University of Akron Press
@uakronpress.bsky.social
We are a small university press based in Akron, OH. We publish Ohio history & culture, poetry, contemporary poetics, politics, dance, psychology, and law.
We love a good conversation about poetry! 🔥
Check out this interview up at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/a-dialogue-w...
Shoutout to Derek Mong for mentioning Sarah Green's The Deletions!
#publishing #smallpress #universitypress #poetry #akron #ohio #womenauthors #poetrycommunity
Check out this interview up at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/a-dialogue-w...
Shoutout to Derek Mong for mentioning Sarah Green's The Deletions!
#publishing #smallpress #universitypress #poetry #akron #ohio #womenauthors #poetrycommunity
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We love a good conversation about poetry! 🔥
Check out this interview up at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/a-dialogue-w...
Shoutout to Derek Mong for mentioning Sarah Green's The Deletions!
#publishing #smallpress #universitypress #poetry #akron #ohio #womenauthors #poetrycommunity
Check out this interview up at On the Seawall: www.ronslate.com/a-dialogue-w...
Shoutout to Derek Mong for mentioning Sarah Green's The Deletions!
#publishing #smallpress #universitypress #poetry #akron #ohio #womenauthors #poetrycommunity
Heading to the Byckeye Book Fair tomorrow? Be sure to say hi to all the UA Press authors attending! You'll find Dr. Jon Miller, Dr. Steven D. Hambley, and John W. Kropf with their latest works at the book fair from 9:30am to 4pm.
#bookfair #authors #Ohio #buckeyes #newbooks #localhistory #festival
#bookfair #authors #Ohio #buckeyes #newbooks #localhistory #festival
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NEW ESSAY ALERT! ☄
There is much to enjoy in Ryan Teitman's latest essay up at Poetry Foundation, as part of This Be the Place, a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place.
Read it here: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
There is much to enjoy in Ryan Teitman's latest essay up at Poetry Foundation, as part of This Be the Place, a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place.
Read it here: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
NEW ESSAY ALERT! ☄
There is much to enjoy in Ryan Teitman's latest essay up at Poetry Foundation, as part of This Be the Place, a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place.
Read it here: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
There is much to enjoy in Ryan Teitman's latest essay up at Poetry Foundation, as part of This Be the Place, a series of short essays in which poets explore the mysteries and meaning of a particular place.
Read it here: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
Looking for a piece of #akron history? Join us this weekend at Cascade Locks Parks Association for the Akron Oatmeal Festival where we'll have copies of Akron at 200 and even more local history books on sale!
#sale #newbooks #localhistory #Ohio #festival #bicentennialcelebration
#sale #newbooks #localhistory #Ohio #festival #bicentennialcelebration
October 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Looking for a piece of #akron history? Join us this weekend at Cascade Locks Parks Association for the Akron Oatmeal Festival where we'll have copies of Akron at 200 and even more local history books on sale!
#sale #newbooks #localhistory #Ohio #festival #bicentennialcelebration
#sale #newbooks #localhistory #Ohio #festival #bicentennialcelebration
Happy Pub Day!
What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories.
Order today: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#anthropology #newbookrelease #archaeologylovers
What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories.
Order today: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#anthropology #newbookrelease #archaeologylovers
September 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Happy Pub Day!
What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories.
Order today: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#anthropology #newbookrelease #archaeologylovers
What Remains is about memories and stories; how at times we collectively remember, forget, or even invent new pasts through the process of tracing and uncovering our own histories.
Order today: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#anthropology #newbookrelease #archaeologylovers
Congratulations to Alfredo Aguilar of Lockhart, TX, who has won the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize as chosen by Eduardo C. Corral! 🎉
This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists as well!
Read the full announcement here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro....
This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists as well!
Read the full announcement here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro....
September 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Congratulations to Alfredo Aguilar of Lockhart, TX, who has won the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize as chosen by Eduardo C. Corral! 🎉
This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists as well!
Read the full announcement here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro....
This year's contest received a total of 586 entries. Congratulations also to all the finalists as well!
Read the full announcement here: www.uakron.edu/uapress/akro....
