PUBLICATION PRIZES
Don D. and Catherine S. Fowler Prize
The Don D. and Catherine S. Fowler Prize was awarded to the best book-length, single-author manuscript in anthropology submitted to the Press. All submitted manuscripts must demonstrate the best substantive research and quality writing. Successful entries will focus on the human experience in North America. Submissions in archaeology, ethnography, ethnobiology, ethnohistory, ethnolinguistics, biological anthropology, and paleoecology as it pertains to human behavior are especially welcome. The winning author received a publication contract with The University of Utah Press that included a cash prize of $1,000.
The Press is not currently accepting submissions for the Don D. and Catherine S. Fowler Prize. Please check back in the future for updates about the future of the Prize.
2023 Winner
First Peoples of Great Salt Lake: A Cultural Landscape from Nevada to Wyoming by Steven Simms
Previous Winners:
2021: On Desert Shores: Archaeology and History of The Western Midriff Island in the Gulf of California by Thomas Bowen
2019: Sally in Three Worlds: An Indian Captive in the House of Brigham Young by Virginia Kerns
2018: The Crimson Cowboys: The Remarkable Odyssey of the 1931 Claflin-Emerson Expedition by Jerry D. Spangler and James M. Aton
2017: From Colonization to Domestication: Population, Environment, and the Origins of Agriculture in Eastern North America by D. Shane Miller
2014: Sending the Spirits Home: The Archaeology of Hohokam Mortuary Practices by Glen Rice
2012: Religion on the Rocks: Hohokam Rock Art, Ritual Practice, and Social Transformation by Aaron M. Wright
2010: Winds from the North: Tewa Origins and Historical Anthropology by Scott Ortman
2009: Foragers and Farmers of the Northern Kayenta Region: Excavations along the Navajo Mountain Road by Phil R. Geib