Country of origin United States Official website cas.umkc.edu/bkmk/ | Publication types Books Founded 1983 | |
Parent company University of Missouri-Kansas City Distribution Small Press Distribution Parent organization University of Missouri–Kansas City Headquarters location Kansas City, Missouri, United States | ||
BkMk Press is an award-winning literary press at the University of Missouri-Kansas City that publishes full-length collections of poetry, fiction, and essays. Founded in 1971, it has been a part of UMKC's College of Arts and Sciences since 1983. The press has received funding and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Missouri Arts Council, the Swedish Institute in Stockholm, the Witter Bynner Foundation, and the Kansas City Institute for Trusts and Foundations.
Notable authors published by BkMk Press include Kelly Cherry, Alice Friman, Rane Arroyo, Carolyn Kizer, Tony Barnstone, and Mary Troy. BkMk Press publishes on average six titles a year, and sponsors two annual publication awards for the best submitted book-length manuscript in English: the John Ciardi Prize for Poetry, and the G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction.
The press shares office space and some editorial staff with New Letters (magazine).