University of Guam Press
UOG Press
University of Guam Press
The University of Guam Press (UOG Press) publishes an array of academic and literary books and journals with a specific focus
on the unique history, environment, peoples, cultures, and languages of the islands
that make up the Western Pacific region. The University of Guam Press strives to increase
the availability of exceptional scholarly and literary texts that can be used as learning
resources about Guam and Micronesia for people and institutions in the region and
throughout the world.
UOG Press is an integral part of the Richard Flores Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC), which holds the most extensive repository of information about Guam and Micronesia. UOG Press extends the MARC’s mission of collecting, preserving, and providing access to reliable and accurate information about the peoples and cultures of the Western Pacific, thereby advancing scholarship and learning in and about the region.
UOG Press has two major publishing components – MARC Publications and Taiguini Books.
The University of Guam Press regularly contracts dependable and experienced freelance writers, copy editors, translators, graphic designers, illustrators and photographers, including writers, editors and translators who can provide these services in CHamoru and other languages of Micronesia. If you are interested in being added to UOG Press’s talent pool, kindly email a letter of interest, resumé and digital portfolio featuring a minimum of five (5) relevant work samples to victorialola@triton.uog.edu.
In the letter of interest, be sure to include:
- Full name
- Service(s) you can provide from the following list: writing, copy editing, translating, graphic design, illustration, photography
- For writing, editing and translating services in languages other than English, please specify the languages these services can be provided in
- Email Address
- Phone Number(s)
UOG Press News & Announcements
UOG Press is launching Always Never Knowing (ANK) by Georgiana Quintanilla Tyquiengco, a debut collection of fictional short stories that follow Jiavonna "Vonna" Cepeda as she navigates adolescence in southern Guam.
Four University of Guam students were awarded financial aid awards from the University of Guam Press as part of its first cycle of UOG Press Awards.
UOG Press is seeking writers, editors, artists, and publishing professionals to join its creative talent pool. Contribute to books and projects focused on Guam and Micronesia. Submit your portfolio by March 30, 2025!
The University of Press is launching Ricky: A Life Worth Sharing, Volume I--a posthumous autobiography by Ricardo "Ricky" J. Bordallo and C. Sablan Gault.
The University of Press is launching Signs of Being by C.T. Perez, a collection of poetry, prose, and commentary that explores CHamoru cultural identity through the lens of ec(h)o literature, or literature that interprets signs in the natural environment as echoes from ancestors.
UOG Press Calendar