LITERATURE IN THE EARLY AMERICAN REPUBLIC (LEAR), a peer-reviewed, scholarly, print annual published by AMS Press, welcomes a wide range of submissions on the literary culture of the United States from roughly the adoption of the Constitution in 1789 to the death of James Fenimore Cooper in 1851. We also seek submissions addressing (or establishing critical editions of) unpublished archival manuscripts (e.g., letters, diaries, poems, and other documents) of cultural or literary relevance to the period.

Please format essays in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition), “short endnotes with full bibliography” method. Articles normally should run from 20-25 double-spaced, typewritten pages (or 8000-10,000 words). Longer submissions, such as editorial projects, will also be considered. As submissions undergo blind review by outside readers, the author’s name should appear only in the cover letter. We prefer electronic submissions (with files in MS Word), but contributors sending manuscripts via regular mail should provide three double-spaced copies accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope.

The deadline for consideration in our second volume is 15 August 2008.

Send electronic submissions as MS Word attachments to sivils[at]gmail.com.

Address regular mail submissions to the following address:

Matthew Wynn Sivils, co-editor
Literature in the Early American Republic
Department of English
203 Ross Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-1201

LEAR is edited by Matthew Wynn Sivils (Iowa State University) and Jeffrey Walker (Oklahoma State University). Lance Schachterle (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) serves as an advisory editor.

For more information, visit learjournal.com.