At Hawthornden Castle, one of the Foundation’s retreats, on the River North Esk in Midlothian. Image: Hawthornden Foundation
By Porter Anderson, Editor in Chief | @Porter_Anderson
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“Indispensable for a vital and dynamic ecosystem in the publishing industry”
OOn Wednesday (August 14), we received news that the United States National Book Foundation – which awards the National Book Awards – is distributing $350,000 in capacity-building grants to 49 nonprofit literary organizations across the United States, with funding provided by the Hawthornden Foundation.
Today (August 16) we have a list for a second round of $350,000, again made possible by the Hawthornden Foundation, but this time going to 46 nonprofit literary magazines and publishers in the U.S. So this time the generosity is going to the sector served by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), which our international readership knows for its support of mainly small programs producing literary magazines that may have comparatively low readership and circulation levels in the U.S.
Mary Gannon
Mary Gannon, Executive Director of CLMP, says: “Thanks to the Hawthornden Foundation, we are honoured to be able to continue the important work of providing capacity-building support to literary journals and independent publishers.
“These publishers are vital to a vital and vibrant publishing ecosystem and to the lives of authors and readers across the country.”
It is gratifying that one of the most encouraging aspects of the multinational Hawthornden Foundation’s extensive support for nonprofit publishing in the United States is the high level of integrity that goes into the structural elements of selecting and announcing grantees.
By involving umbrella organizations such as the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses and the National Book Foundation in our previously reported funding round, Hawthornden shows that the publisher is aware of its role as a supporter rather than a kingmaker.
You’ll also notice that this time, as with the grants mentioned by the National Book Foundation, the exact amounts of the grants awarded to various companies are disclosed. There’s a sense of full disclosure here that’s healthy and welcome – as is the total of $700,000 (£540,876 or €635,096) in a total of 95 grants to individual nonprofit companies.
Ellyn Toscano
And Ellyn Toscano, Gannon’s colleague in Hawthornden, says: “We are delighted CLMP in its important capacity-building programme for literary journals and publishers.
“The contributions of CLMP to the literary arts are invaluable. Their work enables the continued success of so many other nonprofit literary organizations.”
In this case, the CLMP administration appointed an independent jury of specialists to award the 46 grants to literary magazines and independent publishers, consisting of:
- Amanda Bullock, senior artistic director at Literary Arts in Portland, Oregon
- Diana Marie Delgado, former executive director of Hugo House in Seattle
- Sue Landers, former executive director of Lambda Literary in New York City
The final grant decisions were made by CLMP and approved by a committee of the Board of Directors.
Hawthornden Fellowship Recipients: Literary Journals and Publishers
- 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 Art and Literature of the African Diaspora, $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
- Network of Vietnamese Diaspora-Style Artists, $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 Magazine 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
- Common location, $10,000
- Marsh Hawk Press, $5,000
- McSweeney’s, $10,000
- Narrative Magazine, $10,000
- Nightboat Books, $10,000
- Obsidian: Literature and Art in the African Diaspora, $10,000
- The offer, $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
- Uncanny Wisdom, $5,000
- Share this stone, $5,000
- SWWIM, $5,000
- Trio House Press, $5,000
- Ugly Duckling Press, $10,000
Our readers will recall that CLMP’s program includes the annual Firecracker Awards for fiction, nonfiction, poetry and literary magazines. As we cover international book and publishing awards from so many world markets, we hope to bring you news of this year’s round of Firecracker Awards soon.
For more information from Publishing Perspectives on the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) in the United States, click here; for more information on the international Hawthornden Foundation, click here; and for more information from us on the U.S. market, click here.
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