Does you institution not have a university press but wants to publish edited or authored academic book in partnership with us? Work with us. The book will feature your institution’s logo alongside STAR Scholars Press.

We welcome proposals for single-authored or co-authored volumes, as well as cohesive edited collections with a strong theme and consistent quality through all chapters.

We aim to amplify voices of underrepresented scholars, epistemologies, and perspectives. We are committed to a inclusion of a diversity of racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds and are particularly interested in proposals from scholars who identify with countries in the Global South.

We value linguistic diversity. Although many of the volumes that we publish are written in English, we welcome proposals in any language. If you are proposing a book in another language besides English, please submit a version in the proposed language and a translated version in English, so we can send your proposal for peer review to scholars who may not speak the proposals language but are able to review proposals in English.

We maintain high standards of a university press and all proposals will undergo peer review. Please be prepared to make revisions and answer queries about your proposal from the anonymous reviewers assigned to it.

Elements of a proposal:

• Proposed title
• Book description
• Table of contents
• Chapter abstracts and keywords
• Proposed timeline for submission of the completed manuscript
• Length of the completed manuscript (total words), all inclusive of front matter, chapters, acknowledgements, references, and all other material
• Target audience(s) for the volume
• Competing and related titles with a clear description on why your volume is different
• Information about contributors (name, title, affiliation, and bio)
• Brief description of why the proposed volume aligns with the mission of the STAR Scholars Network
• CVs of editors (edited volumes) or authors (authored or co-authored volumes)