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This is your reminder that tomorrow is the last day to submit teaching evaluations for your WQ2025 LAS courses. Submissions to Mistake House Magazine (click here for details) and the Prairie Schooner Raz-Shumaker Book Prize (click here for details) will also close tomorrow night.
Are you interested in writing a 30,000 word manuscript that takes a deep dive into your favorite musical album and/or artist? If you’re passionate about the music you like, take advantage of 33 ⅓’s unique call for book proposals! Scroll down for full details.
(The information below has been copied from 33 ⅓’s website.)
33 ⅓: Call for Proposals
Deadline: March 31, 2025
About:
Widely acclaimed by fans, musicians and scholars alike, the 33 ⅓ series dives deep into your favorite artists, albums and genres.
In October 2003 we published our first ever batch of 33 ⅓ books, each one focusing on a popular LP. Since then we’ve covered many artists and albums, from Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures to Celine Dion’s Let’s Talk About Love, Duran Duran’s Rio to Kraftwerk’s Computer World, and Madvillain’s Madvillainy to Britney Spears’s Blackout. Each album covered in the series occupies such a specific place in music history, so each book-length treatment is different.
Since the formation of the original 33 ⅓ series, we’ve partnered with Spotify on the 33 ⅓ Podcast, hosted by renowned record producer and DJ, Prince Paul. We’ve launched 33 ⅓ Brazil, 33 ⅓ Japan, 33 ⅓ Oceania, 33 ⅓ Europe, and in 2024, will be launching 33 ⅓ South Asia. Most recently we released Genre: A 33 ⅓ Series, which guides readers through musical sub-genres that have intrigued, perplexed, or provoked listeners.
20 years, 6 spin-off series, and over 200 books later, we’re still going strong!
Guidelines:
Only submit if you are able to complete your 30,000 word manuscript within 6-12 months from acceptance. We’ll work out individual timelines for books, and some may have longer deadlines, but we’ll need an initial commitment to a fairly quick turnaround. If you would like to submit a proposal for a 33 ⅓ volume, please submit all of the following to 333submissions@gmail.com.
Submit the content below in a single document as a Word doc or pdf. No Google Docs, please. Important: Please use this exact format for both the subject line of your e-mail and the name of your document: Artist name, album name, your initials.
Proposal Requirements:
- 2-3 pages that describe the book.
- A concise description of the book (up to 200 words).
- A 5-page sample from anywhere in the book.
- A one-line description of the book summing up its scope and content.
- 3 short points that emphasize the unique aspects of your proposed book.
- A 1-page table of contents for the book with chapter titles and light annotation if desired.
- Your professional CV/resume including full contact details and 200 word bio.
- A 1-page marketing plan (with comparable titles and suggestions for finding an audience).
- The amount of time it will take you to complete your manuscript.
Once the submission window closes, it will take us a couple of months to sift through proposals. We will alert the authors of successful proposals through e-mail, as well as post the final list to the 33 ⅓ blog. For a full list of albums already covered in the series, please see our list of published and forthcoming books here on our website.
Submission page: https://333sound.com/how-to-submit-a-proposal/