Feminist Press to receive $25k from Literary Arts Emergency Fund!

We are excited to announce that Feminist Press has been awarded $25,000 from the Literary Arts Emergency Fund!

The Literary Arts Emergency Fund, launched and administered by the Academy of American Poets, the Community of Literary Magazine & Presses (CLMP), and the National Book Foundation in 2020, will distribute $4,300,000 in funding to 313 nonprofit literary arts organizations and publishers across the U.S. that have experienced continued financial losses due to COVID-19.

The Literary Arts Emergency Fund was made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.

“These grants remain vital because the impact of the emergency of COVID-19 remains very present in our lives,” said Elizabeth Alexander, President of the Mellon Foundation. “Throughout the United States, readers, writers, poets, students, and teachers rely on our country’s vibrant ecosystem of literary magazines, presses, and organizations—one that reveals the power and the possibility of the literary arts to the broader public. We are proud to continue our support for this emergency fund and look forward to the remarkable poetry and literature it will help cultivate.”

The 313 literary organizations and publishers supported by the Literary Arts Emergency Fund, including Feminist Press, published 11,965 literary works, produced 30,201 events, and reached 210,055,047 audience members last year, and did so with a collective annual budget of $177,857,423.

“Feminist Press is grateful for the support of the CLMP and the Literary Arts Emergency Fund to help us face the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Executive Director and Publisher Margot Atwell. “Writers, publishers, and other literary arts organizations are essential to helping shape and reflect our culture. We look forward to continuing to publish and uplift marginalized and insurgent writers, and connecting with readers and others in the literary landscape across the United States this year with the help of this funding.”

For more information about the Literary Arts Emergency Fund and a complete list of recipients, see the announcement on the CLMP website.