Less than two weeks until the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards are announced during the virtual ceremony! 🎉
Join us in rooting for all the #finalists, but especially UA Press #author @emdashphillips.bsky.social!
www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #universitypress
Join us in rooting for all the #finalists, but especially UA Press #author @emdashphillips.bsky.social!
www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #universitypress
September 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Less than two weeks until the winners of the Lambda Literary Awards are announced during the virtual ceremony! 🎉
Join us in rooting for all the #finalists, but especially UA Press #author @emdashphillips.bsky.social!
www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #universitypress
Join us in rooting for all the #finalists, but especially UA Press #author @emdashphillips.bsky.social!
www.eventbrite.com/e/lammys-day...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #universitypress
We are beyond thrilled to share that Lena Khalaf Tuffaha has won the 2025 Washington State Book Award for Poetry! 🎉
Please join us in congratulating her on another well-deserved win!
Huge gratitude to the Washington State Library for selecting Lena's collection Something About Living.
Please join us in congratulating her on another well-deserved win!
Huge gratitude to the Washington State Library for selecting Lena's collection Something About Living.
September 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
We are beyond thrilled to share that Lena Khalaf Tuffaha has won the 2025 Washington State Book Award for Poetry! 🎉
Please join us in congratulating her on another well-deserved win!
Huge gratitude to the Washington State Library for selecting Lena's collection Something About Living.
Please join us in congratulating her on another well-deserved win!
Huge gratitude to the Washington State Library for selecting Lena's collection Something About Living.
The @aupresses.bsky.social's 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show is now open in the Project Gallery at the Myers School of Art until 9/24! 📚
We are honored to host the interactive #exhibit. If you love the look and feel of #books, you won't want to miss it!
#universitypress #bookdesign #visualarts
We are honored to host the interactive #exhibit. If you love the look and feel of #books, you won't want to miss it!
#universitypress #bookdesign #visualarts
September 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The @aupresses.bsky.social's 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show is now open in the Project Gallery at the Myers School of Art until 9/24! 📚
We are honored to host the interactive #exhibit. If you love the look and feel of #books, you won't want to miss it!
#universitypress #bookdesign #visualarts
We are honored to host the interactive #exhibit. If you love the look and feel of #books, you won't want to miss it!
#universitypress #bookdesign #visualarts
📚 Happy Publication Day to Akron at 200! 📚
Order now and save 30% with code bicentennial30!
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#OhioHistory #akron #akronohio #history #bicentennial #universitypress #publicationday
Order now and save 30% with code bicentennial30!
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#OhioHistory #akron #akronohio #history #bicentennial #universitypress #publicationday
September 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
📚 Happy Publication Day to Akron at 200! 📚
Order now and save 30% with code bicentennial30!
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#OhioHistory #akron #akronohio #history #bicentennial #universitypress #publicationday
Order now and save 30% with code bicentennial30!
blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
#OhioHistory #akron #akronohio #history #bicentennial #universitypress #publicationday
Join us THIS Friday, 9/12, @ 10am at Inkubator, Literary Cleveland's Free Writing Conference, where we're super excited to be tabling for the #bookfair!
The book fair will be in the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library. See you there!
#universitypress #cleveland #conference #writing #poetry
The book fair will be in the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library. See you there!
#universitypress #cleveland #conference #writing #poetry
September 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Join us THIS Friday, 9/12, @ 10am at Inkubator, Literary Cleveland's Free Writing Conference, where we're super excited to be tabling for the #bookfair!
The book fair will be in the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library. See you there!
#universitypress #cleveland #conference #writing #poetry
The book fair will be in the Stokes Wing of the Cleveland Public Library. See you there!
#universitypress #cleveland #conference #writing #poetry
We are thrilled to share that Something About Living by @lenatuffaha is a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards!
Huge thanks to the Washington Center for the Book for selecting this collection as a finalist, and congratulations to all the 2025 finalists!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writers
Huge thanks to the Washington Center for the Book for selecting this collection as a finalist, and congratulations to all the 2025 finalists!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writers
August 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We are thrilled to share that Something About Living by @lenatuffaha is a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards!
Huge thanks to the Washington Center for the Book for selecting this collection as a finalist, and congratulations to all the 2025 finalists!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writers
Huge thanks to the Washington Center for the Book for selecting this collection as a finalist, and congratulations to all the 2025 finalists!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #writers
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER!
What Remains: Infirmary, Burials, Memory, Community in the Rubber City presents a grassy field with a complicated and fraught history.
Learn more and preorder: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
Save 30% with code WHAT30. Note: discount does not work on mobile devices.
