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Lehigh University Press
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Published Updated Reviewed every month · next review November 2026
About Lehigh University Press
Lehigh University Press is open to scholarly proposals from unagented authors in the humanities and social sciences. You email its proposal form, one sample chapter and a brief CV to lup@lehigh.edu. It typically replies within about two weeks. There are no fees.
Lehigh University Press, founded in 1985, is the university press of Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It co-publishes with Bloomsbury. It publishes monographs, edited volumes and primary source collections of original scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Its titles include The Final Days of Edgar Allan Poe by David F. Gaylin and The Wife of Bath in Afterlife by Betsy Bowden.
Submissions are open. You do not need an agent. You complete the Lehigh University Press Proposal Form and email it with a sample chapter and a brief CV to lup@lehigh.edu. The press typically responds within two weeks and decides whether to request the full manuscript. Manuscripts then go through internal review, followed by two external, double anonymized peer reviewers. There are no fees to submit.
What Lehigh University Press is looking for
- Monographs, edited volumes and primary source collections in the humanities and social sciences
- Anthropology, Asian studies, biography, film, business and economics
- Religious history, history and government, literature and literary criticism, math and philosophy
- Science and technology, plus primary source texts
- Series including Perspectives on Edgar Allan Poe, Critical Conversations in Horror Studies and Studies in Health Humanities
- Horror studies work from global perspectives, early career scholars and underrepresented voices
Publishes
- Academic
- Business
- History
- Nonfiction
- Religion and Spirituality
Specialties
- University press list
How to submit to Lehigh University Press
From its own guidelines- Download and complete the Lehigh University Press Proposal Form.
- Choose one sample chapter and update a brief CV.
- Email all three to lup@lehigh.edu.
- Watch for a reply, typically within two weeks, on whether to send the full manuscript.
Is Lehigh University Press right for your book?
A good fit if
Lehigh suits academic authors with original research in its subject areas, including early career scholars working on Poe, horror studies, East Asian Christianity or eighteenth century America.
Look elsewhere if
Lehigh does not publish recent fiction, recent poetry or textbooks.
Books published by Lehigh University Press
Well-known titles- The Final Days of Edgar Allan PoeDavid F. Gaylin
- Poe and Women: Recognition and RevisionAmy Branam Armiento and Travis Montgomery (eds.)
- Placing Charlotte SmithElizabeth A. Dolan and Jacqueline M. Labbe (eds.)
- The Wife of Bath in AfterlifeBetsy Bowden
Questions about Lehigh University Press
Does Lehigh University Press accept unsolicited manuscripts?
Yes, Lehigh University Press accepts unsolicited proposals from authors without an agent. Start with its proposal form, a sample chapter and a brief CV rather than a full manuscript. If the proposal fits, the press asks for the complete manuscript. It publishes original scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. It does not take recent fiction, recent poetry or textbooks.
How do I submit to Lehigh University Press?
You complete the Lehigh University Press Proposal Form, a .docx file on its submission guidelines page. Then you email the form, one sample chapter and a brief CV to lup@lehigh.edu. Submitting is free. If the press requests your full manuscript, it goes through internal review and then to two external peer reviewers in a double anonymized process.
How long does Lehigh University Press take to reply?
Lehigh University Press typically responds to proposals within two weeks. In that reply it tells you whether it wants to see the full manuscript. Peer review of a full manuscript takes longer, since the work goes through internal review and then two external reviewers. If you have a series in mind, name it in your proposal so the right editors see it.
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