April Sales
We have a number of ways to save this month on your next favorite book! Click the links below to browse each sale. National Poetry Month Passover Holocaust Remembrance Day Baseball Continue reading April Sales
Category: Backwaters Press
The 2022 Backwaters Prize in Poetry competition is now open
The submission period for the Backwaters Press yearly poetry prize begins today, April 1, and ends May 1. Guidelines for the prize series can be found here. The judge for the 2022 contest is Christine Stewart-Nuñez, South Dakota poet laureate from … Continue reading The 2022 Backwaters Prize in Poetry competition is now open
People Make Publishing: Clark Whitehorn on the Tucson Festival of Books
Clark Whitehorn is the executive editor of Bison Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press. Below he shares his experience on being a part of the Tucson Festival of Books that took place on March 12-13 in Tucson, … Continue reading People Make Publishing: Clark Whitehorn on the Tucson Festival of Books
UNP at AWP22
UNP will be exhibiting at the AWP Conference & Bookfair March 23-26. It’s the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Come visit us in booth 1228 to browse our books and journals! Attending … Continue reading UNP at AWP22
UNP at the Tucson Festival of Books
Saturday, March 12 through Sunday March 13, 2022, UNP will be at the Tucson Festival of Books. Come visit Bison Books Executive Editor Clark Whitehorn, and our amazing authors for signings and more! UNP authors in attendance: Wynne Brown, author … Continue reading UNP at the Tucson Festival of Books
The Backwaters Prize in Poetry competition Opens April 1!
The 2022 Backwaters Prize in Poetry competition will be open April 1 through May 1. The winner will be awarded a $2,000 cash prize and the honorable mention will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize. Both winners will be awarded the publication … Continue reading The Backwaters Prize in Poetry competition Opens April 1!
Announcing the Judge for the 2022 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry
The University of Nebraska Press is happy to announce that Christine Stewart-Nuñez, the 2019-2021 Poet Laureate of South Dakota, will be the judge for the 2022 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry competition. Submissions will be accepted April 1 through May 1. The … Continue reading Announcing the Judge for the 2022 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry
Holiday Sale
With the holiday season upon us, we here at Nebraska would like to express our appreciation and gratitude. For the rest of the year, until December 31, 2021, our entire backlist, a collection consisting of over 4,000 different books, will be available … Continue reading Holiday Sale
Upcoming Event: Grace Bauer & Marjorie Saiser at Larksong on Oct. 7
Join Larksong Writers Place for their event 6 Poets Read Outdoors on Thursday, October 7 from 4:00-5:30 p.m. at Larksong Writers Place on 1600 N. Cotner Blvd. Lincoln, NE. Six poets, including Marjorie Saiser and Grace Bauer, will be reading … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Grace Bauer & Marjorie Saiser at Larksong on Oct. 7
New from Backwaters Press
The following book is the 2020 Backwaters Prize in Poetry winner and will be available this fall from our imprint, Backwaters Press. Long Rules by Nathaniel Perry A book-length poem in six sections, Long Rules takes readers to five Trappist monasteries in … Continue reading New from Backwaters Press
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