Established in 1969, the University of Iowa Press is a well-regarded academic publisher serving scholars, students, and readers throughout the world with works of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. As the only university press in the state, Iowa is also dedicated to preserving the literature, history, culture, wildlife, and natural areas of the Midwest.
For scholars and students, we publish reference and course books in the areas of archaeology, American studies, American history, literary studies, theatre studies, and the craft of writing.
For general readers, we publish the winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize, poetry anthologies, books on the archaeology and natural history of the Midwest, cookbooks, letters and diaries, biographies, memoirs, regional history, and collections of historic and contemporary photographs.
The Press reports to the Graduate College and is a member of the Association of American University Presses and Green Press Initiative.
In the Kuhl House on the University of Iowa campus, a small but energetic staff handles acquisitions, manuscript editing and proofreading, design, production, and marketing. Constructed around 1840 using limestone that was quarried nearby, the Kuhl House is the oldest house still standing in Iowa City.
The UI Press is a place where first-class writing matters, whether the subject is Whitman or Shakespeare, prairie or poetry, memoirs or medical literature. We are committed to the vital role played by small presses as publishers of scholarly and creative works that may not attract commercial attention. For more information, please call us at 319-335-2000, fax us at 319-335-2055, e-mail us at uipress@uiowa.edu, or write us at the University of Iowa Press, 119 West Park Road, 100 Kuhl House, Iowa City IA 52242-1000
The University of Iowa Press has a strong program and a dedicated staff, but like other nonprofit organizations, we need a steady source of funding. Outside funding directly supports copyediting and design, artwork, typesetting and printing, and marketing activities for individual titles and for books in the Press's well-regarded series. To make an online donation to the Press, visit the University of Iowa Foundation's online giving site at www.givetoiowa.org. For more information please contact:
James McCoy
Director, University of Iowa Press
119 West Park Road
100 Kuhl House Iowa City IA 52242-1000
319-335-2013
james-mccoy@uiowa.edu
Or
Susan Hagan
Director of Gift Planning
University of Iowa Foundation
P.O. Box 4550
Iowa City IA 52244-4550
319-335-3305
susan-hagan@uiowa.edu
The University of Iowa Press publishes approximately 35-40 titles per year on a wide array of topics in the humanities, from midwestern history and natural history to poetics, fandom, agriculture, book history, literary criticism, and theatre history. We publish poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction through prizes judged by the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the University of Iowa’s nonfiction writing MFA program.
Interns perform a range of entry-level responsibilities that familiarize them with publishing processes and skills. They work primarily for the acquisitions and manuscript editorial departments, with occasional tasks assigned by the director, the design and production manager, and the marketing manager. While contributing to the press’s daily tasks, interns will learn the basics of copyright law and book contracts, and they will gain an overall understanding of the publishing industry. Our interns have gone on to get editorial jobs at the University of Chicago Press, the University of Michigan Press, the University of Minnesota Press, the American Journal of Gastroenterology, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
We offer three undergraduate internships every year, two during the academic year and one during the summer. These positions are unpaid. However, University of Iowa students may arrange to receive course credit through the English Department.
These internships are open to University of Iowa undergraduates only. We will announce the application period in March each year. We welcome applications from all interested students, with a preference for those who want to work in publishing after graduation. We expect interns to work onsite in our offices about 10 to 12 hours per week, Monday through Friday, between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm.