New York, NY (August 7, 2024)—The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) has announced that it will award $350,000 in capacity-building grants to 46 nonprofit literary magazines and presses across the United States. Recipients will receive grants of $5,000 or $10,000 to support projects that build organizational capacity and ensure greater sustainability.
The Capacity-Building Grant Program is made possible with funding from Hawthornden Foundation, originally founded in 1983 by the late Drue Heinz.
“We are delighted to support CLMP in its essential capacity-building program for literary magazines and presses,” said Ellyn Toscano, Executive Director of Hawthornden Foundation. “The contributions of CLMP to the literary arts are incalculable. Their work enables the ongoing success of so many other literary nonprofits.”
Through its Capacity-Building Grant Program, CLMP will support grantees’ projects in areas such as fundraising, finance, marketing, publicity, distribution, and website development; skill-building opportunities for staff or board members; diversity and equity initiatives; leadership development and management training; strategic planning; and succession planning.
“We’re honored to continue the important work of providing literary magazines and independent presses with capacity-building support, thanks to Hawthornden Foundation,” said CLMP Executive Director Mary Gannon. “These publishers are essential to a vital and vibrant publishing ecosystem, and to the lives of writers and readers nationwide.”
Grants were recommended by an independent grantmaking panel composed of Amanda Bullock, Senior Artistic Director at Literary Arts in Portland, Oregon; Diana Marie Delgado, former Executive Director of Hugo House in Seattle, Washington; and Sue Landers, former Executive Director of Lambda Literary in New York City. Final grant decisions were made by CLMP and approved by a committee of the Board of Directors.
The grant recipients are:
Apogee Journal, $5,000
Archipelago Books, $10,000
Aunt Lute Books, $5,000
Bellevue Literary Press, $10,000
Bellevue Literary Review, $5,000
Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts & Letters, $10,000
Cardboard House Press, $5,000
CavanKerry Press, $10,000
Center for the Art of Translation / Two Lines Press, $10,000
Coffee House Press, $10,000
Deep Vellum Publishing, $10,000
Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network, $10,000
The Drift , $5,000
DSTL Arts, $5,000
Electric Literature, $10,000
The Evergreen Review, $5,000
F(r)iction, $10,000
The Feminist Press, $10,000
Fence Magazine, $5,000
Futurepoem, $5,000
Grid Books, $5,000
Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Art, $10,000
Haymarket Books, $5,000
The Hudson Review, $5,000
Los Angeles Review of Books, $10,000
Lucky Jefferson, $5,000
Lugar Comun, $10,000
Marsh Hawk Press, $5,000
McSweeney’s, $10,000
Narrative Magazine, $10,000
Nightboat Books, $10,000
Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, $10,000
The Offing, $5,000
Omnidawn Publishing, $10,000
One Story, $10,000
Orion Magazine, $10,000
Oxford American, $5,000
Passager Books, $10,000
Restless Books, $5,000
The Rumpus, $10,000
Sarabande Books, $5,000
Sinister Wisdom, $5,000
Split This Rock, $5,000
SWWIM, $5,000
Trio House Press, $5,000
Ugly Duckling Presse, $10,000
The National Book Foundation will also be awarding capacity-building grants to 49 nonprofit literary organizations across the U.S. through a similar program. To learn more about the National Book Foundation’s grantees, visit https://www.nationalbook.org/national-book-foundation-to-award-capacity-building-grants-to-49-literary-nonprofits-across-the-us/
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 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.