What Remains: Infirmary, Burials, Memory, Community in the Rubber City presents a grassy field with a complicated and fraught history.
Learn more and preorder: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
Save 30% with code WHAT30. Note: discount does not work on mobile devices.
August 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER!
What Remains: Infirmary, Burials, Memory, Community in the Rubber City presents a grassy field with a complicated and fraught history.
Learn more and preorder: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
Save 30% with code WHAT30. Note: discount does not work on mobile devices.
What Remains: Infirmary, Burials, Memory, Community in the Rubber City presents a grassy field with a complicated and fraught history.
Learn more and preorder: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...
Save 30% with code WHAT30. Note: discount does not work on mobile devices.
Take advantage of the #taxfreeweekend in #Ohio over the next two weeks by stopping by Northside Marketplace to score some great books and goodies!
#books #booksbooksbooks #sale #press #ohiohistory #poetry #bicentennial #akron
#books #booksbooksbooks #sale #press #ohiohistory #poetry #bicentennial #akron
August 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Take advantage of the #taxfreeweekend in #Ohio over the next two weeks by stopping by Northside Marketplace to score some great books and goodies!
#books #booksbooksbooks #sale #press #ohiohistory #poetry #bicentennial #akron
#books #booksbooksbooks #sale #press #ohiohistory #poetry #bicentennial #akron
📣 We are thrilled to share that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise by @emdashphillips.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the 2025 Lammy Awards! 🥳
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lgbtqia #nonbinary #poets
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lgbtqia #nonbinary #poets
July 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
📣 We are thrilled to share that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise by @emdashphillips.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the 2025 Lammy Awards! 🥳
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lgbtqia #nonbinary #poets
#poetry #poetrycommunity #lgbtqia #nonbinary #poets
@marybid.bsky.social isn't just our poetry series editor extraordinaire, she's also a talented poet and #fiction writer!
Join us in congratulating her on the publication of The Girl With the Black Lipstick!
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-gi...
#flashfiction #ordernow #90sVibesOnly #newrelease
Join us in congratulating her on the publication of The Girl With the Black Lipstick!
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-gi...
#flashfiction #ordernow #90sVibesOnly #newrelease
July 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
@marybid.bsky.social isn't just our poetry series editor extraordinaire, she's also a talented poet and #fiction writer!
Join us in congratulating her on the publication of The Girl With the Black Lipstick!
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-gi...
#flashfiction #ordernow #90sVibesOnly #newrelease
Join us in congratulating her on the publication of The Girl With the Black Lipstick!
blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-gi...
#flashfiction #ordernow #90sVibesOnly #newrelease
Looking to score a copy of #Akron at 200? Join us tonight at the Akron-Summit County Public Library for the Forgotten #History Forum, with UA Press director Dr. Jon Miller.
Books are $35 before tax!
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/forgotten-...
#Ohio #bicentennial #culture #preorder #anthology
Books are $35 before tax!
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/forgotten-...
#Ohio #bicentennial #culture #preorder #anthology
July 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Looking to score a copy of #Akron at 200? Join us tonight at the Akron-Summit County Public Library for the Forgotten #History Forum, with UA Press director Dr. Jon Miller.
Books are $35 before tax!
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/forgotten-...
#Ohio #bicentennial #culture #preorder #anthology
Books are $35 before tax!
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/forgotten-...
#Ohio #bicentennial #culture #preorder #anthology
Wow! Last night was one for the books.
Huge thank yous to @allofthejess, @sarahgreenmusic, and @jenmoore05 for a truly stunning night of #poetry!
And to @biercelibrary for providing a beautiful location and much-needed refreshments.
We are already looking forward to planning another #reading! 🤩
Huge thank yous to @allofthejess, @sarahgreenmusic, and @jenmoore05 for a truly stunning night of #poetry!
And to @biercelibrary for providing a beautiful location and much-needed refreshments.
We are already looking forward to planning another #reading! 🤩
June 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
📣 ATTENTION 📣
Submissions to the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize close TODAY!
Open to all poets writing in English
Prize = $1,500 & publication
Final judge is Eduardo C Corral
Manuscripts must be a total length of 48-90 pages
Submit here: theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369...
Submissions to the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize close TODAY!
