Description: Amazon Literary Partnership announces the 2023 grant recipients awarded in more than 40 states.
Amazon Literary Partnership seeks to fund organizations working to champion diverse, marginalized, and underrepresented authors and storytellers. From New Orleans to Houston, Minneapolis to Salt Lake City, our previous grant recipients represent both local and national institutions of all sizes and include nonprofit writing centers, residencies, fellowships, after-school classes, literary magazines, national organizations supporting storytelling and free speech, and internationally acclaimed publishers of f
This year, we are excited to again work with the Academy of American Poets for our Poetry Fund, which will administer 10-15 grants. The Academy of American Poets is the nation’s largest membership-based nonprofit organization advocating for American poets and poetry, with a mission to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. The Academy will convene a panel, to include Celeste Guzmán Mendoza, Aileen Cassinetto, and M. Bartley Seigel, to rev
The 20 best books of 2023 so far, according to Amazon's book editors 'Hello Beautiful', 'All the Sinners Bleed', and 'Generations' top the list, which is curated by Amazon's in-house book lovers, the Amazon Books Editors. Read more From youth-focused writing programs to residency programs, publications, and award programs, Amazon Literary Partnership strives to support writers throughout their writing careers. We support organizations that amplify and uplift often overlooked and underrepresented writers, an