakota State University Press (NDSU Press) exists to stimulate and coordinate interdisciplinary regional scholarship. These regions include the Red River Valley, the State of North Dakota, the plains of North America (comprising both the Great Plains of the United States and Prairies of Canada), and comparable regions of other continents.
The scope of NDSU Press publications is not limited by topic or discipline. We consider manuscripts in any field of learning. Our scope is defined, however, by a regional focus in accord with the press's mission. Generally, works published by NDSU Press address regional life directly, as the subject of study. Such works contribute to scholarly knowledge of region (that is, discovery of new knowledge) or to public consciousness of region (that is, dissemination of information, or interpretation of regional experience). In some, fewer instances the regional connection is one of service to a regional organization. Where regions abroad are treated, either for comparison or because of ties to those North American regions of primary concern to NDSU Press, the linkages should be made plain. Traditionally, we have published substantial trade books, but the line of publications is not limited to that genre. We may also publish textbooks (at any level), reference books, anthologies, reprints, papers, proceedings, and monographs. We will consider works of fiction (please submit to General Submission: Fiction) and poetry (please submit to General Submission: Poetry), provided they are established regional classics or they promise to assume landmark or reference status for the region. Biographical or autobiographical works are evaluated carefully for their prospective contribution to regional knowledge and culture. All publications, in whatever genre, must be of such quality and substance as to embellish the imprint of NDSU Press.
We do not consider simultaneous submissions. An author submitting a manuscript to NDSU Press signifies thereby that it is not also under consideration at another press.
To complete your submission, you will upload at this site:
- Your cover letter, to include: description of your manuscript or manuscript proposal, chapter titles (if applicable), brief bio.
- Your manuscript.
- Up to five image samples for your text, if applicable.
Following internal and external review, authors should be prepared to submit a digital version of the work after it is accepted and necessary revisions have been made.
Founded at North Dakota State University in 1950 under the name of Institute for Regional Studies Press, North Dakota State University Press (NDSU Press) exists to stimulate and coordinate interdisciplinary regional scholarship. These regions include the Red River Valley, the State of North Dakota, the plains of North America (comprising both the Great Plains of the United States and Prairies of Canada), and comparable regions of other continents.
The scope of NDSU Press publications is not limited by topic or discipline. We consider manuscripts in any field of learning. Our scope is defined, however, by a regional focus in accord with the press's mission. Generally, works published by NDSU Press address regional life directly, as the subject of study. Such works contribute to scholarly knowledge of region (that is, discovery of new knowledge) or to public consciousness of region (that is, dissemination of information, or interpretation of regional experience). In some, fewer instances the regional connection is one of service to a regional organization. Where regions abroad are treated, either for comparison or because of ties to those North American regions of primary concern to NDSU Press, the linkages should be made plain. Traditionally, we have published substantial trade books, but the line of publications is not limited to that genre. We may also publish textbooks (at any level), reference books, anthologies, reprints, papers, proceedings, and monographs. We will consider works of fiction (please submit to General Submission: Fiction), nonfiction (please submit to General Submission: Nonfiction), and poetry (please submit to General Submission: Poetry). Our aim is to provide regional works of landmark or reference status. Biographical or autobiographical works are evaluated carefully for their prospective contribution to regional knowledge and culture. All publications, in whatever genre, must be of such quality and substance as to embellish the imprint of NDSU Press.
We do not consider simultaneous submissions. An author submitting a manuscript to NDSU Press signifies thereby that it is not also under consideration at another press.
Poetry--verse or prose--submissions should consist of approximately ninety pages, a single poem to a page. (Longer poems may extend over several pages, but please begin each poem on a new page.)
To complete your submission, you will upload at this site:
- Your cover letter, to include: Description of your manuscript or manuscript proposal, chapter titles (if applicable), brief bio.
- Your manuscript.
- Up to five Image samples for your text, if applicable.
Following internal and external review, authors should be prepared to submit a digital version in MS Word of the work after it is accepted and necessary revisions have been made.
North Dakota State University Press initiated the Contemporary Voices of Indigenous Peoples Series (CVIP) in 2016. The series is co-edited by Dr. Suzzanne Kelley and Corey Yellow Boy (Oglala Sioux).
Suzzanne Kelley is a long-time teacher, historian, and publisher. She is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, an award-winning teacher and scholar, and—since her hire in 2015—the first woman publisher in the seventy+-year history of NDSU Press. In her publishing career, Kelley has shepherded more than one hundred books through production, many of them from emerging authors that have gone on to win state, regional, and national awards.
Corey Yellow Boy, an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, resides in the Calico community on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He holds a BA in Lakota Studies and an MA in Lakota Leadership and Management, both from Oglala Lakota College. For over a decade, Corey taught Lakota culture, language, history, and traditional art at the college. Corey serves as the Lakota Studies Director for the Oglala Lakota County School District, where he supports Lakota language teachers and develops cultural curriculum.
The vision behind CVIP is to feature the authentic stories, poetry, and scholarly works of Native Americans, First Nations, Māori, Aboriginal Australians, Indians, and more to give voice to contemporary Indigenous peoples. Authors are asked to affirm their Indigenous identity and cultural connections. North Dakota State University Press adheres to a solemn commitment to avoid the damaging impact of cultural appropriation.
NDSU Press considers book-length manuscripts of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for publication. Authors selected through our blind peer review process are offered our standard author contract and national distribution.
Published in the series:
- Volume 1: Apple in the Middle, Young Adult novel by Dawn Quigley, August 2018
- Volume 2: Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors, nonfiction by Denise K. Lajimodiere, June 2019
- Volume 3: His Feathers Were Chains, poetry by Denise K. Lajimodiere, September 2020
To complete your submission, you will upload at this site:
- Your cover letter, to include: Description of your manuscript or manuscript proposal, chapter titles (if applicable), brief bio.
