The Literary Arts Fund announced the first 40 literary arts organizations and publishers to receive $7.7 million in unrestricted general operating grants. The recipients “organize local book festivals, present readings and conversations with authors, host writing workshops, offer writers’ retreats and residencies, and are responsible for a vast amount of poetry and works in translation published each year.” Over half of the recipients have annual budgets of under $1 million. The full list is posted here. The fund’s next grant opportunity—supporting new, one-time innovative projects—opens on June 8, when they will post guidelines for applying. Announced last October, the fund […]
