CFP Hollywood Encyclopedia

From Dennis Cutchins <dennis_cutchins@byu.edu>

Call for Contributors:
Hooray for Hollywood: A Cultural Encyclopedia of America’s Dream Factory, edited by Bob Batchelor, Norma Jones, and Kathleen Turner 

Hollywood has long influenced popular culture, both as a source of entertainment and as the subject of legends. Written for high school and college students, as well as intelligent general readers yearning for factual, well-research and well-written material, this encyclopedia examines the history and mystery of Hollywood, focusing on the presence of Hollywood in the American popular imagination. Entries will focus on individuals (actors, directors, writers, and producers), films, television shows, technologies, and issues surrounding contemporary Hollywood.

We need writers RIGHT NOW!

We also have compensation for some of the entries!

Send a CV and the editors will provide a list of entries in search of writers.

Bob Batchelor at cultpopculture@gmail.com, Norma Jones at normajones@smartypop.com, Kathleen Turner at turner8kathleen@gmail.com

Call for Contributors:
The Lost Generation: An Encyclopedia
Editors: Bob Batchelor and Kathleen M. Turner

The Lost Generation: An Encyclopedia brings to life the Jazz Age and the artists, writers, and influential figures that made it one of the nation’s most interesting and compelling periods. Since commentators often use the Lost Generation in comparison with our own age, the reference work enables readers and researchers engaged with the topic a means of understanding the comparison, as well as the contrasting ideas driving that era and our own.

Each article will include the name and affiliation of the contributor in the byline of the entry. This project will be published by Rowman & Littlefield. We are currently making assignments, deadlines will be on a rolling basis.

Please express interest to both editors. We encourage graduate students, advanced undergraduates, faculty and staff members, and writers/journalists interested in the period to write for this important reference work. Bob Batchelor (cultpopculture@gmail.com) and Kathleen M. Turner (kturner@aurora.edu). Send a CV and the editors will provide a list of entries in search of writers.

Call for Authors/Propsals:

Bob Batchelor edits 5 book series for Rowman & Littlefield, proposals and/or queries about possible books, should be sent directly to him. Book proposals must include a sample chapter and other details available at the R&L site.

Other specific interests: Call for Editors

The Encyclopedia of Marvel Superheroes
The Encyclopedia of Marvel Villains
The Encyclopedia of DC Superheroes
The Encyclopedia of DC Villains
The 100 Greatest Comedy Albums
The 100 Greatest Characters in Young Adult Literature
Pulitzer Prize Winners on Film
Cultural History of the NYT Bestseller List

Series:
Contemporary American Literature (The Cultural History of Comic Books, Faulkner, Morrison, Richard Ford, John Irving, etc.)
Great Authors/Great Works
Sports Icons and Issues in Popular Culture
100 Greatest…
The Cultural History of Television (particularly The Office & Lost)

Additional CFPs: http://smartypop.com/