We are pleased to receive proposal submissions for potential books or brochures. Submissions need to be compatible with the Safer Society Foundation's goals and mission. To evaluate a proposal, we request that submissions include the following:

Author/Editor information

• CV or resume
• Brief description of your qualifications to write this book (1-2 paragraphs)
• Contact information: name, address, phone number, and email address

Book description

• Book's working title/subtitle
• Brief description of your book (1-2 paragraphs)
• Table of contents
• Annotated table of contents, in which each chapter is summarized in a paragraph or two
• Estimation of length of completed manuscript

Manuscript or sample chapters
Proposal should include a minimum of three sample chapters or as much as the entire manuscript. If you send a whole manuscript, please indicate which chapters or portion of the book best represent your work as a researcher, editor or writer. If you would like feedback before you make a submission, please don't hesitate to contact us. If you send sample chapters only, and we are interested in the rest of the book, we will then request that you submit the full manuscript.

Artwork

• Does your manuscript have original artwork/illustrations?

Audience

• Who is your book intended to reach?
• What will that audience gain from reading it?

Competition

• What other current books address the same or similar topic?
• In what ways does your book enrich or advance the field?

Market

• Briefly, how can the intended audience be reached?

Timetable

• If this manuscript is not yet completed, what is the realistic target date for that completion?

Submission format
Because our review process involves both internal and outside reviewers, please send your book proposal:

• In a paper version, through the mail
• And also as either an email Word attachment (or a pdf/Word document on a disk).
• Manuscripts should be printed on white paper, one-sided, double-spaced, and set in 12-point type.

Email-only proposals cannot be considered.

Return postage
Please make sure that you supply your current mailing address and email–for our response. If you would like your submitted paper manuscript returned, please include a self-addressed stamped mailer. We cannot return manuscripts without an SASE.

Please mail paper submissions to:

Marjorie Ryerson
Editorial Director
Safer Society Press
PO Box 340
Brandon, VT 05733-0340

Please send electronic documents to: marjorie@safersociety.org

For questions, the editor can be reached as listed above, or by phoning (802) 247-3132