Founded in 1870, Ohio State is one of the world's most comprehensive public research universities. The Columbus campus is a major center of science, engineering and health sciences research.
The university has campuses in Lima, Mansfield, Marion and Newark. It also operates the Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster.
Literary & Cultural Studies
As the publishing arm of Ohio State University, Ohio State University Press seeks to publish works that advance knowledge and the arts and humanities. In this way, it aims to support scholarly activity in the humanities and social sciences around the globe and serves as a platform for the work of Ohio State faculty and students.
We specialize in cultural criticism, literary studies (including comics and narrative theory), American studies, rhetoric and communication, gender and sexuality studies, and race and ethnic studies. We also acquire books in linguistics, regional studies on our Trillium imprint, and creative works for our Mad Creek imprint.
Our editorial staff is dedicated to finding the most innovative and thought-provoking scholarship in cultural and literary studies. We publish approximately 50 new titles each year.
Among our most outstanding titles are Revolutionary Readers: Early American Narrative Painters and the Radicalization of Literature by Peter Betjemann, which explores the antebellum art that shaped American literature. Using more than 100 extant antebellum paintings of particular literary scenes, this book locates the early nationalist period as fundamentally hemispheric and deeply engaged with multiracial identity.
Another title that explores the interconnectedness of culture and science, Critical Science, Technology, and Culture by Christopher Reed, examines how scientific disciplines such as astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, and physics relate to society. It offers readers a thorough analysis of how different disciplines interact with the world and offers readers an opportunity to engage with ethical issues in science and engineering.
In addition, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Literary and Cultural Theory by Jeffrey R. Di Leo, the most comprehensive survey of theory in the 21st century, includes an A-to-Z compendium of key words and thinkers.
The English - Literature, Culture, & Writing major provides students with an immersive and interdisciplinary experience of the literary worlds of Britain and America. Courses are small and allow students to engage with literary texts from diverse historical periods, practice collaborative learning, pursue complex ideas, and deepen their pleasure in language and writing.
Regional & Creative Works
Founded in 1957, the Ohio State University Press is the publishing arm of one of the nation's largest public research universities. Its mission is to advance knowledge by disseminating scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. In addition to the traditional print and digital offerings, the Press publishes high profile books, as well as journals in a variety of disciplines including history, literature, musicology, science and technology, and the arts. The Ohio State University Press has a storied archival collection spanning over four hundred years and a library of over two million volumes. It also boasts a thriving academic community with several hundred faculty and scholars active in teaching and research across all of OSU's schools and colleges.
The OSU Press is one of the most diverse university presses in the country. Its staff of approximately 350 professionals works with a budget of over $26 million per year. Its publications list more than 300 titles and over 3,000 authors. The Press has also been a recipient of numerous awards, most notably a gold medal at the annual international conferences and the prestigious College of Literature award.
Non-Fiction
The Ohio State University Press is a major publisher of books and journals in literary studies, cultural criticism, rhetoric and communication, regional trade, and more. It publishes approximately 50 new titles per year.
We also publish works about Ohio, its history, literature, art, nature, and culture, as well as guides to the region. We also produce the annual winners of the university’s non-fiction and poetry prizes, which carry a cash award and publication with Ohio State University Press.
Our publications include a wide variety of nonfiction and fiction, both from established authors and emerging voices. We’re particularly proud of the books we publish from our Mad Creek imprint, which champions diverse and creative literary writing.
This series showcases fresh stories, innovative forms, and books that break new aesthetic ground in nonfiction. It includes memoir, personal and lyric essay, literary journalism, cultural meditations, short shorts, hybrid essays, graphic pieces, and more. It is explicitly interested in not only ethnic and racial diversity, but also gender and sexual diversity, neurodiversity, physical diversity, religious diversity, and cultural diversity, in all its manifestations.
The series is edited by Joy Castro, Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author of several books of nonfiction, including Island of Bones: Essays and The Truth Book: A Memoir. Her work has been recognized by the PEN Center USA Literary Award and the Nebraska Book Awards.
We invite proposals for collections of nonfiction that explore themes of identity and reclaiming identity, as well as for stories that examine race, class, gender, and other forms of diversity. We look for books that are compelling, challenging, and thought-provoking, and that demonstrate the power of storytelling to transform lives.
If you are interested in submitting your work to this series, please visit the series website and submit your manuscript electronically. If you are unsure whether your submission is suitable for this series, contact the acquisitions editor to ask questions.
The non-fiction prize at Ohio State University Press is awarded annually to a book-length collection of short stories, essays, or a combination of the two. It carries a cash award of $1500 and publication with Ohio State University Press under its standard contract.
Poetry
The OSU Press Poetry Program features first-book and open-book competitions, and publishes aesthetically diverse collections from a variety of poets. The Press has published collections by David Baker, Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Thomas Lux, Thylias Moss, Claudia Rankine, Tim Seibles, and Franz Wright.
OSU Press also publishes several undergraduate literary journals, including Asterism on the Lima campus and The Cornfield Review on the Marion campus. These journals are edited and produced by undergraduates and seek submissions from undergraduates throughout the world.
Ohio State University Press is a publisher of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and scholarly books. Its publications include books from acclaimed authors, as well as anthologies and a number of specialized series.
Founded in 1957, the Ohio State University Press is the official university press of The Ohio State University and serves as an important publishing house for OSU’s students, faculty, and staff. The Press publishes the work of many distinguished writers, including a number of National Book Awards winners and nominees.
The Ohio State University Press also publishes a number of literary journals, and administers the award-winning Journal Award in Poetry, which offers an annual prize of $2,500 for a full-length manuscript. Additionally, the Press administers the Mad River Prize for Poetry, which selects one author each year to receive publication under a standard book contract.
In her luminous and clear-eyed third collection Somewhere in Space, Talvikki Ansel explores the teeming nature of life, in which the natural and human world overlap. She examines the relationship between love and memory, exploring the ambivalence of a love affair that can be true or false.
Rebecca Hazelton’s Fair Copy explores the difficulties of determining the real from the copy, a problem that can be complicated by the intricacy of language. Her poems repeatedly question the veracity of memory--sometimes toying with the seductiveness of nostalgia while at other times pleading for the real story.
Joseph Duemer’s poems are a meditation on what psychologists call “magical thinking.” In his poetry, Duemer argues against the notion that our experience of reality is a product of our imaginations and desires, and instead explores how our thoughts are in fact determined by our experiences of the world.