Publishing
Explore our award-winning publications
Since its 1938 founding, Western National Parks has published award-winning books as a nonprofit publishing partner of the National Park Service.
Our thoroughly researched, well-written, and beautifully designed books and other publications, many written in collaboration with the National Park Service, represent the unique diversity of our partner parks. Our books include books about the parks, cookbooks, children’s books, travel guides, trails guides, reference titles, and more. Every book sale supports the 70+ national parks that we partner with.
An Army Wife’s Cookbook: 50th Anniversary Edition
Western National Parks is proud to announce the release of a special 50th anniversary edition of An Army Wife’s Cookbook, originally written by Alice Kirk Grierson. Enjoy delicious recipes and intriguing insights into the lives of nineteenth-century military families. Each recipe includes historical instructions and a modern update, and the new wire-o binding lies flat for ease of use.
Awards and honors
We’ve received dozens of awards for book writing, editing, and design. Honors have come from the Arizona Book Awards, Association of Partners for Public Awards, PubWest Design Awards, the Public Lands Alliance, and Tucson Advertising Federation.
Our publishing affiliations include membership with PubWest, longtime sponsorship of Tucson Festival of Books, and annual book donations to the nonprofit Literacy Connects.
Opportunities with WNP Publishing
Manuscript submissions
WNP is not accepting unsolicited submissions, proposals, manuscripts, or queries at this time. Please check back later for submission opportunities.
Book sales
If you are a publisher or self-published author and you have a book you’d like sold in a WNP store, contact purchasing@wnpa.org.
Rights and permissions
WNP publications and the contents thereof are not public domain. To ask about using excerpts or images from a WNP publication, contact publishing@wnpa.org.
Freelance opportunities
WNP works with talented authors, illustrators, and photographers on a freelance basis in our publishing activities. To join our freelancer roster, send your resume, portfolio, and related materials to publishing@wnpa.org. We will contact you if we want to contract with you.
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