LITERARY COMPETITIONS
Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction
The Cave Canem Poetry Prize
The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

LECTURES
Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series
Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures
George H. Shriver Lecture Series in Religion in American History

Contact an editor

Nancy Grayson, Associate Director and Editor-in-Chief
Areas of interest: American and Southern history, American literature, Southern studies, African American studies, legal history, women's studies, and international affairs.
phone: 706-369-6139

Derek Krissoff, Senior Acquisitions Editor
Areas of interest: American and Southern history, urban studies, African American studies, civil rights, and popular music.
phone: 706-369-6488

Judy Purdy, Acquisitions Editor
Areas of interest: Natural history, environmental studies, nature writing, nature photography, and horticulture/botany.
phone: 706-369-6132

Erika Stevens, Acquisitions Editor
Areas of interest: American studies, environmental history, popular culture and cultural studies, cinema/media studies, current events, and Appalachian studies. Also coordinates the Press's literary series and competitions (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, AWP Award for Creative Nonfiction, and Cave Canem Poetry Prize).
phone: 706-369-6135

Nicole Mitchell, Director
General-interest books about Georgia and the South.
phone: 706-369-6143