FP to receive $35k Award from the National Endowment for the Arts!

New York, NY—Feminist Press is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $35,000. The NEA will award 1,127 Grants for Arts Projects awards nationwide totaling more than $31.8 million as part of the recent announcement of fiscal year 2025 grants.

“The NEA is proud to continue our nearly 60 years of supporting the efforts of organizations and artists that help to shape our country’s vibrant arts sector and communities of all types across our nation,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “It is inspiring to see the wide range of creative projects taking place, including this project from Feminist Press.”

“Feminist Press is immensely grateful for this award from the National Endowment for the Arts,” said Feminist Press senior editor Jeanne Thornton. “The NEA supports the important work done by nonprofit publishers across the United States. We look forward to sharing our fantastic NEA-funded books with readers and community members this year.”

The award will support the publication and promotion of six books in 2025, including the debut short story collection Sympathy for Wild Girls (May 2025) and the nonfiction titles in translation from Brazil Putafeminista and So What If I’m a Puta (July 2025).

For more information on other projects included in the NEA’s grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news.