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TSHA Press: Information For Authors

TSHA Press is the state’s longest-running publisher of books on Texas history, having published our first volume in 1918. Through the years, we have established a reputation as a publisher of high-quality books on a wide variety of topics, including exploration, biography, architecture, historic sites, high school football, labor unions, and suburbanization.

Today, our areas of publishing concentration are short (120 pages or less), accessible histories of the important, places, events, and people in Texas history in our Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series; topics relating to the Republic of Texas in our recently launched Watson Caufield and Mary Maxwell Arnold Republic of Texas Series; and reprinting many valuable first-hand accounts from Texas history and essential histories of the state in our Fred H. and Ella Mae Moore Texas History Reprint Series.

We accept manuscript submissions for the Fred Rider Cotten Popular History Series and the Watson Caufield and Mary Maxwell Arnold Republic of Texas Series, and we welcome suggestions from the general public for books to reprint in the Fred H. and Ella Mae Moore Texas History Reprint Series.

Interested in Submitting a Book Proposal?

We prefer that interested authors contact us using our online contact form before you start the submission process. We will respond to you as quickly as possible. In the meantime, please be prepared to provide us with the following items:

  • Your book proposal will need to be mailed to our physical address.
  • Your book proposal will need to include a cover letter describing the book project and why it would be a good fit for TSHA Press.
  • You should include at least 1 sample chapter (if available).
  • You will need to include a provisional marketing plan.

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Commemorating 250 years of American independence through the stories, people, and places that shaped Texas and the nation.

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As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, Texans have a unique opportunity to reflect on the state’s role in the American story. Through exhibitions, programs, educational initiatives, and community events across Texas, Texas America250 encourages celebration, reflection, and commemoration at both local and statewide levels. At the Texas State Historical Association, we are proud to support this important moment through our mission-driven work in history education and public engagement, including Texas History Day, and we invite students, educators, and communities to explore this milestone in meaningful ways.

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On July 4, 2026, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the greatest nation in the history of the world. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Long may these ideals live in the heart of every Texan and every American. May God bless all who have defended our freedoms that we enjoy each day. And God bless the United States of America.

Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas

Commemorating 250 years of American independence through the stories, people, and places that shaped Texas and the nation.

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, Texans have a unique opportunity to reflect on the state’s role in the American story. Through exhibitions, programs, educational initiatives, and community events across Texas, Texas America250 encourages celebration, reflection, and commemoration at both local and statewide levels. At the Texas State Historical Association, we are proud to support this important moment through our mission-driven work in history education and public engagement, including Texas History Day, and we invite students, educators, and communities to explore this milestone in meaningful ways.

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On July 4, 2026, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the greatest nation in the history of the world. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Long may these ideals live in the heart of every Texan and every American. May God bless all who have defended our freedoms that we enjoy each day. And God bless the United States of America.

Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas

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