- Your manuscript.
- Up to five Image samples for your text, if applicable.
Following internal and external review, authors should be prepared to submit a digital version in MS Word of the work after it is accepted and necessary revisions have been made.
For this series, the North Dakota State University Press seeks traveler guides to the heritage landscapes of North Dakota and the northern plains. Guidebooks in the series should focus on particular regions or themes, directing travelers to salient features, informing them about the history and culture associated with them, and interpreting the regional experience. While writing to the literate public, authors are expected to draw on good scholarly literature and commend it to the public. They also are expected to have gone over the ground, so that they speak with authority and familiarity.
Editor for this series is Dr. Tom Isern, University Distinguished Professor and founding director of the NDSU Center for Heritage Renewal. Dr. Isern works with authors in the formative and developmental stages of their work, advising them on crafting proposals and submissions that meet mission and guidelines for the series. Submissions for the Heritage Guide Series then go through the regular submission process of the press.
Founded at North Dakota State University in 1950 under the name of Institute for Regional Studies Press, North Dakota State University Press (NDSU Press) exists to stimulate and coordinate interdisciplinary regional scholarship. These regions include the Red River Valley, the State of North Dakota, the plains of North America (comprising both the Great Plains of the United States and Prairies of Canada), and comparable regions of other continents.
The scope of NDSU Press publications is not limited by topic or discipline. We consider manuscripts in any field of learning. Our scope is defined, however, by a regional focus in accord with the press's mission. Generally, works published by NDSU Press address regional life directly, as the subject of study. Such works contribute to scholarly knowledge of region (that is, discovery of new knowledge) or to public consciousness of region (that is, dissemination of information, or interpretation of regional experience). In some, fewer instances the regional connection is one of service to a regional organization. Where regions abroad are treated, either for comparison or because of ties to those North American regions of primary concern to NDSU Press, the linkages should be made plain.
Traditionally, we have published substantial trade books, but the line of publications is not limited to that genre. We may also publish textbooks (at any level), reference books, anthologies, reprints, papers, proceedings, and monographs. Our aim is to provide regional works of landmark or reference status. Biographical or autobiographical works are evaluated carefully for their prospective contribution to regional knowledge and culture. All publications, in whatever genre, must be of such quality and substance as to embellish the imprint of NDSU Press.
We do not consider simultaneous submissions. An author submitting a manuscript to NDSU Press signifies thereby that it is not also under consideration at another press.
To complete your submission, you will upload at this site:
- Your cover letter, to include: Description of your manuscript or manuscript proposal, chapter titles (if applicable), brief bio.
- Your manuscript.
- Up to five Image samples for your text, if applicable.
Following internal and external review, authors should be prepared to submit a digital version in MS Word of the work after it is accepted and necessary revisions have been made.
If you have an area of expertise that fits with our regional studies mission, please provide a brief description of your research and experience, searchable key terms, institutional affiliation, and contact information. NDSU Press is able to offer a small honorarium in return for your service. Your information will be added to our database, and the editor in chief will contact you should we have a manuscript that is a suitable match for your expertise.
Founded at North Dakota State University in 1950, NDSU Press exists to stimulate and coordinate interdisciplinary regional scholarship. These regions include the Red River Valley, the state of North Dakota, the plains of North America (comprising both the Great Plains of the United States and Prairies of Canada), and comparable regions of other continents. Good regional scholarship is shaped by national and international events, and by comparative studies.
The scope of NDSU Press publications is not limited by topic or discipline. We consider manuscripts in any field of learning. The scope is defined, however, by a regional focus in accord with our mission. Generally, works published by NDSU Press address regional life directly, as the subject of study. Such works contribute to scholarly knowledge of region (that is, discovery of new knowledge) or to public consciousness of region (that is, dissemination of information, or interpretation of regional experience). In some, fewer instances the regional connection is one of service to a regional organization. Where regions abroad are treated, either for comparison or because of ties to those North American regions of primary concern to the Institute, the linkages should be made plain. Traditionally, NDSU Press has published substantial trade books, but the line of publications is not limited to that genre. It may also publish textbooks (at any level), reference books, anthologies, reprints, papers, proceedings, and monographs. We will consider works of poetry or fiction, provided they are established regional classics or they promise to assume landmark or reference status for the region. Biographical or autobiographical works are evaluated carefully for their prospective contribution to regional knowledge and culture. All publications, in whatever genre, must be of such quality and substance as to embellish the imprint of the Institute.
Guidelines for reviewers:- What is your overall assessment of the project?
- Is the general approach and orientation of the work conceptually sound?
- Is the manuscript logically organized?
- Should any topics be added, lengthened, deleted, or shortened to make the work more readable, coherent, or complete?
- Please comment on the author's writing style. Is it clear and interesting?
- Scholarship: Is the author's thesis (theses) convincing and supportable given the evidence which is presented?
- Are there any interpretations which are nonstandard or unusual?
- Is the manuscript's content factually accurate?
- Are materials correctly referenced and are the most recent and relevant sources cited?
- In your opinion does this work make a substantive contribution to regional studies by promoting knowledge and a cultural consciousness among the general population and academic community?
- Marketability: Do you believe that the manuscript is of potential interest to readers in this region?
- To what segments of the public do you believe that it might have particular appeal?
- Is there potential for use of this manuscript in the classroom, and if so, what courses and at what level?
- Does the work fill a need in its field?
- Are there any other publications of this type with which this text might compete?
- How does the present work compare?
- Conclusion: Do you have any other comments or areas of concern?