Florida State Open Publishing Now Accepting Proposals
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Florida State Open Publishing (FSOP) is accepting proposals for open access scholarly and creative works, beginning October 1, 2025. A service of Florida State University Libraries, FSOP provides the FSU community with professional publishing services that aim to ensure open digital access and promote broad dissemination and impact. FSOP’s mission is to encourage innovation and experimentation and amplify the voices of scholars working on niche or underserved topics. Examples of scholarly projects include monographs, edited volumes, journals, textbooks, and digital exhibits.
Accepted proposals will receive a variety of professional publishing support, including:
- Editorial project management (development of project plan and timeline and coordination of peer review and production work, as appropriate)
- Copyright permission templates
- Graphic design for book and journal covers
- Layout editing / typesetting vendor guidance
- Support procuring professional copyediting services
- Assignment of digital persistent identifiers (ISBNs, ISSNs, DOIs)
- Metadata creation and dissemination (cataloguing, indexing, search engine optimization)
- Digital preservation services
Proposals should be submitted through the proposal form on the FSOP website. All proposals will be reviewed by library staff and the FSOP Advisory Board, and a maximum of two proposals will be selected for publication. FSOP’s evaluation criteria is based on significance, novelty, feasibility, clarity, and openness. For more information on the criteria, please review the rubric. Proposals for scholarly projects should include at least one contributor affiliated with FSU. Proposals are due by December 1, 2025.
If you have questions or want to learn more, contact Landis Grenville.