The University of Utah Press is delighted to consider your book for publication! We will do our best to carry it through the publishing process as expeditiously as possible. We aim to produce an attractive, high-quality book, and to do this, we need your help.
The University of Utah Press invites submission of manuscripts in the areas of anthropology and archaeology; Mesoamerican, American Indian, Mormon, and Middle Eastern Studies; Natural, Utah, and Western History; Utah and regional guidebooks; and general titles of regional interest or those related to the American West.
We ask that you take the time to read the following guidelines and prepare your manuscript in accordance with them. Below you will find all the necessary forms.
Book Proposal
General Information and Prospectus Guidelines (PDF)
Manuscript Preparation
For details on the content, style, formatting, and delivery requirements for your manuscript, please read and adhere to the following guidelines.
Guidelines for Authored Works (PDF)
Guidelines for Edited Volumes (PDF)
For details on graphic resolution, scanning, preparing charts, graphs, and computer-based drawings for your manuscript, please read and adhere to the following guidelines.
Digital Art Requirements (PDF)
Marketing Your Book
For an overview of our marketing process, answers to some frequently asked questions, and a list of actions that you can take to improve the marketing of your book, please read the following document.
Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
In order to create a marketing and publicity campaign for your book, we require that you complete an author questionnaire as soon as possible. Please complete the following form and return it to the Marketing Department by e-mail (sarah.hoffman@utah.edu), mail, or fax (see below).
Author Questionnaire (Microsoft Word document)
Getting Paid
Please return a completed, signed, and dated W-9 as soon as possible. The accounts payable department requires us to have an updated W-9 on file in order to process any payment. We need a new W-9 as soon as possible after any change of address.
W-9 (PDF)
A W-9 form may also be downloaded by visiting the IRS Website.
Press Addresses
Please return all forms by mail or fax to:
The University of Utah Press
J. Willard Marriott Library
Suite 5400
The University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860
Fax: 801-581-3365
W-9s should be sent to the attention of Sharon Day, Business Manager.
The Author Questionnaire should be sent to the attention of Sarah Hoffman, Marketing Manager.
