Congratulations to Steven Moore for winning this year’s Association of Writers & Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction with his work The Longer We Were There: A Memoir. Steven Moore was born and raised in southeast Iowa and served seven years in the Iowa National Guard. He received his BA from the University of Iowa…
We are pleased to announce that Christopher Kondrich has won one of five coveted positions as a National Poetry Series winner. His book Valuing, chosen by Jericho Brown, will be published by the University of Georgia Press in 2019. Kondrich is the author of Contrapuntal (Free Verse Editions, 2013) and a winner of both the Iowa…
Colette Sartor has been named this year’s winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, a competition that seeks to encourage writers of excellent short stories, while bringing award-winning works to a wider audience. Her collection, Once Removed and Other Stories, will be published by the University of Georgia Press in the fall of 2019. Sartor…
On today’s installment of Short Takes, we’ll fill you in on the best of what’s been going on at the Press: awards and review news; spotlight on new books; and a roundup of recent and upcoming events.
Writers of short fiction, the window is open for submitting manuscripts for the 2018 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. Manuscripts may be submitted between 9:00 a.m. on April 1 and 5:00 p.m. on May 31. The winner will be announced by late summer. Visit the series page for guidelines and information on the review process and a list of some of…
On today’s installment of Short Takes, we’ll fill you in on the best of what’s been going on at the Press: awards and review news; spotlight on January books; and a roundup of recent and upcoming events. Plus, we’re hiring a new marketing director. New Books This Month The Slave-Trader’s Letter Book: Charles Lamar, the…
The University of Georgia Press is pleased to announce that Christopher Collins is the winner of the 2017 Georgia Poetry Prize. In partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, and the University of Georgia, the University of Georgia Press established the Georgia Poetry Prize in 2015 as a national competition that celebrates…
The Wormsloe Foundation Nature Books series, an imprint of the University of Georgia Press, has been named as an honoree of the inaugural One Hundred Miles 100 for its contribution to the preservation of the Georgia coastline. One Hundred Miles is a 501(c)3 coastal advocacy organization with a mission of protecting, preserving, and enhancing the…
The National Poetry Series has announced the results of the 2016 Open Competition. The University of Georgia Press will publish Chelsea Dingman’s winning collection, Thaw. The winning books are scheduled for publication in 2017. Dingman is completing her MFA and teaches in the University of South Florida Graduate Program. She is originally from British Columbia, Canada, and has…
Congratulations to Natalie Graham on winning the 2016 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for her collection Begin with a Failed Body. Graham is currently assistant professor of African American studies at California State University, Fullerton. She earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of Florida under the direction of William Logan and PhD in…
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