Southeast Missouri State University Press
Parent companySoutheast Missouri State University
Founded2001
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationCape Girardeau, Missouri
Publication typesBooks
Official websitesemopress.com

The Southeast Missouri State University Press is a university press affiliated with Southeast Missouri State University, located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Southeast Missouri State University Press, in association with Southeast Missouri State University, offers a minor in "Small-press Publishing" for students "who wish to acquire the basic skills for independent-press publishing and editing".[1][2]

Literary prizes

The Southeast Missouri State University Press hosts several literary awards, including the following:

  • Cowles Poetry Book Prize: This prize is awarded to the author of a poem collection. Winning entries are published by the press, with the author receiving a $2,000 prize and 30 complimentary copies of the work.[3][4]
  • Nilsen Literary Prize for a First Novel: This prize is awarded to a first-time novelist. Winning entries are published by the press, with the author receiving a $1,000 prize.[5][6]
  • Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors: This contest celebrates short literary works that evokatively convey the "military service perspectives of ... soldiers and veterans of all conflicts".[7] Winning entries are publishing in an anthology series that is released annually by the press.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About the Press". Southeast Missouri State University Press. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Small Press Publishing Minor". Southeast Missouri State University Department of English.
  3. ↑ "Cowles Poetry Book Prize". Poets & Writers. 48 (2). 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2023 – via Gale.
  4. ↑ "Vern Cowles Poetry Book Prize". The Writer. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Endowment Propels University Press to Spearhead Novel Competition". US Federal News Service. 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2023 – via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "SEMO Invites First-Time Novelists to Compete". KFVS-TV. Associated Press. 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors". Southeast Missouri State University Press. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Southeast Missouri State University Press to Release 'Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors' Vol. 4". Capaha Arrow. 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2023 – via NewsBank.
  9. ↑ Woods, Dan (2012). "Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors". KRCU Public Radio. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
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