Writing and Publishing Grants: Literary Arts Emergency Fund for COVID-19 Relief

CLMP has joined the Academy of American Poets and the National Book Foundation to establish the Literary Arts Emergency Fund, which will provide $3.5 million to the literary arts, a field that has been disastrously impacted by COVID-19. Regrants from this fund, made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will be distributed by September 15, 2020.

Eligibility
Literary arts organizations and publishers (magazines and presses)* AND
Incorporated nonprofits with 501(c)3 status OR a fiscal agent

*Because recent financial losses experienced by literary nonprofit organizations and publishers have been substantial and emergency relief is limited, libraries, museums, book arts organizations, literacy organizations, humanities councils, centers for the book, residencies, playwriting organizations, author’s homes, and organizations devoted to championing the legacy of an individual writer are ineligible.

Deadline & Notification 

Applications must be submitted by August 7, 2020, at 11:59 PM eastern standard time. Only submissions made online through Submittable will be reviewed. 

All applicant organizations will be notified whether or not they received funding by email by September 15, 2020.

Additional Information

The Literary Arts Emergency Fund will award one-time, unrestricted grants from $5,000 to $50,000. 

The determination of grant amounts will include financial need and projected loss due to COVID-19; diversity, equity, and inclusion in regards to an organization’s staff and board, poets and writers contracted, and audiences served; budget size; and an organization’s demonstrated ability to offer continued programming.

This Literary Arts Emergency Fund is managed by the Academy of American Poets, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, and National Book Foundation, which will respectively be making grants to:

Poetry organizations;
Publishers (literary magazines and presses);
Literary or writers’ centers, book festivals, Writers in the Schools programs, and literary presenting organizations.

Decisions about the eligibility of applications as determined by these three organizations are final.

These three organizations assume no responsibility for applications not received due to user error. Applicant organizations will receive an email confirming receipt of their application and may verify receipt of their application by logging into Submittable.

Applications will be reviewed by independent panelists. Panel ratings will form the basis for funding recommendations.

Award decisions will be approved and finalized by members of the Board of Directors of the three organizations.

For more information and to apply, go here.