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NYSCA NYTAP Regrant Program

For New York State Literary Magazines and Presses

Guidelines

CLMP offers New York State–based literary magazines and presses the opportunity to apply for grants of $2,500, $5,000, and $7,500 to support projects that build organizational capacity and ensure greater sustainability.

The NYSCA NYTAP Regrant Program serves as an interim step toward applying to NYSCA for organizations with budgets large enough to be eligible but without the capacity to apply and for those publishers with budgets too small to be eligible to apply to NYSCA directly. All projects should focus on capacity building, rather than the routine costs of publishing. Examples of projects include software upgrades, redesigns, accessibility initiatives, special marketing efforts, and development/fundraising efforts. Consultant fees may be included in the project budget. Final reporting is required from all grantees.

Eligibility and Requirements

  • Applicants must be New York State-based literary magazines and/or presses.
  • Publishers that received NYSCA funding for 2027 are ineligible.
  • Publishers must be nonprofit organizations or have a fiscal sponsor. For organizations applying with a fiscal sponsor, the fiscal sponsor must also be located in New York.
  • Publishers must have published at least one title or issue within the past 18 months.
  • Publishers must be primarily literary (over 50% of work published must be fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama, and/or literary reviews).
  • Publishers that primarily publish children’s literature are not eligible.
  • Hybrid publishers and self-publishers are not eligible.
  • Place-based projects in locations outside of New York State are ineligible. 
  • Requested amounts cannot exceed 50% of an organization’s operating budget of the most recently completed fiscal year.
  • Grantees must complete the proposed project by November 30, 2027.
  • Grantees must submit a final report by December 15, 2027.

For more information, read our FAQs.

Review Process

Applications will be reviewed based on the following criteria:

  • Clear and complete articulation of the proposed project
  • Feasibility of the project as described in the project description and budget
  • Potential impact on organizational capacity and/or sustainability
  • Organization’s contribution to the literary field and artistic excellence of the submitted work samples 

Grantees will be recommended by an independent panel of three individuals with expertise in the literary field. Final grant decisions will be approved by a committee of the CLMP Board of Directors.

For additional information about how to apply, please consult the following CLMP resources:

Timeline

November 9, 2026: Application portal opens
January 11, 2027, 11:59 p.m. ET: Application portal closes
March 2027: Grants announced
March–November 2027: Grant period
November 30, 2027: Projects completed
December 15, 2027: Final reports due

Application and Deadline

Applications will be accepted through Submittable only. Applicants must create a free Submittable account in order to apply. To preview the application, applicants may download it here. 

The deadline to submit applications is January 11, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. ET. 

Information Session

CLMP will hold an information session about this opportunity on November 10, 2026, at 4 p.m. ET. 

This program is funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.NYSCA Logo