
Cornerstone Press is the university press of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. As the first teaching press in the University of Wisconsin system, and one of five undergraduate, student-staffed presses in the United States, the press operates with the support of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Department of English, the School of Humanities and Global Studies, and the College of Letters and Science. Its titles have received reviews in the New York Times Book Review, Booklist, Kirkus, Foreword Reviews, and elsewhere, as well as recognition from the Midwest Book Awards, the Foreword INDIES, NIEA, the Independent Publisher Book Awards, the Eric Hoffer Awards, and many other state and national contests. The press publishes short story collections, poetry collections, and works of creative nonfiction.
We are located in the Collins Classroom Center (Room 127) of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Award Winners (2024-2025)




Titles published by UWSP's Cornerstone Press have been honored with national literary recognition for being among the best works over the past year. Read the full story here.
Fall 2025 Pre-Orders
Back Home Series in Creative Nonfiction
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Legacy Series in Short Fiction
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