Redhawk Publications

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Redhawk Publications is a university press associated with Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, North Carolina. One of only three literary presses housed within a community college in the United States, its purpose is to publish and distribute artistic fiction and noteworthy non-fiction titles in addition to instructional textbooks and course materials from the region.{{cite web |title=Redhawk Publications |url=https://www.cvcc.edu/About_Us/Redhawk-Publishing/index.cfm |publisher=Catawba Valley Community College |access-date=February 2, 2023}}

Redhawk Publications' first book was the 2016 release Polio, Pitchforks, and Perseverance: How a North Carolina County Named Catawba Built a "Miracle" (which later inspired a documentary film named Miracle).{{Cite web |title=Polio, Pitchforks, and Perseverance |url=https://redhawkpublications.com/Polio-Pitchforks-and-Perseverance-p401936800 |access-date=May 15, 2023 |website=Redhawk Publications |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Miracle: How a NC County Named Catawba Battled Polio and Won |url=https://redhawkpublications.com/Miracle-How-a-NC-County-Named-Catawba-Battled-Polio-and-Won-p291851720 |access-date=May 15, 2023 |website=Redhawk Publications |language=en}} Since then, the press has released over 140 major works, including poetry compilations, history, non-fiction, children's books, memoirs, fiction and instructional materials.{{cite news |title=Local publishing house hits 5-year mark |url=https://morganton.com/news/local/local-publishing-house-hits-5-year-mark/article_01c7e702-8ad3-11ed-9ca2-035338a17c47.html |access-date=February 15, 2023 |work=The News Herald |date=January 2, 2022}}{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Aurora |date=January 17, 2022 |title=Perspective {{!}} CVCC’s hidden gem: Redhawk Publications |url=https://www.ednc.org/perspective-cvccs-hidden-gem-redhawk-publications/ |access-date=February 15, 2023 |publisher=EducationNC}}{{Cite web |last=Pehl |first=Mary Jo |date=November 10, 2022 |title=Redhawk Publications Celebrates 5 Years Of Unique Works |url=https://www.focusnewspaper.com/redhawk-publications-celebrates-5-years-of-unique-works/ |access-date=May 15, 2023 |website=Focus Newspaper |language=en-US}}

Redhawk Publications also co-sponsors the North Carolina Poetry Society's Lena Shull Book Award.{{Cite web |title=Lena Shull Book Award |url=https://www.ncpoetrysociety.org/shullbookaward/ |access-date=May 15, 2023 |website=North Carolina Poetry Society |language=en-US}}