About Us
Mission
The mission of the University of Montana Press is to publish a small number of high quality books each year that represent important scholarly and creative work. We concentrate primarily, but not exclusively, on areas of strong academic programs or special emphasis at the University and its faculty; or areas that address the geography, interests, and concerns of Montana, the sovereign tribes, and the region. Additionally, under the “Mount Sentinel Books of the UM Press” imprint, we occasionally publish special books and other materials of interest to the University and the greater Montana and regional community of readers.
The University of Montana Press endeavors to promote the intellectual labor, research productivity, and creativity of the faculty and students of the University of Montana, as well as the issues, concerns, and interests of the citizens of the state and the sovereign tribes.
Meet the Director
Robert Stubblefield teaches Creative Writing (fiction and nonfiction) and serves as Director of the BFA in Creative Writing. Robert is the faculty advisor for The Oval, the undergraduate literary magazine at the University of Montana. He has published fiction and personal essays in Dreamers and Desperadoes: Contemporary Short Fiction of the American West, Best Stories of the American West, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Left Bank, The Clackamas Literary Review, Cascadia Times, Oregon Humanities, Oregon Salmon: Essays on the State of the Fish at the Turn of the Millennium, Open Spaces, basalt, Southern Humanities Review, Whitefish Review, and High Desert Journal among others. Awards include a Georges and Anne Borchardt scholarship from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Fishtrap Fellowship, and Imhaha Writers’ Retreat Fellowship.
Meet the Editorial Fellow
Grace Schwenk is a writer from the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. Most of her writing is done at a fire tower on the Payette National Forest. When not writing or looking for smokes, she can often be found getting lost with her dog, Selway. Her work can be found in Tiny Seed Literary Journal, WinC Magazine, Chaotic Merge, and others.