Thank you for your interest in submitting a book/book proposal to Unity for publication consideration. The following Writers’ Guidelines will assist you in preparing your materials for submission.

We appreciate your interest, time, and effort and look forward to reviewing your submission soon.

“Thank You, God, for Your abundance that increasingly flows through Unity and opens up new paths of growth for our service to the world.”
—Unity Expansion Prayer

• Inspiration: The concept of putting God first, living from within out, affirming, praying, meditating, and following the Spirit’s guidance
• Integrity: The concepts of love, openness, honesty, respect, inclusion, serving others, and authenticity
• Innovation: The act of risk-taking with decisive, action and results focus and a “taking the lead” work style

Vision
Transforming lives through an increasing awareness of unity with God.

Mission
To help people of all faiths apply positive spiritual principles in their daily lives.

What are we looking for?
We produce books and other products that support Unity principles and teachings, are inspirational and that promote practical spirituality. We are especially interested in:

• Completed manuscripts or other products that are targeted to an adult spiritual audience.
• Works that promote Unity principles and teachings.
• Quality multimedia productions produced by artists, authors, and outside vendors that promote Unity principles and teachings.
• Non-book/multimedia products that promote holistic health and well-being.
• Published materials produced by authors and other vendors that promote Unity principles and teachings.
• Works that promote prayer and meditation in a user-friendly, teachable, and comprehensive manner. Examples include:
• The Art of Affirmative Prayer
• Situational Prayer
• The Power of Prayer
• The Value of Having Prayer Partners
• The Source and Object of Prayer (who/where to direct prayer)
• Prayer Places (sacred places, nature, home, etc.)
• The Marriage of Prayer with Science (in healing and medicine)
• The application of practical prayer principles to daily living

Completed works must:

• Promote integration of the mind, body, and soul.
• Discover ways to create and maintain prosperity.
• Seek to understand universal law.
• Apply Unity based principles to everyday life.
• Delineate the nature of the Divine and the human.
• Focus on spiritual practice, including prayer, meditation, affirmations and denials, intuition, awareness, forgiveness, dream interpretation, and the exercise of faith.
• Comment on the role and teachings of Jesus Christ.
• Shed spiritual light on psychological, social, and cultural issues.
• Demonstrate the universal in all religions and human kinship.

Examples of materials include:

• Knowledge of universal laws of how the world or universe works, and, most importantly, how to apply those laws to enrich and transform lives
• Tools or resources that help people to live their dreams
• Information or tools that assist with prosperous living
• Enlightening, inspiring, and enriching spiritual experiences
• Ways to assist constituents to follow spiritual guidance
• How to bring spiritual practices to your workplace
• Spiritual leadership in corporate America
• Experiences of spiritual awakening
• Ways to become totally aligned with God
• Encouragement of calling forth authentic expression and spiritual gifts
• Cutting-edge spiritual leadership and other innovative topics and resources

First and foremost, we consider whether the subject would be appropriate for a person on a path of enlightenment and wholeness. The subject should inform and uplift the reader, give hope, and assist with meeting everyday challenges creatively and positively. See the chart below for more ideas:

Ideal author profile:

• Unity minister or spouse
• Unity school employee
• Spiritual Education Enrichment (SEE) student
• Licensed Unity Teachers (LUT)
• Unity center board member
• Unity center staff person
• Ministry Education Program (MEP) student or spouse
• MEP applicant
• Any author originally published by Unity
• Any author originally published by any organization whose works fit criteria
• Any author with works that promote Unity principles and teachings
• Any author supporting and writing about New Thought principles

What you should include in your proposal:

• Completed manuscript, book or other product (three copies)
• A brief cover letter introducing yourself and a brief biographical resume describing your writing, education, and spiritual background
• A summary highlighting the key teachings and topics covered by your book
• A table of contents
• Self-addressed stamped envelopes for return of unselected works
• Testimonials endorsing your work
• Your marketing and promotion plan

Other specifics:
Manuscripts must be printed with laser quality, double spaced, and proofread for spelling and grammar. Pages should be numbered consecutively throughout the manuscript, with your book title at the top of each page.

If you quote an individual source more than casually (roughly more than 200 words in 200 pages of manuscript–less than this will usually constitute “fair use”), then you must seek formal permission from the publisher of your source. Furthermore, this guideline is not a legal guarantee of fair use nor a protection that we offer as the publisher.

Receiving permission to quote copyrighted material is your responsibility, and you are responsible for paying any fees, which are usually minimal, required for this. Your manuscript draft will not be considered final until we have received a copy of each permission for our files.

All quotes must be verified by sending us a photocopy of the page on which the quote appears as well as a photocopy of the work’s title and copyright page. If we cannot verify your quote, then we cannot use it. Please be sure to quote material exactly as printed in original copyrighted sources.

If you refer to facts or statistics that aren’t easily verifiable with a good encyclopedia, world almanac, or unabridged dictionary, we require that you send us a copy of your source reference to ensure accuracy of everything we publish.

We prefer Bible quotations from the New Revised Standard Version but will accept other translations if the version better supports your textual point. Please cite biblical texts and versions in your work.

We do not solicit artwork or graphic design. Illustrations are your responsibility. If your manuscript requires specific photographs that you can furnish we will be happy to consider using them. Should we decide to publish your manuscript we will also require an electronic version of it.

What you can expect from Unity?
If we select your work, we will contact you within 6 months to discuss publishing timelines, your contract, and whether we require additional materials. Copyrights will be registered in the author’s name.

Unity
Integrated Marketing Department
Attention: Product Manager
1901 NW Blue Parkway
Unity Village, Missouri 64065-0001

Remember to include a self-addressed postage-paid envelope with your work if you want Unity to return unpublished work to you. Unselected works that are submitted without these items will be destroyed.

Thank you for your interest in Unity. Blessings!