The University of Wisconsin Press (sometimes abbreviated as UW Press) is a

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publishing peer-reviewed books and journals. It publishes work by scholars from the global academic community; works of fiction, memoir and poetry under its imprint, Terrace Books; and serves the citizens of

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

by publishing important books about Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest, and the

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. UW Press annually awards the

Brittingham Prize in Poetry The Brittingham Prize in Poetry is a major United States literary award for a book of poetry chosen from an open competition. The prize, established in 1985, is sponsored by the English Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is ...

, the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, and The Four Lakes Prize in Poetry. The press was founded in 1936 in Madison and is one of more than 120 member presses in the

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. The Journals Division was established in 1965. The press employs approximately 25 full and part-time staff, produces 40 to 60 new books a year, and publishes 11 journals. It also distributes books and some annual journals for selected smaller publishers. The press is a unit of the Graduate School of the

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and serves the university's overall mission of research, instruction, and outreach beyond the university.

Books division

Since its first book appeared in 1937, the press has published and distributed more than 3,000 titles. The press has more than 1,400 titles currently in print, including: *scholarly books: American studies and modern American history, African studies, anthropology, Classical studies, dance history, environmental studies, film/cinema history, gay & lesbian studies, modern European and Irish history, Jewish studies, Slavic and Eastern European studies, Southeast Asian Studies, and other subjects *regional books: Wisconsin, the Upper Midwest, and the Great Lakes region *books of general interest: natural history, poetry, biography, fiction, food, travel. In 2003, the press acquired the publishing company ''Popular Press'', which specialized in works on popular culture.Popular Press
at UWPress.Wisc.edu; retrieved August 16, 2018

Notable authors and awards

Notable authors published by the University of Wisconsin Press include Rigoberto González, Edmund White, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Olena Kalytiak Davis, Alden Jones, Lesléa Newman,

Trebor Healey Trebor Healey is an American poet and novelist. He was born in San Francisco, raised in Seattle, and studied English and American Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He spent his twenties in San Francisco, where he was acti ...

, Floyd Skloot, Kelly Cherry, Jorie Graham, and Michael Carroll. The press has also published new editions and translations of work by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Leo Tolstoy, and Djuna Barnes. Books and authors published by the press have won The American Book Award from the

Before Columbus Foundation The Before Columbus Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1976 by Ishmael Reed, "dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of contemporary American multicultural literature". The Foundation makes annual awards for books published in ...

, the

Lambda Literary Award Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by Lambda Literary to recognize the crucial role LGBTQ writers play in shaping the world. The Lammys celebrate the very best in LGBTQ literature.The awards were instituted i ...

, the

Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction The Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction is awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The $5,000 prize is given for the best published first novel or collection of short stories in the preceding year. It was established in 1979 in memory ...

, Independent Publisher Book Awards, NEA Literature Fellowships, the Guggenheim Fellowship, Publishing Triangle Awards, and other honors.

Journals division

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Arctic Anthropology ''Arctic Anthropology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on the archaeology, ethnology, and physical anthropology of arctic and subarctic peoples. It is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index and Current Contents/Soci ...

'' *'' Contemporary Literature'' *''Ecological Restoration'' *''Journal of Human Resources'' *'' Land Economics'' *''Landscape Journal'' *'' Luso-Brazilian Review'' *''Monatshefte'' *'' Native Plants Journal''

References

External links

University of Wisconsin Press
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