Casa Urraca Press supports the mission of Scribendi

We have deep roots in the UNM Honors College and programs like Scribendi.

Our founder, Zach Hively, is a graduate of Honors at the University of New Mexico. Several of our authors are faculty members, instructors, and alumni of UNM Honors—and of the Scribendi program. One of our book designers is a Scribendi alumna. We have worked with student employees and interns through UNM Honors for educational opportunities in design, publishing, and community outreach. We here at Casa Urraca Press want to support educational programs and experiences that—as we state in all of our books—bring very different people closer together.

That’s why we are contributing the lion’s share of the press’s net proceeds from these books to the Scribendi endowment fund. We see no more fitting way to contribute support than through the sales of titles written by people integral to the history and success of the program.

We can’t get rid of printing costs and other expenses of producing New Mexican literature. We also want to keep supporting the authors who pour their skills and time into their work. But our readers helped us make a difference by contributing as much of our sales as possible to the experiences of students in Scribendi.