Giving Opportunities
To make a gift to the University of Georgia Press, please contact:
Lane Stewart
Director of Development
The University of Georgia Press
330 Research Drive
Athens, GA 30602
706-369-6049
lstewart@uga.edu
Sponsor a Book
The University of Georgia Press is known for publishing exceptional, award-winning books for scholars, students, and general readers throughout the world. Gifts to the Press support high-quality publications of enduring value. When you invest in the Press’s publishing program, you are helping to create a lasting legacy of knowledge and ideas for future generations.
As a non-profit educational publisher, the Press publishes important, specialized works that cannot recover their costs through sales alone. Gifts and grants are needed to support the publication of scholarly titles to make them affordable for students and scholars. The Press also seeks support for individual books that require special editorial, production, or marketing costs. Gifts of $2,500-$25,000 may be designated to support such publications. Donors are recognized in the books’ opening pages
Books in need of funding:
Jack London, PhotographerSponsor a Series
The University of Georgia Press is known for publishing exceptional, award-winning books for scholars, students, and general readers throughout the world. Gifts to the Press support high-quality publications of enduring value. When you invest in the Press’s publishing program, you are helping to create a lasting legacy of knowledge and ideas for future generations.
The Press is actively seeking endowment support for the following book series, imprints, and literary competitions:
Environmental History and the American South
$200,000 - $250,000
Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation
$200,000 - $250,000
The New Southern Studies
$200,000 - $250,000
Politics and Culture in the Twentieth-Century South
$200,000 - $250,000
Studies in Security and International Affairs
$500,000 - $1,000,000
Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction
$200,000
Brown Thrasher Books
$100,000 - $200,000
Support a Position
The University of Georgia Press is known for publishing exceptional, award-winning books for scholars, students, and general readers throughout the world. Gifts to the Press support high-quality publications of enduring value. When you invest in the Press’s publishing program, you are helping to create a lasting legacy of knowledge and ideas for future generations.
Named Press Director’s Position:
A $1,000,000 endowed gift will name this position and provide support for the director’s needs, including but not limited to salary, equipment, and travel.
Sponsor an Internship
The University of Georgia Press is known for publishing exceptional, award-winning books for scholars, students, and general readers throughout the world. Gifts to the Press support high-quality publications of enduring value. When you invest in the Press’s publishing program, you are helping to create a lasting legacy of knowledge and ideas for future generations.
The Press offers student internships in its Acquisitions, Editorial, Design, Production, and Marketing departments. These positions allow students to learn about both scholarly and trade book publishing and gain valuable on-the-job experience. Numerous Press interns have gone on to secure jobs at top publishing houses and with magazine publishers.
An annual gift of $10,000 - $15,000 will support a named internship.
Contribute to our General Endowment
The University of Georgia Press is known for publishing exceptional, award-winning books for scholars, students, and general readers throughout the world. Gifts to the Press support high-quality publications of enduring value. When you invest in the Press’s publishing program, you are helping to create a lasting legacy of knowledge and ideas for future generations.
The Press seeks funding for a general endowment to permanently sustain its publishing program. Your gift to this fund will help us continue to publish exceptional, award-winning books for students, scholars, and general readers for many years to come.
We welcome gifts of all amounts.