RESOURCES
RESOURCES
Thank you for your interesting in publishing with the University of Utah Press. We invite submissions of proposals and manuscripts in the following subject areas: anthropology and archaeology; linguistics; Mesoamerican, American Indian, and Mormon studies; the American West; Utah history and biography; environmental history and sustainability; regional and Utah guidebooks; natural history and nature writing; general titles of regional interest; and creative nonfiction/autobiography/memoir. To submit a poetry manuscript, please refer to these special guidelines.
Please read the following guidelines and prepare your proposal and manuscript in accordance with them. Below you will find all the necessary information and forms.
The book proposal introduces you and your work to the editor and the press. Please include the following:
After reviewing your proposal, if the acquisitions editor considers your manuscript promising, he or she will ask to see a complete manuscript. If, after further review, the press wishes to consider your work for possible publication, it will be sent to at least two qualified peer reviewers for a more comprehensive evaluation. All manuscripts considered for publication must also be approved by the University Press Faculty Advisory Committee. If your work is accepted, a contract is issued and you will be asked to submit your final manuscript, pending any remaining revisions.
Please see the following links for information on and requirements for submitting manuscripts for specific press prizes:
Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize
Don D. and Catherine S. Fowler Prize
For details on the content, style, formatting, digital art requirements, and delivery requirements for your manuscript, please contact your acquiring editor and consult the following guidelines.
Submission and Style Guidelines (pdf)
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 at hannah.new@utah.edu.
Author Questionnaire (pdf)
Cover Questionnaire (pdf)