The University of Massachusetts Press is a university press

University press

A university press is an academic, nonprofit publishing house that is typically affiliated with a large research university, and publishes work that has been reviewed by scholars in the field. It produces mainly scholarly works...

 that is part of the University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts

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. The press was founded in 1963, publishing scholarly books and non-fiction. The press imprint is overseen by an interdisciplinary faculty committee.

Juniper Prizes

The press also publishes fiction and poetry through its annual Juniper Prizes. The Juniper Prize was named in honor of local poet Robert Francis

Robert Francis

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and his house ('Fort Juniper').