2009 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

[ March 10, 2008 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
$35,000
To support the publication and promotion 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
$35,000
To support the publication and promotion of books of poetry. The selected poets will also read from their works at venues around the country.

Archipelago Books, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$35,000
To support the publication and promotion of works of fiction in translation. Proposed works will be translated into English from Turkish, Dutch, German, Croatian, Icelandic, Polish, French, and Russian.

Aspect, Inc. (aka Zephyr Press)
Brookline, MA
$20,000
To support the publication and promotion of books of international literature in translation by Zephyr Press. Proposed works will be translated into English from Chinese and Romanian, among other languages.

Bamboo Ridge Press
Honolulu, HI
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of the literary journal Bamboo Ridge and a book of fiction. The journal will focus on the unique literature and culture of Hawaii, and the proposed story collection by Filipino-American writer Michelle Cruz Skinner will explore the Filipino diaspora from the Philippines to Hawaii to Italy.

Bard College (on behalf of Words Without Borders)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$20,000
To support the publication and promotion of contemporary literature from the Islamic world. Scheduled titles include an anthology of modern literature from the Muslim world edited by Reza Aslan, and an anthology of contemporary world poetry edited by Ilya Kaminsky.

Bard College (on behalf of Conjunctions)
Annandale-Hudson, NY
$10,000
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.

BOA Editions, Ltd.
Rochester, NY
$30,000
To support the production, promotion, and related expenses for new volumes of poetry and fiction. Scheduled authors include Matthew Shenoda, Cecilia Woloch, Michael Blumenthal, Sharon Bryan, Jessica Treat, Ray Gonzalez, Louis Simpson, and Joanna Howard.

Boston University (on behalf of Agni Magazine)
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support the printing and promotion of AGNI Magazine. The organization will automate its Web site, continue a direct-mail campaign, place advertisements in a national publication, and print issues.

CALYX, Inc. (aka CALYX, A Journal of Art & Literature by Women)
Corvallis, OR
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of the journal Calyx. The project also includes a promotional program with direct mailings, special Web site offers, and author readings across the country.

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

Center for the Art of Translation
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of the literary anthology Two Lines. A strategic marketing plan will also increase book sales and reach new audiences.

Central Missouri State University (on behalf of Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing and Pleiades Press)
Warrensburg, MO
$10,000
To support the publication of Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing. Upcoming issues will feature such neglected writers as poets Laura Jensen and Dunstan Thompson.

Children's Book Press
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of multicultural and bilingual board books for early readers. Proposed titles include bilingual works in Spanish, English, and Chinese.

Coffee House Press
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of volumes of poetry and fiction. Scheduled writers include Norah Labiner, Sam Savage, Gilbert Sorrentino, Mary Caponegro, Laird Hunt, Ted Mathys, and Adrian Castro.

College of Charleston (on behalf of Crazyhorse)
Charleston, SC
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of the literary journal Crazyhorse. The journal will undertake a direct-mail campaign as well as increased print runs, author payments, and advertisements.

Copper Canyon Press
Port Townsend, WA
$60,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of books of poetry. Proposed authors include Jim Harrison, Gregory Orr, Alberto Ros, Benjamin Alire Senz, and Chase Twichell.

Creative Nonfiction Foundation (aka Creative Nonfiction)
Pittsburgh, PA
$5,000
To support the redesign of the literary journal Creative Nonfiction. The journal will also launch a promotional campaign to increase visibility, influence, and readership.

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 The Missouri Review. Audiobook versions of the journal also will be produced.

Curbstone Press, Inc.
Willimantic, CT
$20,000
To support the publication and promotion of multicultural works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Curbstone Press will sponsor readings at cultural and educational institutions around the country.

Dalkey Archive Press
Champaign, IL
$45,000
To support the publication and promotion of the International Voices Project, original and reprinted works of fiction in translation. The press will publish titles from the Czech Republic, Argentina, Spain, France, Estonia, Brazil, Finland, Japan, and Austria.

Ether Sea Projects, Inc. (aka Litmus Press)
Brooklyn, NY
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of the literary journal Aufgabe by Litmus Press, as well as collections of poetry and works of international literature. Proposed authors include Jennifer Scappettone, Stacy Szymaszek, Kari Edwards, Claude Cahun, and Ayane Kawata.

Feminist Press, Inc. (aka The Feminist Press at CUNY)
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of books by international women writers. Authors hail from Asian and African countries including India, Korea, and Zimbabwe.

Fence Magazine, Inc. (aka Fence/Fence Books)
Albany, NY
$12,500
To support the publication and promotion of Fence magazine and Fence Books. Scheduled poetry titles include Laura Sim's Stranger, Aaron Kinin's The Sore Throat, and Brandon Downing's Lake Antiquity.

Four Way Books, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of books of poetry. Scheduled authors include Joel Brouwer, Meg Kearney, Farrah Field, Paul Otremba, Daniel Simko, and Sandy Tseng.

Graywolf Press
Saint Paul, MN
$45,000
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of volumes of poetry and creative nonfiction. Scheduled authors include Dobby Gibson, D. A. Powell, Stephen Burt, Albert Goldbarth, Ellen Bryant Voight, Fred Marchant, and Mary Jo Bang.

