The University of Akron Press is a nonprofit
university press
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that is a part of The
University of Akron
The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron, Ohio. It is part of the University System of Ohio. As a STEM-focused institution, it focuses on industries such as polymers, advanced materials, and engineering. It is classified ...
. Founded in 1988, the Press is currently directed by Jon Miller and is a member of
Association of University Presses
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.
The University of Akron Press publishes scholarly, academic, regional and literary titles in several series, including:
Ohio History and Culture;
Akron Series in Poetry The Akron Series in Poetry, published by The University of Akron Press was founded "to bring to the public writers who speak in original and compelling voices." In addition to publishing three collections of poetry every year, The Akron Series in P ...
; Contemporary Poetics; The Center for the History of Psychology Series; The Bliss Institute Series; Th
NCCAkronSeries in Dance.
The Press also distributes the works of psychologist
Jacob Robert Kantor
Jacob Robert Kantor (August 8, 1888, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – 1984, Chicago, Illinois) was a prominent American psychologist who pioneered a naturalistic system in psychology called interbehavioral psychology or interbehaviorism. He was the ...
(1888–1984) under the imprint Principia Press.
Each year, the Press offers the
Akron Poetry Prize
The Akron Poetry Prize is an annual contest held by The University of Akron Press. The competition is open to all poets writing in English. The winning poet receives an honorarium of $1,000 and publication of his or her book in the Akron Series in ...
, a competition open to all poets writing in English. The winning manuscript is published in the Akron Series in Poetry. The current Series Editor of the Akron Series in Poetry is
Mary Biddinger
Mary Biddinger (born May 14, 1974, in Fremont, California) is an American poet, editor, and academic.
Biography
Mary Biddinger received an Honors B.A. in English with a Creative Writing Subconcentration from the University of Michigan. She a ...
.
See also
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