Jackie Wilson

March 19, 2026

University Press of Kentucky opens submissions for $5,000 Screen Door Press Fiction Prize

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Sept. 26, 2025

UPK author, poet Amy M. Alvarez wins 2025 American Book Award

Book cover of Makeshift Altar: Poems
Aug. 15, 2025

Jessica K. Whitehead’s ‘Driftwood’ wins 2025 Thomas D. Clark Medallion Award

May 7, 2025

Kentucky Press book inspires Tony-nominated musical ‘Floyd Collins’

Jan. 15, 2025

Legendary director, KY Press author George Stevens Jr. receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Dec. 9, 2024

UK’s Crystal Wilkinson selects inaugural winners of Screen Door Press

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Nov. 4, 2024

Simmons College of Kentucky joins University Press of Kentucky Consortium

Oct. 24, 2024

KY Press author wins inaugural Tennessee Book Award in fiction

Oct. 14, 2024

UK Libraries partners with KY Press on Open Kentucky Open Access Initiative

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Oct. 2, 2024

University Press of Kentucky book receives gold in Creativepool Annual Awards

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