New York, NY (July 14, 2025)—In alliance with Amazon Literary Partnership, the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) is pleased to announce the 2025 grant recipients of the Literary Magazine Fund. Originally launched with CLMP in 2019, the Literary Magazine Fund furthers Amazon Literary Partnership’s role as a supporter of literary organizations nationwide and helps to build the readership of literary magazines.
CLMP convened a grant-making panel composed of authors Victoria Blanco, Garrard Conley, and Taylor Johnson. Final award decisions were made by Amazon Literary Partnership in collaboration with CLMP.
The 2025 Literary Magazine Fund Grant Recipients are:
A Public Space
African Voices Communications
Alaska Quarterly Review
American Short Fiction
Bellevue Literary Review
Electric Literature
Lucky Jefferson
Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing
Narrative Magazine
New England Review
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora
One Story
Orion
Rain Taxi
SISTORIES
Slant’d
Stranger’s Guide
The Common
The Drift
The Echo Teen Art & Lit Mag
Triple Canopy
“CLMP is incredibly honored to champion the vital work of literary magazines through the Literary Magazine Fund,” said CLMP Executive Director Mary Gannon. “We are so grateful to Amazon Literary Partnership for its continued support of this singular opportunity.”
“For more than 15 years, the mission of the Amazon Literary Partnership has been to support organizations that are vital to sustaining the literary culture of communities and to connect writers with their readers,” said Al Woodworth, Manager of the Amazon Literary Partnership. “Once again, we’re thrilled to work with the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses on the Literary Magazine Fund to help fund the vibrant and exciting field of literary magazines. We thank CLMP and this year’s grant recipients for publishing such incredible work and sharing writers’ words with readers everywhere.”
To learn more about the Literary Magazine Fund, visit www.clmp.org/lit-mag-fund.
To learn about Amazon Literary Partnership and for information about the other 2025 grant recipients, visit www.amazonliterarypartnership.com.
About Amazon Literary Partnership
Since 2009, the Amazon Literary Partnership has provided more than $18 million in funding to local, regional, and national organizations across the country that empower writers to create, publish, learn, teach, experiment, and thrive. Among the organizations the Amazon Literary Partnership has supported over the years are the Academy of American Poets, Asian American Writers Workshop, National Book Foundation, PEN America, Poets & Writers, Girls Write Now, Lambda Literary Foundation, Loft Literary Center, National Novel Writing Month, Words Without Borders, Yaddo, and many more. Through Amazon’s annual grants, Amazon supports literary centers, writing workshops, residencies, fellowships, literary magazines, independent publishers, and poetry and translation programs. Writers supported by these organizations have gone on to become best-selling and award-winning authors. To learn more about Amazon Literary Partnership, please visit www.amazonliterarypartnership.com.
About CLMP
CLMP ensures a vibrant, diverse literary landscape by helping mission-driven independent literary magazines and presses thrive. Since 1967, CLMP has provided publishers with funding and technical assistance; facilitated peer-to-peer learning and group action; served as a dependable, essential hub for best practices, resources, and nurturing community support; and connected publishers with other groups of literary stakeholders, including readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, educators, presenting organizations, and funders. Along with directly serving 1,000+ publishers located in almost every state in the country, CLMP administers the Lit Mag Adoption program, which provides educators and students with discounted magazine subscriptions; the $10,000 Constellation Award, given to honor an independent literary press that is led by and/or champions the writing of people of color for excellence in publishing; and the Firecracker Awards for Independently Published Literature, which celebrate magazines and books that make a significant contribution to our literary culture, among other programs.
