Fourth Genre Steinberg Memorial Essay Prize

Submission Guidelines

• Submissions for the Steinberg Memorial Essay Prize are accepted from January 1st - March 15th only
• Please include an approximate word count. No need to include a bio.
• Please be sure your name does not appear on the manuscript, either on the front page or in the headers or footers.
• 6,000 word limit for contest submissions
• We accept multiple and simultaneous submissions, but you must withdraw your submission immediately if it is accepted elsewhere.

• Although we love graphic and visual elements in essays, we cannot print the inside pages in color. Any image in your essay must be effective in gray scale.
• All images must be minimum 300 dpi at planned publication size.
• It is the author/researcher’s obligation and responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright and/or other use restrictions prior to submitting materials to MSU Press for publication.
• Citations, permissions, and captions are required upon submission for all images, including those derived from the internet.
• MSU Press cannot publish such materials until written clearance is obtained.