2007 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ March 13, 2006 deadline ]

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Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

Literature

Academy of American Poets, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of American Poet magazine. The Academy also will expand its online publishing initiative, poets.org, which serves nearly one million visitors each month.

Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc. (aka Alice James Books)
Farmington, ME
$30,000
To support the publication and promotion of poetry titles from annual competitions. The selected poets will read from their works at venues around the country.

American Poetry Review
Philadelphia, PA
$12,500
To support the publication and promotion of the American Poetry Review. The journal will promote its issues through a direct-mail campaign, special offers to students at writing programs, and Web site visitors.

Archipelago Books, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$25,000
To support the publication and promotion of fiction and poetry titles in translation. Works will be translated into English from Spanish, Russian, German, Polish, Japanese, and Dutch.

Aunt Lute Foundation (aka Aunt Lute Books)
San Francisco, CA
$15,000
To support the publication and promotion of new works of multicultural fiction by women writers. The press will tour its writers to diverse communities across the country.

Ausable Press, Inc.
Keene, NY
$7,500
To support the publication and promotion of books of poetry. The press will advertise its titles in catalogues mailed to 5,000 individuals and bookstores.

Bamboo Ridge Press
Honolulu, HI
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of Bamboo Ridge, a journal by and about the people of Hawaii. The journal will publish a special issue of short stories by Joe Tsujimoto.

Bard College (on behalf of Words Without Borders)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$30,000
To support the continued development and promotion of Words Without Borders, an interactive Web site devoted to international literature. The project will focus on writing from Central and Southeast Asia, Yemen and Qatar, and the Muslim Balkans.

Bard College (on behalf of Conjunctions)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$7,500
To support the publication and promotion of the journal Conjunctions. Published twice a year, each issue of the journal has a unifying theme and averages more than 400 pages per issue.

Big River Association (aka River Styx)
St. Louis, MO
$5,000
To support the publication and distribution of issues of River Styx, St. Louis's oldest literary magazine. River Styx will sponsor an international poetry contest for more than 500 poets worldwide.

BOA Editions, Ltd.
Rochester, NY
$25,000
To support the production, promotion, and related expenses for new volumes of poetry. Scheduled poets to be published include X. J. Kennedy, G.C. Waldrep, Laurie Kutchins, and Sean Thomas Dougherty.

Boston Critic Inc. (aka Boston Review)
Cambridge, MA
$10,000
To support payment to international novelists for their essays examining the role of fiction in making sense of global and cultural conflicts. Proposed authors include Isabel Allende, George Pelecanos, Israeli writer David Grossman, Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, and South African writer Zakes Mda.

Boston University (on behalf of AGNI Magazine)
Boston, MA
$12,500
To support the publication and promotion of issues of AGNI. The magazine will hire a publicist and place newly designed advertisements in national magazines.

Center for Religious Humanism (on behalf of Image, A Journal of the Arts & Religion)
Seattle, WA
$10,000
To support the production, promotion, and increased writers' fees for issues of Image: A Journal of the Arts & Religion. The journal will increase its national reach through an improved Web site and a direct-mail campaign.

Coffee House Press
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Scheduled writers include Quincy Troupe, C. S. Giscombe, Joseph Lease, Sun Yung Shin, Elaine Equi, Yuko Taniguchi, and Wang Ping.

Copper Canyon Press
Port Townsend, WA
$45,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of books of poetry. Authors will include Ruth Stone, C. D. Wright, Alberto Ríos, W. S. Merwin, and Christian Wiman.

Curators of the University of Missouri at Columbia (on behalf of BkMk Press)
Columbia, MO
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of fiction and poetry. The press will promote the books through author interviews to appear on the radio program, New Letters on the Air, and in print in the literary journal New Letters.

Curators of the University of Missouri at Columbia (on behalf of Missouri Review)
Columbia, MO
$15,000
To support the publication, promotion, and related expenses for issues of the Missouri Review. The magazine will provide publishing mentorships for undergraduate and graduate students.

Curbstone Press, Inc.
Willimantic, CT
$15,000
To support the translation, publication, and promotion of multicultural poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Curbstone Press will sponsor readings at cultural and educational institutions around the country.

Dalkey Archive Press
Normal, IL
$65,000
To support the publication and promotion of original and reprinted works of fiction in translation. The press will publish titles from the Czech Republic, Portugal, Argentina, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, France, Finland, Uruguay, Romania, and Belgium.

Feminist Press, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of fiction by international women writers. Authors hail from Iraq, Italy, Pakistan, the Ivory Coast, Mexico, and Uganda.

Four Way Books, Inc.
New York, NY
$17,500
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of second and third books of poetry. Scheduled authors include Ellen Dudley, Terri Ford, Forrest Hamer, and C. Dale Young.

Gettysburg College (on behalf of The Gettsyburg Review)
Gettysburg, PA
$5,000
To support a comprehensive marketing campaign to promote The Gettysburg Review. The journal will launch five separate direct-mail, special-offer subscription drives designed to reach new audiences.

Graywolf Press
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of creative nonfiction. Scheduled authors include Sven Birkerts, Kathleen Jamie, Ander Monson, William Kittredge, John Burnside, Jane Jeong Trenka, Brenda Ueland, Charles Baxter, Donald Revell, Binyavanga Wainaina, and Ron Carlson.

Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature & Fine Arts
Houston, TX
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of the biannual journal Gulf Coast. The journal will launch a direct-mail campaign to 8,000 readers of Texas Monthly.

Heyday Institute (aka Heyday Books)
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
To support the publication and promotion of creative nonfiction by California Indian authors. The press will schedule group readings at large and small venues throughout the state.

Kenyon Review
Gambier, OH
$7,500
To support publication costs and related expenses for issues of The Kenyon Review. The Review will integrate its Web site content with that of the magazine and continue a marketing campaign to promote both the journal and the Web site.

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (on behalf of Louisiana State University Press)
Baton Rouge, LA
$15,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry. Scheduled authors include Kelly Cherry, Brendan Galvin, Margaret Gibson, R.T. Smith, and Reginald Gibbons.

Milkweed Editions, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$35,000
To support the publication and promotion of books by emerging and mid-career writers. Scheduled authors include Deborah Keenan, John Caddy, David Rhodes, Bill Holm, Matthew Eck, and Seth Kantner.

Muae Publishing, Inc. (aka Kaya Press)
New York, NY
$7,500
To support the publication and promotion of fiction and poetry by Asian diasporic writers. The press will promote the titles through a new catalogue, readings, and direct-mailings to libraries and academic institutions.

Ploughshares, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support the publication and national distribution of issues of Ploughshares. The winter 2007-08 and spring 2008 issues will feature new work by as many as 70 poets and 12 fiction writers.

Poetry Flash
Berkeley, CA
$5,000
To support the publication and distribution of issues of Poetry Flash, a free tabloid of event listings, readings, workshops, and literary news. Divided geographically, Poetry Flash lists programs throughout California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southwest.

Rain Taxi, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of issues of Rain Taxi Review of Books. The quarterly magazine has a current national circulation of 18,000 copies.

Rattapallax, Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the development, presentation, and promotion of Rattapallax magazine. Accompanying the magazine will be a DVD featuring short films, documentaries, art projects by filmmakers, and poets reading their work in their native language.

Red Hen Press, Inc.
Granada Hills, CA
$10,000
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of new works of fiction and creative nonfiction. Authors include California poet Jack Foley and German author and freelance journalist Antje Rávic Strubel.

Sarabande Books, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$20,000
To support the publication and promotion of collections of poetry and personal narratives. The press will promote the authors online to rural and urban schools and libraries.

Small Press Distribution, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
To support a distribution initiative targeting bookstores, libraries, and academic settings in all 50 states. Publications from approximately 470 small and independent presses will be included.

Threepenny Review
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
To support authors' fees and promotional costs for issues of the Threepenny Review. The proposed issues will be promoted through a direct-mail campaign, collaborative literary events with other organizations, advertising, appearances at local book fairs, and the journal's Web site.

Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural, Inc. (on behalf of Tia Chucha Press)
Sylmar, CA
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of new and reprinted works of poetry. Authors include Linda Susan Jackson, Manazar Gamboa, and Michael Warr.

Ugly Duckling Presse, Ltd. (aka UDP)
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of books of experimental poetry. The press will promote the titles at local and regional press fairs.

University of Evansville (on behalf of University of Evansville Press)
Evansville, IN
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of new anthologies of contemporary poetry. Titles will include Poetic Voices: A Contemporary Anthology of Dramatic Monologues, edited by Samuel Maio, and Modern Love Poems, edited by Henry Russell.

University of Hawaii at Manoa (on behalf of Manoa)
Honolulu, HI
$15,000
To support publication, promotion, distribution, and related expenses for issues of Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing. Scheduled issues will focus on writing from India and Pakistan, as well as literature that addresses increasing world tensions and violence.

University of Massachusetts at Amherst (on behalf of Jubilat)
Amherst, MA
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of Jubilat. Each issue will feature contemporary poetry, translations, reprints, found pieces, lyric prose, and author interviews.

University of Texas at Austin (on behalf of Center for Middle Eastern Studies)
Austin, TX
$15,000
To support the publication of contemporary Arabic fiction in translation. The works, targeted to English-readers nationwide, include novels and memoirs by women from Iraq, Morocco, and Egypt.

Utah State University (on behalf of Isotope: A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing)
Logan, UT
$5,000
To support the publication and distribution of issues of Isotope: A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing. The issues will include nonfiction, fiction, and poetry by both established and emerging writers.

Wesleyan University (on behalf of Wesleyan University Press)
Middletown, CT
$20,000
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of new collections of poetry. The press will promote the titles on its Web site with a special effort at targeting classrooms.

Western Washington University (on behalf of Bellingham Review)
Bellingham, WA
$5,000
To support the promotion and distribution of the Bellingham Review. Each issue of the journal features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and interviews from established and emerging writers.

White Pine Inc. (aka White Pine Press)
Buffalo, NY
$25,000
To support the translation, publication, and promotion of titles in the World of Voices Publishing Project. White Pine will expand its Web site to include additional author information, excerpts, study guides, and easy ordering capabilities.

Writer's Review, Inc. (aka American Book Review)
Bloomington, IL
$7,500
To support the publication and related expenses of issues of American Book Review. The project will include promotion of the journal and honoraria to writers.

ZYZZYVA, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the publication, promotion, and related costs for issues of Zyzzyva, a journal featuring the work of West Coast writers. Each issue includes approximately 20 writers, one-third of whom have never been in print.

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