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Founded in 1938, UGA Press currently publishes 60-70 new books a year, ranging from works of scholarship; creative and literary works; regional books; and digital projects.

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@ugapress.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 4:38 PM

UGA Press is celebrating Latine Heritage Month. Check out a few must-read books by Latine and Hispanic authors!

All titles are available on our website: ugapress.org.

#latineheritagemonth #latineauthors #hispanicheritagemonth #UGAPress

Graphic for Latine Heritage Month. Text: "Join UGA Press in celebrating Latine Heritage Month by checking out these featured titles!"Graphic featuring books covers: "Peach Pit Corazon" by Rafael Ocasio, "Teresa Benguela and Felipa Crioula Were Pregnant" by Lorena Féres da Silva Telles, and "Building On Trust" by Oscar Chamosa, and "Enforcing Order on the Border" by Eric Gamino.
@ugapress.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 6:16 PM

Submissions for the Georgia Poetry Prize are now OPEN!🏆

Our competition is held in collaboration with Georgia Tech’s Poetry@Tech and UGA’s Creative Writing Program to celebrate excellent works in poetry.

Submit before Nov. 30 at https://loom.ly/l7de_v0

#georgiapoetryprize #ugapress #georgiatech

Graphic for the 2026 Georgia Poetry Prize. Text: Submission Period is 0ct 1.- Nov. 30 and "Winner receives $1,000, UGAP Publication Contract, and Readings at UGA & GA Tech." Head judge is Prageeta Sharma.
@ugapress.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 5:34 PM

Still thinking about the Artist Talk and Reception event with Benjamin Dimmit, author of An Unflinching Look.

The gallery, curated by Amy Abbe, displays photographs from his book.

Check out the gallery until Oct. 17 at the Circle Gallery!🖼️

#photography

@ugapress.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 6:15 PM

We are pleased to announce Prageeta Sharma as head judge for the 2026 Georgia Poetry Prize!

Sharma is the author of six collections of poetry, a 2025 NEA Creative Writing Fellow, and the Henry G. Lee ’37 professor of English at Pomona College. More on the blog: https://loom.ly/rZa66aU

Promotional graphic for the 2026 Georgia Poetry Prize from the University of Georgia Press. The orange-red poster features large yellow text reading “THE GEORGIA POETRY PRIZE.” A portrait of poet and professor Prageeta Sharma appears on the right. Text identifies her as the 2026 head judge and notes that she is a 2025 NEA Creative Writing Fellow.
@ugapress.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 7:05 PM

We are pleased to announce Kasey Peters as the winner of the 2026 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction!🎊
Their collection Stop If You Want To was selected by series editor Lori Ostlund and will be published in the fall 2027. Read the announcement on our blog: https://loom.ly/QRrttuI
#fiction

Announcement graphic for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction naming Kasey Peters as the 2026 winner; includes a portrait photo and notes that Stop If You Want To will be published in Fall 2027 by University of Georgia Press.
@ugapress.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 4:03 PM

Chicago friends, join Will Boast, author of The Submerged, and Daniel Raeburn for their event at Pilsen Community Books! When: September 15th | 6:30 PM Where: Pilsen Community Books| 1531 W. 18th Street, Chicago, IL

Promotional flyer for an event with Will Boast, the author of The Submerged, and Daniel Raeburn. The event will be September 15th at 6:30 PM at Pilsen Community Books.
@ugapress.bsky.socialSep 4, 2026, 4:12 PM

Oregon friends, come see Ann Merrill discuss her new book, Flora's Interpreters, at Broadway Books!

When: September 24 | 6:00 PM
Where: Broadway Books | 1714 NE Broadway St, Portland, OR 97232

Find more information at https://broadwaybooks.net/event/2026-09-24/annie-merrill

@ugapress.bsky.socialSep 3, 2026, 11:30 AM

“Morrow’s thoughtfully stunning debut collection shows its readers we are speaking of a past that is closer than we think, that is not past at all.” Read the full review of Weston Morrow's Cloud Builder in Ninth Letter.
https://ninthletter.com/feature/featured-writer-130-weston-morrow/

@ugapress.bsky.socialSep 2, 2026, 4:15 PM

Join us in remembering Wendell Berry (1934-2026), author, poet, essayist, farmer, and environmentalist. His poem "The Heron" appears in A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia, edited by Rose McLarney, Laura-Gray Street and L. L. Gaddy. #UGAPress #WendellBerry

@ugapress.bsky.socialAug 11, 2026, 11:30 AM

National Hip Hop Celebration Day is observed annually on August 11. Check out Joycelyn Wilson's new book Hacking Hip Hop or this on PBS: https://www.pbs.org/show/fight-power-how-hip-hop-changed-world/

Gray graphic with book cover of Hacking Hip Hop: Design Remix Logic in Research, Method, and Practice
by Joycelyn Wilson. The UGA Press is at the bottom of the image.
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