SUNY Press is proud to announce a new competition for the best single-authored dissertation or first book manuscript in the field of queer studies. We welcome nonfiction manuscripts that exemplify cutting-edge scholarship that engages issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or other non-heteronormative experience, whether the area of focus is historical or contemporary. The competition is open to scholars from all disciplinary backgrounds, but we especially encourage work that speaks effectively across disciplines, and projects that offer new perspectives on concerns central to the field of queer studies. Possible topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Activism and resistance
Religion
Queer histories and subcultures
Intersectionality
Queer assimilation
Experiences of queer people of color
Health and sexuality
Queer feminisms
Global and transnational queer issues
Sexuality and the law
Institutions and public policies
Queer economics
Sex work
Queer families
Passing and issues of performance
Queer youth and queer aging
Affect, desire and embodiment
Gender and queer sexuality
Transgender studies
Gender and violence
Heterosexism and homophobia
Queerness and disability
Queer pedagogy
Cultural production (media, film, music, literature)

If a winner of the competition is selected, he or she will receive a publication contract with SUNY Press and a $3,000 advance. Runners up may also be considered for publication with SUNY Press. All submissions must be postmarked by July 1, 2008, and should include the following materials:

--Cover letter
--C.V.
--Proposal, including a 4-5 page overview of the scope of the project and analysis of competing titles
--Complete manuscript, at least 150 double spaced pages, 12 pt. Courier font

Please mention the competition in your cover letter, and also indicate if any material from the manuscript has been previously published. The winner will be announced in the Fall of 2008. All submissions must be exclusive submissions to SUNY Press for the duration of the contest, and finalists will be notified by September 1, 2008.

Please direct all questions and submissions to

Larin McLaughlin
Acquisitions Editor
SUNY Press
194 Washington Ave., Ste. 305
Albany, NY 12210
larin.mclaughlin@sunypress.edu