Hear about the different strategies publishers have employed to respond to cuts in NEA funding at this #AWP26 panel.
Event Date
03/05/2026
Event Time
12:10 pm - 1:25 pm
Event Venue
Room 321-322, Level 300, Baltimore Convention Center
The recent cancellation of NEA grants amounts to a potential loss of over $1 million for more than fifty literary publishers in the coming years. What do such shortfalls mean for independent publishing? How can literary organizations recover and galvanize community support? This group of publishers will share concrete strategies—from grant research and fundraising initiatives to collaborative projects and joint programming—for organizing anew as the publishing industry grows more precarious.
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Moderator:
Kaitlin Hsu, Kaya Press
Presenters:
Stephen Motika, Nightboat Books
Moheb Soliman, Mizna
Jen Acker, The Common
