an independent publishing & arts press
Peace, Land, and Bread accepts submissions for both original books and for scholarly contributions to ongoing editorial projects. Our publishing program treats the book not as a closed object but as a collaborative intellectual platform. Alongside new manuscripts, we actively solicit scholarly apparatus—introductions, study guides, archival essays, translations, and editorial commentaries—for a growing list of curated volumes and historical republications. In this sense, we apply the logic of the journal to the long form of the book: multiple scholars contributing to the development, interpretation, and circulation of works that matter.
Many of our titles remain in active editorial motion. Individual volumes in the catalog may therefore list open calls for specific contributions, and these calls will appear across the catalog, item pages, and project announcements. This model allows a distributed community of scholars, translators, editors, and organizers to participate in the construction of a living intellectual program rather than submitting only finished manuscripts into a closed acquisitions process.
We are especially interested in historically grounded, theoretically serious, and aesthetically thoughtful work that advances political understanding and collective inquiry. We publish original research, curated documentary readers, translations, editorial reconstructions of historical texts, and experimental scholarly projects that blur the boundary between academic study and public intellectual life.
Our aim is to produce scholarly publications that are rigorous, beautiful, and built for circulation among readers, organizers, activists, educators, and students beyond the university.
Peace, Land, and Bread accepts submissions across several editorial tracks. Each category reflects a different way of contributing to the intellectual and creative program of the press. Unless otherwise noted, submissions should consist of completed work rather than proposals. We do not evaluate book proposals or commit to projects based on prospectuses. Editorial decisions are made only on the basis of finished manuscripts.
Books (Completed Manuscripts)
We accept submissions of completed book-length manuscripts that align with the intellectual and aesthetic program of the press. These may include original works of political theory, historical studies, documentary readers, editorial reconstructions of historical texts, or other ambitious works of scholarship intended for circulation beyond the academy.
Manuscripts should be substantially complete at the time of submission. The press does not evaluate proposals, prospectuses, or partially developed projects.
Journal Submissions
Our journal publishes scholarly articles, essays, archival interventions, and other forms of critical writing that contribute to contemporary debates and historical understanding. Submissions should demonstrate strong research, clear argumentation, and engagement with the traditions of radical scholarship and public intellectual life.
Articles are evaluated through editorial review and may undergo a peer review process depending on the nature of the submission.
While we have no upper word limit for journal articles in PLB, we typically publish manuscripts between 3,500 and 8,500 words.
Translations
We welcome proposals for translations of historically significant texts that are unavailable or poorly served in English. These may include theoretical works, historical documents, speeches, pamphlets, or other materials that merit renewed circulation.
Translation submissions should include the completed translation or a substantial portion of the work along with clear information regarding the original source and the rights status of the text.
Artwork & Visual Projects
Peace, Land, and Bread also publishes and exhibits visual work connected to the traditions of political art and radical aesthetics. We accept submissions of original visual work, poster series, illustrated projects, and other artistic interventions that engage political history, collective struggle, or revolutionary imagination.
Visual submissions may be considered for publication, exhibition, or print production through the press’s arts program.
To ensure an efficient editorial review process, submissions should follow a few basic preparation guidelines.
Manuscripts should be submitted as Microsoft Word or Google Docs files. Text should be double-spaced and formatted in a clear, readable manner. Citations should follow the latest Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS 18) wherever possible. While minor formatting differences will not affect consideration, manuscripts should be presented in a form suitable for editorial review.
Please consult this helpful guide on Chicago Style for assistance, or do not hesitate to drop us a line if you need assistance.
Submissions must consist of original human-authored work. Manuscripts that are substantially generated through automated or AI text systems will not be considered.
Unless submitting a translation project, manuscripts should be written in English.
Due to the scale of our editorial program and the volume of submissions received, review may take some time. Authors should generally expect an initial response within eight to twelve weeks for book length manuscripts; much sooner for journal submissions—typically within several weeks of the close of the call for submissions.
While every submission is reviewed with care, the press is not always able to respond to every proposal individually, but makes every effort to do so.
Authors are welcome to submit their manuscripts simultaneously to other publishers unless otherwise specified.
Peace, Land, and Bread is an independent nonprofit publishing and arts studio dedicated to the production and circulation of serious intellectual work. The studio is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, a structure chosen in order to prioritize long-term cultural and scholarly production and the public good over commercial publishing pressures and other logics of profit endemic to publishing—radical publishing notwithstanding. Our goal is to create a durable institutional framework that supports the development of ambitious editorial projects, historical archives, translations, and experimental forms of scholarship that might otherwise struggle to find a home within conventional publishing models.
This nonprofit structure allows the press to operate according to a different set of priorities than traditional commercial publishers. Rather than organizing our editorial program primarily around sales projections, market trends, or profit, we focus on intellectual significance, historical importance, and editorial craftsmanship. The press publishes a select number of carefully curated works each year, including original research, documentary readers, translations, editorial reconstructions of historical texts, and collaborative scholarly apparatus developed around existing works.
A distinctive feature of PLB's program is its effort to treat books as collaborative intellectual platforms rather than closed objects. Many volumes remain in active editorial development over extended periods of time, with calls for introductions, interpretive essays, study guides, and archival commentary appearing alongside the titles themselves. This model borrows from the logic of scholarly journals—where multiple scholars contribute to an ongoing field of inquiry—while applying that collaborative approach to book-length publishing.
Peace, Land, and Bread also operates as a design-driven studio, placing keen emphasis on the visual and material dimensions of the book. Our publications are developed with careful attention to typography, layout, illustration, and cover design. The press seeks to produce books that are not only intellectually rigorous but also beautifully constructed cultural objects, capable of circulating widely among readers, organizers, artists, and scholars.
Consistent with its nonprofit mission, PLB is committed to accessible pricing and broad circulation. Editions are produced to remain affordable while maintaining high standards of editorial and design quality. Authors whose manuscripts are accepted for publication receive high royalties on published editions—among the highest in the industry, and specifically among other radical publishers—and editorial work is undertaken collaboratively with contributors throughout the production process.
In addition to books and journal publications, the studio also develops visual and artistic projects connected to the traditions of political and revolutionary art, including prints, illustrated works, and experimental publishing formats.
Taken together, these activities form a unified publishing program intended to support the ongoing development of radical scholarship, historical memory, and artistic production.