Book Review Procedure
1. Any NLAPW member may contact the book review editor by phone or email to request her book be reviewed. The author must provide the book review editor with the book’s title, genre, number of pages and ISBN number.
2. The author should also send a photo of the book cover and/or author to The Pen Woman managing editor. Please see the images guidelines on the Submission Guidelines page under Art and Music for images specifications and the editor roster for contact information.
3. The book review editor will randomly draw a name from the pool of book reviewers for the appropriate genre and contact the reviewer who will accept or decline to review.
4. Once a reviewer is selected, the book review editor will notify the author of the reviewer’s name and mailing address. The author will send the book, at her own expense, to the reviewer.
5. The reviewer will read the book, write the review and send the review to the book review editor who will copy edit and forward to the managing editor.
6. The book reviewer may keep the book. However, if the author requests the book be returned to her, the author must pay the postage. If an author wants a copy to be donated to the library at the Pen Arts Building, she may send one at her own expense.
7. The book review will be published at the discretion of the managing editor and the publications chair.
8. NOTE: The submission deadlines are for reviewers to send their reviews to the editor. If you want your book reviewed for a particular issue, you must complete your submission at least six weeks (preferably eight) before the reviewer’s deadline.
