We are inviting academic editorial contributors to the Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World, a new online library reference that will look at women today around the world and delve into the contexts of being female in the 21st century. Thus the scope of the encyclopedia will focus on women’s status starting in approximately 2000 and look forward. The new work will supplement the 4-volume print and online edition of the encyclopedia recently published. The 250 signed entries (with cross-references and recommended readings) will cover issues in contemporary women’s and gender studies and the articles will include information relevant to the following academic disciplinary contexts: women in different cultures/countries; arts and media; business and economics; criminal justice; education; family studies; health; media; military; politics; science and technology; sports; environmental studies; and religion. This comprehensive project is being published in stages by SAGE Reference and will be marketed to academic and public libraries as a digital product available to students via the library’s electronic services. The General Editors, who will be reviewing each submission to the project, are Dr. Mary Zeiss Stange of Skidmore College, and Dr. Carol K. Oyster of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. SAGE Publications offers an honorarium ranging from SAGE book credits for smaller articles up to a free set of the printed product or access to the online product for contributions totaling 10,000 words or more. We are making final assignments that are due June 10, 2011. The following articles are available for contribution: Abdi, Dekha Ibrahim 750 Andrabi, Asiya 750 Antoni, Janine 750 Archaeology [women in] 1,200 Ardajoun, Colonel Fatma-Zohra 750 Ceramics [women in] 1,000 Combat, Women in, Iraq and Afghanistan 1,200 Conkey, Margaret 750 Davis-Kimball, Jeanine 750 Ecology [women in] 1,500 Ella1 800 Fake, Caterina 750 Flannery, Jessica Jackie 750 Genetics [women in] 1,100 Guns and Gun Use 1,000 Gupte, Lalita 750 Hamilton, Vijali 750 International Women’s Brass Conference 800 Little Dragon 800 Markowitz, Jessica 750 Minashita, Kiriu 750 Morga, Alicia 750 Morparia, Kalpana 750 Musiimenta, Peace 750 Oceanography/Marine Biology [women in] 1,100 Parra, Alondra de la 750 Persad-Bissessar, Kamla 750 Radio Monalisa 800 Roundtable for Women in Foodservice (RWF) 800 Sappho’nun Kizlari 750 Seronde, Adele 750 Sharkey,Tina 750 Sinha, Rashmi 750 Sixth Clan 800 Sy, Oumou 750 Tatarstan 800 Traore, Rokia 750 Trash Fashion development for women (as economic incentive) 1,000 Trott, Mena 750 Wannier, Louise 750 If you would like to contribute to building a truly outstanding reference with the Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World, please contact me by the e-mail information below. Please provide a brief summary of your academic/publishing credentials in women’s and gender issues and the articles you are interested in writing and I will confirm availability. Thanks very much. Sue Moskowitz Director of Author Management Golson Media [log in to unmask]