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Incoming Manuscript Registration

1. Overview and Context

TheWhen annual submission period fora new manuscriptsmanuscript lastsis fromsent May 1in to Julyeither 31or each year. During this period, authors and editors are invited to send in (nearly) completed manuscript accompanied by a brief prospectus via email to the co-directors. The beginningboth of the annual submission period is announced on social media and the punctum blog.directors

2. Triggers

The execution of this procedure is usually triggered by

3. Steps to Be Performed

  1. Post

    When a blogfull postms. announcinghas been received, the openingfile(s) are saved in the Nexcloud folder Punctum Submissions under the appropriate year in a folder with the following name LASTNAME_Booktitle.

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    At the same time, a file card is created on the Trello Submissions Board with author name and title of the annualmanuscript, submissioncontaining seasoncontact oninformation Mayof 1.

    2. the
author(s)

Thisand pertinent selections from the email chain. The Trello Submissions board is a sample text:

From May 1 until July 31, prospective authors are invitedused to submitkeep theirtrack manuscripts for review byof the directorsstatus of punctumsubmitted booksfull (Eileen A. Fradenburg Joy and Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei) and its Editorial Advisory Board. This year we are looking to accept around twenty to twenty-five manuscripts for publication in 2025–2026.mss.

We welcome submissions for monographs and edited collections from authors working in any field in the humanities, social sciences, fine arts, and architecture & design who want to publish books that are genre-queer and genre-bending and which take experimental risks with the forms and styles of intellectual writing.Screen Shot 2022-09-27 at 16.19.24.png

Three primary concentrations for us are: (1) books that shift the paradigm in established disciplines; (2) books that help to create emerging transdisciplinary fields; and (3) books that play in the fields of creatively speculative thought.

In particular, we would like to invite women-identifying, BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+, and/or disabled authors to send in their manuscripts for consideration.

More information on the submission process can be found online.

4. Additional Information

5. Document Control

Document ID PRO-027028
Document Owner Vincent
Version 1.0
Last Date of Change November 10, 2025
Next Review Due Date
Version & Change Tracking
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