Following emergency relief donations to Artist
Relief and PEN America Writer's Emergency Fund who are providing
grants directly to writers impacted by COVID-19, the Amazon
Literary Partnership expands support with more than $1 million in
funding to 66 nonprofits dedicated to serving writers
Since 2009, the Amazon Literary Partnership has
awarded more than $13 million in grant funding to more than 175
literary organizations
(NASDAQ: AMZN)— For more than 10 years, the Amazon Literary
Partnership has supported efforts that help writers tell their
stories and find their readers. Following the emergency relief
donation to Artist Relief and PEN America Writer’s Emergency Fund,
both of which are providing grants directly to writers impacted by
COVID-19, the Amazon Literary Partnership today announced an
additional $1 million in grant funding to 66 organizations across
the country. The funding will support groups that are working to
empower writers, helping them to create, publish, learn, teach,
experiment, and thrive.
The Amazon Literary Partnership strives to award grants to
organizations that have a deep impact on writers’ lives and the
broader literary and publishing community. In addition to the 66
grants gifted this year, the Amazon Literary Partnership has also
awarded $120,000 grants to the Academy of American Poets and the
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses to establish a Poetry
Fund and Literary Magazine Fund.
Since 2009, the Amazon Literary Partnership has awarded more
than 175 organizations, all of which amplify and uplift overlooked
and underrepresented writers, and connect writers with their
readers, with more than $13 million in grant funding. Grant
recipients include nonprofit writing centers, residencies,
fellowships, after-school classes, literary magazines, national
organizations supporting storytelling and free speech, and
internationally acclaimed publishers of fiction, nonfiction, and
poetry.
“We’re extremely grateful for the opportunity to work with the
Amazon Literary Partnership to support poetry organizations,
especially as more and more people are turning to poetry for
comfort and courage in this crisis,” said Jennifer Benka, Executive
Director, the Academy of American Poets. “We appreciate that the
Amazon Literary Partnership program was quick to respond in this
time of great need.”
“Since its inception, CLMP has been dedicated to sustaining the
health and extending the reach of the nation’s literary magazines.
Often the first places writers find their readers, these
publications are essential to the publishing ecosystem, providing
fertile ground for diverse voices to thrive,” said Mary Gannon,
Executive Director, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses.
“CLMP is honored to lend its expertise to the Amazon Literary
Partnership's ongoing financial support of these underserved and
uniquely vulnerable publishers.”
“The Amazon Literary Partnership champions organizations that
support writers, poets, translators, and diverse voices at every
stage in their career. Given the impact COVID-19 has had on the
literary community, we are proud to continue to fund these
remarkable organizations sustaining the literary culture in our
communities now and for the future,” said Alexandra Woodworth,
Manager of the Amazon Literary Partnership.
This year’s grant recipients include a wide range of
organizations from 24 states and Washington D.C. New grant
recipients include Deep Vellum Publishing, City of Asylum
Pittsburgh, The Center for Africa, LitNet as well as past grant
recipients like the Asian American Writers Workshop, Lambda
Literary, National Novel Writing Month, the National Book
Foundation’s 5 Under 35, Words without Borders, and Poets &
Writers.
“The pandemic’s impact on the LGBTQ literary community has been,
and will continue to be, devastating. So many of us are struggling
to get by, are grieving, have fallen ill, or have been lost,” said
Sue Landers, Executive Director of Lambda Literary. “Generous
support from the Amazon Literary Partnership will help ensure that
Lambda Literary can continue to respond creatively and powerfully
to LGBTQ writers' needs as we move through this historic time.”
“As a small organization hosting the world’s largest writing
event, NaNoWriMo has depended on Amazon Literary Partnership's
support for more than 10 years to help create a global neighborhood
of writers focused on inclusivity, empowerment, and encouragement,”
said Grant Faulkner, Executive Director of National Novel Writing
Month. “We want everyone to embrace their creativity and make it a
priority, and Amazon Literary Partnership has been instrumental in
helping thousands of people believe in their story and give it
voice.”
“In times of danger and upheaval, writers help us make sense of
what is happening, expand our capacity for empathy, and imagine the
future. So we are especially grateful to have the renewed support
of Amazon Literary Partnership this year,” said Elliot Figman,
Executive Director, Poets & Writers. “The grant will help us
continue United States of Writing, an initiative to deepen our
support for writers nationwide. In a field that is woefully
under-capitalized, Amazon's support for the literary community is
critical.”
2020 Amazon Literary Partnership
grants 826 Valencia 826NYC Academy of American Poets
Archipelago Books Artist Relief Artist Trust Asian American
Writers' Workshop Aspen Words Association of Writers & Writing
Programs Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute
Brooklyn Book Festival.org Center for the Art of Translation
Centrum Chicago Humanities Festival City of Asylum Pittsburgh
Clarion West Coffee House Press Community of Literary Magazines
& Presses Community-Word Project Creative Writing Program,
University of Washington Deep Vellum Publishing Feminist Press,
Inc. Girls Write Now Graywolf Press GrubStreet Hedgebrook House of
SpeakEasy Hub City Writers Project Humanities Washington Indiana
Writers Center Jack Jones Literary Arts Kenyon Review Kundiman
Lambda Literary Lighthouse Writers Workshop LitNet: The Literary
Network Loft, Inc. (The Loft Literary Center) Milkweed Editions
Narrative 4, Inc. National Book Critics Circle Board National Book
Foundation National Novel Writing Month Open Letter Books/Best
Translated Book Award PEN America PEN America Writer's Emergency
Fund Restless Books Richard Hugo House Seattle Arts & Lectures
Seattle City of Literature Seattle Public Library Small Press
Distribution The Center for Fiction The Corporation of Yaddo The
Inner Loop The MacDowell Colony The Moth The Africa Center The
Telling Room The Writer's Block: Writing Downtown Residency Town
Hall Seattle Transit Books Ucross Foundation Washington Center for
the Book Words Without Borders WriteGirl Writers in the Schools
Young Writers Project Zora Neale Hurston/ Richard Wright
Foundation
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