"Asian America: A State-by-State Encyclopedia," a two-volume reference work, is to be published by Greenwood Press in late 2008. It consists of fifty narrative entries/chapters organized alphabetically by state. Each entry will be 5,000 words in length and the publisher will pay $200 for each entry. The editor is soliciting additional contributors for the following state entries: (1) Arkansas; (2) Delaware; (3) Iowa; (4) Kentucky; (5) Louisiana; (6) Maine; (7) Nevada; (8) New Hampshire; (9) New Mexico; (10) North Carolina; (11) North Dakota; (12) Pennsylvania; (13) South Carolina; (14) Tennessee; and (15) Vermont.

If interested, please contact Professor Jun Xing by e-mail: jxing@oregonstate.edu or by phone: (541) 737-9546.