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'''Water Forest Press''' is an independent [[book publisher]] located in rural [[Pennsylvania]]. Water Forest Press was created by [[Victoria Valentine]], as an imprint of Skyline Publications. [http://skylinemagazines.com/LiteraryMagazineReview.htm Skyline Publications] produced print [[magazines]] that were retired in 2004. Water Forest Press replaced Skyline Magazines with Skyline Review, Literary House Review & Hudson View Poetry Digest books. Skyline Publications published monthly [[literary magazines]] that were distributed nationwide in stores, [[libraries]], [[universities]] and homes, with a readership of approximately 10,000 per issue. “A Tribute To America” issue (dedicated to 9/11) was reprinted three times. All proceeds from the Tribute Issue were donated to local fire houses to purchase needed equipment.<ref>http://www.skylinepublications.com/TributeToAmericaintheNews.htm</ref>
'''Water Forest Press''' is an independent [[book publisher]] located in rural [[Pennsylvania]]. Water Forest Press was created by [[Victoria Valentine]], as an imprint of Skyline Publications. [http://skylinemagazines.com/LiteraryMagazineReview.htm Skyline Publications] produced print [[magazines]] that were retired in 2004. Water Forest Press replaced Skyline Magazines with Skyline Review, Literary House Review & Hudson View Poetry Digest books. Skyline Publications published monthly [[literary magazines]] that were distributed nationwide in stores, [[libraries]], [[universities]] and homes, with a readership of approximately 10,000 per issue. “A Tribute To America” issue (dedicated to 9/11) was reprinted three times. All proceeds from the Tribute Issue were donated to local fire houses to purchase needed equipment.<ref>http://www.skylinepublications.com/TributeToAmericaintheNews.htm</ref>


Water Forest Press is now a small, specialty [[publisher]], designing and producing [[poetry collections]], [[short story]] collections and multi-genre [[fiction]] and [[non fiction]] [[trade paperback]] books. The press annually nominates [[writers]] & [[poets]] from each publication for [http://www.pushcartprize.com Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses]. Water Forest Press volumes are archived in the [[New York Public Library]], [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library]], [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] Library, [http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/index.php Brown University Rockefeller Library] and [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ UC Berkeley Library]. Water Forest Press Books at Oslo Norway Writer's Conference 2008 [http://hudsonview.us/OsloWritersConference08.htm]. Water Forest Press books were distributed on 14 November 2009 at the annual Cape Town Writer's Conference [http://hudsonview.us/CapeTownWritersBanquet09.htm] in South Africa by Dr. [[Amitabh Mitra]], co editor of international Hudson View Poetry Digest. [http://www.amitabhmitra.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100]
Water Forest Press is now a small, specialty [[publisher]], designing and producing [[poetry collections]], [[short story]] collections and multi-genre [[fiction]] and [[non fiction]] [[trade paperback]] books. The press annually nominates [[writers]] & [[poets]] from each publication for [http://www.pushcartprize.com Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses]. Water Forest Press volumes are archived in the [[New York Public Library]], [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library]], [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] Library, [http://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/index.php Brown University Rockefeller Library] and [http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ UC Berkeley Library]. Water Forest Press Books at Oslo Norway Writer's Conference 2008 [http://hudsonview.us/OsloWritersConference08.htm].


Water Forest Press, under Skyline Online imprint, encourages and promotes young poets on "Street Speakers" [http://teenink.us/StreetSpeakers/StreetSpeakers.htm Teen Ink]
Water Forest Press, under Skyline Online imprint, encourages and promotes young poets on "Street Speakers" [http://teenink.us/StreetSpeakers/StreetSpeakers.htm Teen Ink]

Revision as of 08:53, 16 May 2011

Water Forest Press is an independent book publisher located in rural Pennsylvania. Water Forest Press was created by Victoria Valentine, as an imprint of Skyline Publications. Skyline Publications produced print magazines that were retired in 2004. Water Forest Press replaced Skyline Magazines with Skyline Review, Literary House Review & Hudson View Poetry Digest books. Skyline Publications published monthly literary magazines that were distributed nationwide in stores, libraries, universities and homes, with a readership of approximately 10,000 per issue. “A Tribute To America” issue (dedicated to 9/11) was reprinted three times. All proceeds from the Tribute Issue were donated to local fire houses to purchase needed equipment.[1]

Water Forest Press is now a small, specialty publisher, designing and producing poetry collections, short story collections and multi-genre fiction and non fiction trade paperback books. The press annually nominates writers & poets from each publication for Pushcart Prize Best of the Small Presses. Water Forest Press volumes are archived in the New York Public Library, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, University of Wisconsin–Madison Library, Brown University Rockefeller Library and UC Berkeley Library. Water Forest Press Books at Oslo Norway Writer's Conference 2008 [1].

Water Forest Press, under Skyline Online imprint, encourages and promotes young poets on "Street Speakers" Teen Ink

Publications and Authors

  • Quarterly Hudson View Poetry Digest
  • Annual Skyline Review
  • Annual Literary House Review

Authors & Poets Published: Orania Hamilton [2], Jan Oskar Hansen[3], Alan D. Bush [4][5], Vic Fortezza, Douglas H. Maloney, Merlina Davis, and Noah Wereham, Adam Donaldson Powell, Dr. Amitabh Mitra [6]

Featured artists: Matt Hughes GalleryMaria Zeldis - Henri Peter - Amanda TuckerRiki R. Nelson Gallery- Michael Aanji Crowley Imagery

References

 2.Public Relations
 3.Writers and Small Press Publishers: A View From Both Sides
 4.Skyline Magazine Archives
 5.Water Forest Press books at Oslo Norway Writer's Conference 2008