Great Books Foundation
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of the literary journal The Common Review, as well as the anthology The Great Books Short Story Omnibus. Literary events will be timed to coincide with the publication of each issue.

Hudson Review, Inc. (aka The Hudson Review)
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of the translation issue of The Hudson Review. This special issue will include translations from the work of Victor Hugo by R. S. Gwynn, G. G. Belli by Charles Martin, and Yves Bonnefoy by Emily Grosholz.

Kenyon Review
Gambier, OH
$10,000
To support publication costs and related expenses for the Kenyon Review. The publication will integrate its print and online content and will launch a marketing campaign to promote both the journal and the Web site.

Milkweed Editions, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$40,000
To support the publication and promotion of works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Scheduled authors include Wayne Miller, Melissa Kwasny, Jody Gladding, J. C. Hallman, Christopher Merrill, and Jessica Lee Anderson.

Muae Publishing, Inc. (aka Kaya Press)
New York, NY
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of works of poetry and fiction by Kaya Press. Scheduled authors include Brian Castro, Catherine Liu, Sesshu Foster, and Nagahara Shôson.

North Carolina State University (on behalf of Obsidian III)
Raleigh, NC
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of the literary journal Obsidian III: Journal of African and African Diaspora Literature. Upcoming issues will focus on South Carolina literature and Zora Neale Hurston's legacy.

One Story, Inc.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of the literary journal One Story. Each issue features one short story by one writer.

Ploughshares, Inc.
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support the publication and national distribution of Ploughshares. The fall 2009, winter 2009-10, and spring 2010 issues will feature new work by as many as 35 poets and 20 fiction writers.

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

Rain Taxi, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$7,500
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of the Rain Taxi Review of Books. The quarterly magazine has a national circulation of 18,000 copies.

Rattapallax, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support the development, publication, 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
$12,500
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of new works of poetry and creative nonfiction in the American World of Ideas series. Authors include Chris Abani, Percival Everett, Katharine Coles, Ernest Hilbert, and Orlando White.

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

Sixteen Rivers Press, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of a collection of poetry.

Small Press Distribution, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
To support the printing, marketing, and distribution of print and Web-based catalogues and the warehousing of titles. Books and other works from approximately 450 small and independent presses will be included.

Southern Methodist University (on behalf of The Southwest Review)
Dallas, TX
$5,000
To support the promotion of the Southwest Review. One special double issue will be devoted to "Style as Performance/Performance as Style."

Southern Poetry Review, Inc.
Savannah, GA
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of the Southern Poetry Review. The journal will advertise in several established literary journals.

Teachers and Writers Collaborative
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the development and dissemination of materials related to the teaching of creative writing and the literary arts. The collaborative will publish Rouse Our Rhyme, a book on teaching poetry in the K-12 classroom, issues of the quarterly magazine Teachers & Writers, and issues of an e-newsletter.

The Oxford American Literary Project
Conway, AR
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of the literary magazine The Oxford American. The journal continues to highlight the work of emerging and established Southern writers.

Threepenny Review
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
To support authors' fees and promotion costs for 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.

Tupelo Press, Inc.
Dorset, VT
$15,000
To support the publication and promotion of new collections of poetry and international literature. Proposed authors include Patricia Fargnoli, Dan Beachy-Quick, Theodore Deppe, Joan Houlihan, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Martha Zweig, Jennifer Militello, Angela Shaw, and Rene Char.

Ugly Duckling Presse, Ltd.
Brooklyn, NY
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of books of poetry, international literature, and a playscript. Proposed authors include Carlos Oquendo de Amat, Garrett Kalleberg, Kristen Kosmas, Srečko Kosovel, Rachel Levitsky, Matthew Rohrer, Rick Snyder, and Kevin Varrone.

University of Hawaii at Manoa (on behalf of Manoa Journal)
Honolulu, HI
$12,500
To support the publication and promotion of Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing. The journal continues to focus on contemporary work from Asia and the Pacific.

University of Houston- Victoria (on behalf of The American Book Review)
Victoria, TX
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of the American Book Review. The journal also will co-sponsor a reading series with the university featuring lectures, roundtable discussions, workshops, and podcasts.

University of North Carolina at Wilmington (on behalf of Ecotone)
Wilmington, NC
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of a special issue of the literary journal Ecotone. The expanded issue will focus on evolution and Charles Darwin in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Darwin's Origin of Species.

University of Southern Mississippi (on behalf of Mississippi Review)
Hattiesburg, MS
$5,000
To support writers fees for the Mississippi Review. Issues will include nonfiction, fiction, and poetry by both established and emerging writers.

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

Wesleyan University (on behalf of Wesleyan University Press)
Middletown, CT
$35,000
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of books of poetry. Proposed authors include Kazim Ali, Rae Armantrout, Afzal Ahmed Syed, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Brenda Hillman.

White Pine, Inc. (aka White Pine Press)
Buffalo, NY
$20,000
To support the publication and promotion of volumes of poetry and works in translation. Scheduled authors include Robert Bly and Aliki Barnstone.

ZYZZYVA, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$5,000
To support the publication, promotion, and related costs for 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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