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Mercer University Press
Parent company
Mercer University
Founded1979
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationMacon, Georgia
Publication typesBooks
Official websitewww.mupress.org

Mercer University Press, established in 1979, is a publisher that is part of Mercer University. Mercer University Press has published more than 1,600 books, releasing 35-40 titles annually with a 5-person staff.

Mercer is the only Baptist-related institution with an active continuous full-time publishing program over the past thirty years.

In 2019, Gov. Brian Kemp recognized Mercer University Press as a recipient of the eighth annual Governor's Awards for the Arts and Humanities.[1]

Mercer University Press is a member of the Association of University Presses and The Green Press Initiative.[2]

Mercer University Press awards the Ferrol Sams Award for Fiction annually. It is "given to the best manuscript that speaks to the human condition in a Southern context. This category includes both novels and short stories.[3]

Active scholar series published by Mercer University Press

  • America's
    Historically Black Colleges and Universities
    Series
  • Voices of the African Diaspora Series
  • The James N. Griffith Endowed Series in Baptist Studies
  • Baptists in Early North America Series
  • Perspectives on Baptist Identities Series
  • Early English Baptist Texts Series
  • Mercer Commentary on the Bible Series
  • Sports and Religion Series
  • Food and the American South Series
  • Music and the American South Series
  • Carson McCullers Series
  • Flannery O’Connor
    Series
  • A.V. Elliott Conference Series
  • Mercer Paul Tillich Series
  • Mercer
    Kierkegaard
    Series
  • International Kierkegaard Commentary Series
  • The
    Melungeons
    Series
  • State Narratives of the Civil War Series
  • Mercer University
    Ocmulgee
    Series
  • Reprint of Scholarly Excellency
  • Walter Rauschenbusch Series

Notable authors that Mercer University Press has published

James Dickey

  • Death, and the Day's Light: Poems. Mercer University Press. 2015
    ISBN 9780881465198

Samuel Pickering

President Jimmy Carter

Terry Kay

Bill Curry

  • Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle: Lessons from a Football Life, Revised. Mercer University Press. 2023
    ISBN 9780881468946

Mary Ann Harris Gay

  • Life in Dixie during the war. Mercer University Press. 2013.
    ISBN 9780865547490

Cathryn Hankla

Paul Hornsby

  • Fix It In the Mix: A Memoir. Mercer University Press. 2021
    ISBN 9780881467819

Don Reid of The Statler Brothers

Allman Brothers Band

William Rawlings

News Anchor at WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia John Pruitt

Timothy H. Scherman[4]

  • Elizabeth Oakes Smith: Selected Writings, Volume I: Emergence and Fame, 1831-1849. Mercer University Press. 2023.
    ISBN 9780881468854

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gov. Kemp Applauds Contributors in Arts and Humanities".
  2. ^ 'Mercer University Press'
  3. ^ Ferrol Sams Made Mark as Physician, Bestselling Author
  4. ^ https://www.oakes-smith.org/ [bare URL]

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