Celebrate 50 Years with TTUP
February 1, 2021
Texas Tech University Press is proud to announce the celebration of our 50th anniversary in 2021. When TTU Press was established in 1971, our charge was to become the preeminent… READ MORE
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Talking with Student Intern Grace Gandy
May 13, 2022
At Texas Tech University Press, we have undergraduate student interns and graduate student assistants. We wanted to give them a chance to introduce themselves and to talk about their work… READ MORE
Talking with Student Intern Toluwani Osibamowo
May 6, 2022
At Texas Tech University Press, we have undergraduate student interns and graduate student assistants. We wanted to give them a chance to introduce themselves and to talk about their work… READ MORE
Talking with Iron Horse Prize Winner Joe Baumann
April 1, 2022
With the Iron Horse Prize submission window coming up on the horizon, we sat down to talk with the first winner, Joe Baumann. You can read more about the prize… READ MORE
Literary Lubbock 2021: Recap and Interview
February 4, 2022
Watch a recap of our 2021 Literary Lubbock event (produced by our friends at Studio E) and a sit down between our acquisitions editor and Chef Adan Medrano, author of… READ MORE
Remembering TTUP Author Mike Cochran
January 27, 2022
Texas Tech University Press is saddened to hear of the passing of Mike Cochran. During a nearly 40-year run with the Associated Press, Cochran told the stories of Texas’s larger-than-life… READ MORE
DVAN Book Series Now Open for Poetry Submissions
December 13, 2021
Deadline: February 28, 2022 DVAN and Texas Tech University Press are pleased to announce that their book series will be open for submissions from early career and emerging poets from… READ MORE
How Publishing Collaborations Change Us
November 10, 2021
For a small university press, where each staff member is their own department, one of the most important parts of our publishing program is our partners. These collaborators allow us… READ MORE
Señor Sack Now Available
September 27, 2021
In honor of our newest release, TTUP’s Marketing Directing (and bonafide Lubbockite) John Brock reflects on Gabe Rivera’s legacy at Texas Tech. Señor Sack is available now! Growing up in Lubbock,… READ MORE
Talking With New Director Katie Cortese
September 13, 2021
After her first summer on the job, we spent some time talking with our new faculty director Katie Cortese about small-press publishing, being a university press author, and charting a path forward for… READ MORE
Get to Know Winner of Walt McDonald First Book Award Winner: Lubna Safi
August 30, 2021
We have recently announced the latest winner of the Walt McDonald First-Book Prize in Poetry. In spring 2022, we will publish Lubna Safi’s Your Blue and the Quiet Lament. Our acquisitions editor Travis had a short… READ MORE