Author Guidelines

SCM-Canterbury Press brings together four distinct but complementary religious publishing lists: SCM Press; Canterbury Press;RMEP; and Hymns Ancient & Modern. Among our lists you will find some of the world’s best-known religious titles and authors. We publish over 100 titles per year. The guidelines below offer information for those who are contracted authors, and those who are seeking to publish.

Guidelines for Aspiring Authors

Please don't send us proposals for dissertations, fiction, poetry, drama, children's books, books of specialist local interest, or - as a general rule - multi-authored collections of essays or symposium papers.

• Please look at our current catalogues carefully before submitting your manuscript to ensure that we are the publisher best suited to publish your work.
• In the first instance, please send the contents page of your manuscript, a short synopsis and a first chapter to the relevant commissioning editor. Please do not send us an entire manuscript.
• Within reason we will be happy to return material to you provided that you enclose a stamped-addressed envelope.

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Guidelines for Authors of Schoolbooks

• Proposals for new resources for schools should indicate how the finished product would meet curriculum needs.
• Most resources accepted for publication are developed from an initial draft, outline, or examples of material used successfully in the classroom in consultation with the RMEP commissioning editor.
• Details of the procedure will be advised by the commissioning editor as the project progresses.

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Guidelines for Contracted Authors

Once your proposal has been agreed by the commissioning editor we will send you a contract along with our author guidelines and author questionnaire. The guide for authors provides extensive information about preparing your manuscript and disk, our house-style, indexing, and permissions, for example.

It is vital that you inform either the commissioning editor or the editorial manager if you are unlikely to meet the submission date.

It is important that you adhere to our house-style when preparing your text, as this will make the editorial process as easy as possible for the copy-editor.

The editorial manager will contact you shortly after contracts have been exchanged with a proposed publication date, production schedule, and information about who will be copy-editing your book. We will also let you know when you can expect your set of proofs to arrive.

If you have any questions about your manuscript/book please contact us

Please do not send us originals of manuscripts, disks, photographs, illustrations or anything else. We cannot accept responsibility for irreplaceable materials.

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Where to reach us

For SCM Press and Canterbury Press contact:

The Editor (SCM Press/Canterbury Press)
SCM-Canterbury Press Ltd,
13-17 Long Lane
London
EC1A 9PN, UK.

Tel: +44 (0)20 7776 7540
Fax: +44 (0)20 7776 7556

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