Open to all poets writing in English
Prize = $1,500 & publication
Final judge is Eduardo C Corral
Manuscripts must be a total length of 48-90 pages
Submit here: theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369...
June 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📣 ATTENTION 📣
Submissions to the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize close TODAY!
Open to all poets writing in English
Prize = $1,500 & publication
Final judge is Eduardo C Corral
Manuscripts must be a total length of 48-90 pages
Submit here: theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369...
Submissions to the 2025 Akron Poetry Prize close TODAY!
Open to all poets writing in English
Prize = $1,500 & publication
Final judge is Eduardo C Corral
Manuscripts must be a total length of 48-90 pages
Submit here: theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369...
Normally, we share reviews of our books. Today, we're sharing a review by UA Press author Ryan Teitman!
There is much to love in this brilliant review. 👇 Stay tuned for his forthcoming collection Paperweight in spring 2026! 💥
lareviewofbooks.org/article/bear...
There is much to love in this brilliant review. 👇 Stay tuned for his forthcoming collection Paperweight in spring 2026! 💥
lareviewofbooks.org/article/bear...
June 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Normally, we share reviews of our books. Today, we're sharing a review by UA Press author Ryan Teitman!
There is much to love in this brilliant review. 👇 Stay tuned for his forthcoming collection Paperweight in spring 2026! 💥
lareviewofbooks.org/article/bear...
There is much to love in this brilliant review. 👇 Stay tuned for his forthcoming collection Paperweight in spring 2026! 💥
lareviewofbooks.org/article/bear...
The 2025 Akron Poetry Prize closes in 17 days. Don't delay, submit your manuscript via Submittable now! 👇
theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #submissionopportunity #prize #share
theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #submissionopportunity #prize #share
May 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The 2025 Akron Poetry Prize closes in 17 days. Don't delay, submit your manuscript via Submittable now! 👇
theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #submissionopportunity #prize #share
theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit/32369...
#poetry #poetrycommunity #submissionopportunity #prize #share
You have 30 days left to submit your #poetry manuscript to the annual Akron Poetry Prize!
The winner receives $1500 and publication of their manuscript.
This year's judge is the brilliant Eduardo C. Corral!
Submissions close June 15, 2025.
theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit
The winner receives $1500 and publication of their manuscript.
This year's judge is the brilliant Eduardo C. Corral!
Submissions close June 15, 2025.
theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit
May 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
You have 30 days left to submit your #poetry manuscript to the annual Akron Poetry Prize!
The winner receives $1500 and publication of their manuscript.
This year's judge is the brilliant Eduardo C. Corral!
Submissions close June 15, 2025.
theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit
The winner receives $1500 and publication of their manuscript.
This year's judge is the brilliant Eduardo C. Corral!
Submissions close June 15, 2025.
theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit
We are thrilled to welcome award-winning writer Abayo Animashaun as this week's workshop leader for our self-care series in collaboration with Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre! 🤩
Seats are limited. Register now 👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of...
Seats are limited. Register now 👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of...
May 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We are thrilled to welcome award-winning writer Abayo Animashaun as this week's workshop leader for our self-care series in collaboration with Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre! 🤩
Seats are limited. Register now 👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of...
Seats are limited. Register now 👇
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of...
There is one week left to register for Sarah Freligh's upcoming workshop "Notions of Home." Only a few seats remain!
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/notions-of...
#writers #akron #selfcare #workshop #writercommunity #creativewriting
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/notions-of...
#writers #akron #selfcare #workshop #writercommunity #creativewriting
April 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
There is one week left to register for Sarah Freligh's upcoming workshop "Notions of Home." Only a few seats remain!
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/notions-of...
#writers #akron #selfcare #workshop #writercommunity #creativewriting
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/notions-of...
#writers #akron #selfcare #workshop #writercommunity #creativewriting
Join us THIS Saturday inside The Well CDC, in partnership with Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre, for "The Business of Self-Care for Writers: A Workshop on Goals and Artistic Growth" led by @marybid.bsky.social!
FOUR spots remain, so learn more & register now:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-busine...
FOUR spots remain, so learn more & register now:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-busine...
April 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Join us THIS Saturday inside The Well CDC, in partnership with Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre, for "The Business of Self-Care for Writers: A Workshop on Goals and Artistic Growth" led by @marybid.bsky.social!
FOUR spots remain, so learn more & register now:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-busine...
FOUR spots remain, so learn more & register now:
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-busine...