Machete nonfiction series

Thank you for your interest in the Machete nonfiction series. Please include as much of the following information as you can when you submit your manuscript materials:
 

• Title of your manuscript
• General description/overview (1-2 pages) of your project as well as target audience
• At least two sample chapters (and expected date of completion), or the full manuscript. 
• Word count of the project (typically we publish manuscripts that range from 45,000-80,000 words), along with information about any images you plan to include.
• Explanation of what makes the project unique or important (new form, different subject, new view on an old subject). You can include a round-up of competing books (if any exist), and a brief explanation of the uniqueness of your proposed book. Why would people want to read it? What makes it different and special?
• CV or Resume

If you are unsure if your project fits the series, please contact Kristen Elias Rowley at eliasrowley.1@osu.edu.
  We make every effort to review submissions within 8-10 weeks, so please refrain from sending follow-up inquiries before the end of that time. Thank you!
More information about the series:
  The series is explicitly interested in the full array of human identities and experiences. The machete enables path-clearing; it hacks new trails and carves out new directions. The Machete series celebrates and shepherds unique new voices into publication, providing a platform for writers whose work intervenes in dangerous ways.

  The series is edited by Joy Castro and Rachel Cochran.

Joy Castro, Professor of English and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and author and editor of several books of nonfiction including Island of Bones: Essays, The Truth Book: A Memoir, and Family Trouble: Memoirists on the Hazards and Rewards of Revealing Family. Her books have won the Nebraska Book Award and an International Latino Book Award and she has been a finalist for the PEN Center USA Literary Award.
Rachel Cochran teaches at Marian University in Indianapolis. Her debut novel, The Gulf, was released in 2023 by HarperCollins. Her short stories and essays have appeared in the Masters Review, New Ohio Review, Glassworks, and others, and have won the Masters Review New Voices Award (second place) and the New Ohio Review’s nonfiction contest.
Editorial Advisory Board
Chris Abani, Rigoberto González, Daisy Hernández, Matthew Salesses, Ralph Savarese, & Ira Sukrungruang