Parent company University of Akron Parent organization University of Akron Country of origin United States of America | Publication types Books Founded 1988 | |
Official website www.uakron.edu/uapress/ Headquarters location Akron, Ohio, United States Headquarters Akron, Ohio, United States | ||
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The University of Akron Press is a non-profit university press that is a part of the University of Akron. Founded in 1988, the Press is currently directed by Jon Miller and is a member of Association of American 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; Contemporary Poetics; & Law; The Center for the History of Psychology Series; The Bliss Institute Series; Critical Editions in Early American Literature; and Technology & Environment.
The Press also distributes the works of psychologist Jacob Robert Kantor (1888-1984) under the imprint Principia Press.
Each year, the Press offers the Akron Poetry Prize, 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.