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Welcome To Universal Write Publications

UWP is committed to building a community of authors, scholars, readers, and thinkers. We believe we are living in a time of change, a time of purpose and time to make a difference in our individual spaces and places of cultural significance. We recognize the importance of social and historical records, which draws from a diverse past to enrich our common future.

As UWP Books is a small independent press with a very niche audience, we encourage you to understand the mission and vision of UWP, as all authors here are family working towards the mission of community and legacy building. We encourage the collaboration of senior and emerging scholars to bridge the gap of knowledge, and increase faculty development that explores Black history, philosophy, education, religion, science, and other critical topics that recenter, restore, and expand learning. We welcome your book proposals.

How to Submit a Proposal

The guidelines below offer general suggestions for the preparation of your submission. Your proposal should include the following six (6) items:

Your contact details.
Manuscript Details (Title and Sub-Title, anticipated length, number of images, etc.)
In no more than a few paragraphs, please summarize the scope of the book, its key argument, and its overall contribution to the field.
A detailed table of contents that summarizes the contents of each chapter.
A description of your intended readers, and why it will appeal to that audience.
An up-to-date curriculum vita or resumé.

You may include one to two sample chapters that demonstrate the clarity and precision of your prose and the appeal of your theoretical framework.

We will be in contact with you after our review to discuss future steps.

BOOKS WE DO NOT PUBLISH

Currently, we do not consider works of original fiction (our fiction program consists of fiction in translation and reprints of classic novels).

Commitment to Authors

The UWP commitment to quality production is synonymous with our commitment to fostering and sustaining healthy and prosperous relationships with each of our authors. We pay close attention to detail, welcome creative input, and vision as well as work with many industry leaders to produce quality publications. From professionally edited content to professional designer book covers, every aspect of production is engaged with quality at the forefront.

Publication Process

UWP is committed to a rigorous review of our publications. Our rigor includes, but is not limited to, soundness of method, orientation of literature in African-centered thought, extending African-centered scope of understanding, contemplation, and examination.

Commitment to Research, Scholar, and Person

Community Building

UWP is strongest at our core in community and culture. In collaboration with our boards and strategic partnerships, we maintain an African Centered mission that nourishes and nurtures the whole being of the scholar-activists, particularly when uninterrupted by other worldviews, change in political weaponization of narratives, histories, and peoples. We leverage our knowledge, passions, and global scopes by setting the standards of Black Academic Excellence through our competitive rigor and quality research while advocating for the education that has been censored and marginalized. Publishing with UWP is joining a family, who work together to achieve and exceed everything that represents the brilliance of our historical genius.

Wide Distribution

Our commitment to wide distribution of publications is because we recognize that African-centered thought, action, self-love, and literature are not widely accepted by most mainstream venues. UWP retains a team that discusses the author's capacity and media readiness as well as the literary content and develops a strategic marketing plan scaled for wide distribution to ensure market presence which directly impacts sells.

Marketing & Sales for Your Audience

UWP recognizes its placement among publishing companies. As a publishing company focusing on African-centered literature we work to ensure we access and sustain relationships fostering market access and brand recognition critical to yielding viable sales and market "buzz" resulting in a multitude of opportunities for our authors to promote their respective publications as well as the UWP brand. In as much as our rigor is African-centered, so too is our integrable approach to marketing and promotion of our products and UWP family of authors.

Become a UWP Author

Whether you’re an advisor, author, community leader, student, or activist, our mission is to represent the voices of the African Diaspora by publishing and promoting academic books and articles that enhance literacy and broaden worldviews.

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