March 18, 2024
Congratulations to TTU Press’s 2024 Iron Horse Prize winner, Marianne Erhardt. Her manuscript, called Lucky Bodies, is a kaleidoscopic view of motherhood, examining figures from her own life and from… READ MORE
February 16, 2024
Texas Tech University Press is pleased to announce the release of The Birthright of Sons by Jefferey Spivey. The book shares stories from the lives of marginalized individuals, particularly Black… READ MORE
February 7, 2023
Congratulations to TTU Press’s 2023 Iron Horse Prize winner, Jefferey Spivey! Spivey was selected for his new work, The Birthright of Sons, a collection of stories centered around the experiences… READ MORE
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
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
June 16, 2021
The Iron Horse Prize (for a first book of collected prose) is officially open for submissions. Please tell all the writers you know to consider sending us a manuscript. To celebrate the opening of… READ MORE
March 15, 2021
Throughout 2021, our 50th anniversary year, we will not only reflect on past publishing endeavors but also look ahead to fresh initiatives. One such venture is our new Iron Horse Prize for a… READ MORE
