Monograph Publications of the American Philological Association

In conjunction with Oxford University Press-USA, the American Philological Association (APA) publishes original scholarship by its members in the series American Classical Studies. OUP-USA is also the distributor of previous publications both in this series and in the series Philological Monographs (which is no longer distinct). Through production and distribution by OUP-USA, APA monographs receive world-wide advertising and distribution. Titles previously published in both American Classical Studies and Philological Monographs are now available on the website http://www.oup-usa.org/.

Recent books published in this series are:

• 45: Meyer Reinhold, Studies in Classical History and Society, 2002
• 46: Luciano Floridi, Sextus Empiricus. The Transmission and Recovery of Pyrrhonism, 2002
• 47: Peter Michael Swan, The Augustan Succession: An Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio's Roman History Books 55-56 (9 B.C.-A.D. 14), 2004
• 48: Alan Cameron, Greek Mythography in the Roman World, 2004
• 49: Scott McGill, Virgil Recomposed: The Mythological and Secular Centos in Antiquity, 2005
• 50: Judith Ginsburg, Representing Agrippina: Constructions of Female Power in the Early Roman Empire, 2005
• 51: Catherine Keane, Figuring Genre in Roman Satire, 2006

Aims and Policies of the Series

In the series American Classical Studies, the APA aims to publish a wide range of new work in such areas as literature, culture, history, philosophy, and religion.  Since its inception, one special mission of this series has been to publish books that make important contributions to scholarship but may be somewhat specialized and technical or narrow in focus.  The series is not, however, limited to such work and often publishes scholarly books that are destined for a broad academic audience.  If a manuscript is based on a dissertation, it should have undergone substantial revision before submission of the proposal.

In addition to traditional monographs, the American Classical Studies series also includes editions, translations, and commentaries. Edited collections of new essays may be considered provided that there is a strong coherence of theme in the volume as a whole and the quality of the parts is uniformly high. Festschriften will not be considered. Collections of previously published work should be submitted to the Classical Resources series managed by the APA Textbook Editor [http://www.apaclassics.org/Publications/textbooks.html].

The Editorial Process

The members of the Editorial Board for Monographs in 2007 are: Anthony Corbeill, Justina Gregory, David Kovacs, Paul Allen Miller, Maria Pantelia, Peter White, and Kathryn Gutzwiller (chair).

The process of evaluation has the following stages:
1. The author submits an abstract and table of contents of the proposed monograph along with a current CV.
2. The Editorial Board considers the submission and may decide to accept it for refereeing, to decline to consider it further, or in cases of uncertainty to request a sample chapter for further evaluation.
3. If a submission proposal is accepted, the author submits a complete copy of the monograph.
4. The Editor and the Board select two expert referees, who are normally asked to provide a written report within 12 weeks of receipt of the manuscript.
5. When both reports have been received, the Editor transmits them to the rest of the Board and may add her or his own evaluation. The Board discusses the reports and may recommend acceptance of the work (with or without the condition that certain revisions be made), decide to seek a further external referee's report, return the work to the author with suggestions for revision and the option of resubmitting for further appraisal after revision, or decline to consider the work further. In any case, the referees' reports and any additional suggestions from the Board are provided to the author.

How to Make a Submission to the Monograph Series

Authors who wish to have their manuscripts considered for American Classical Studies should begin the process by providing the editorial board with the following items:

• the monograph submission questionnaire
• a brief CV
• the table of contents
• an abstract of 400-500 words

Prospective authors should compile the above into a single document in Microsoft Word format (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) or Portable Document Format (.pdf) and send it as an attachment to e-mail to Kathryn Gutzwiller, at kathryn.gutzwiller@uc.edu. If submission on paper is necessary, send one copy to the address

Kathryn Gutzwiller
Department of Classics
University of Cincinnati
PO Box 210226
Cincinnati OH 45221-0226

After reviewing this information, the Board will decide whether a manuscript should be taken under consideration and submitted to expert peer review. Two outside readers, at a minimum, present their judgments to the Board, which, in consultation with the APA's Vice-President for Publications, is solely responsible for editorial decisions.

New Guidelines on using polytonic Greek fonts for authors of mss. forthcoming in the APA Monographs and Textbooks series

updated 26 April 2007