The University of Massachusetts Press is a
university press
A university press is an academic publishing house specializing in monographs and scholarly journals. They are often an integral component of a large research university. They publish work that has been reviewed by scholars in the field. They pro ...
that is part of the
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...
. The press was founded in 1963, publishing scholarly books and non-fiction. The press imprint is overseen by an interdisciplinary faculty committee. The press is currently a member of the
Association of University Presses
The Association of University Presses (AUPresses) is an association of nonprofit, mostly, but not exclusively, North American university presses. It is based in New York City. Until December 2017, it was known as the Association of American Univ ...
.
Juniper Prizes
The press also publishes fiction and poetry through its annual Juniper Prizes.
[Herman (2007)] The Juniper Prize was named in honor of local poet
Robert Francis and his house ('Fort Juniper'). The Juniper Prizes include:
* 2 prizes for poetry: one for a previously published poet, one for a poet not previously published
* 2 prizes for fiction: one for a novel, one for a collection of short stories
* creative non-fiction
The poetry award began in 1975, the fiction award in 2004, and the award for creative non-fiction in 2018.
Controversies
University of Massachusetts Press joined The
Association of American Publishers
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) is the national trade association of the American book publishing industry. AAP lobbies for book, journal and education publishers in the United States. AAP members include most of the major commercial ...
trade organization in the
Hachette v. Internet Archive
''Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive'', No. 20-cv-4160 (JGK), 664 F.Supp.3d 370 (S.D.N.Y. 2023), WL 2623787 (S.D.N.Y. 2023), was a Legal case, case in which the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York deter ...
lawsuit which resulted in the removal of access to over 500,000 books from global readers.
See also
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List of English-language book publishing companies
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List of university presses
A university press is an academic publishing
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Press
Press may refer to:
Media
* Publisher
* News media
* Printing press, commonly called "the press"
* Press TV, an Iranian television network
Newspapers United States
* ''The Press'', a former name of ''The Press-Enterprise'', Riverside, California
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Massachusetts, University of
Publishing companies established in 1963
Book publishing companies based in Massachusetts
American companies established in 1963
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