Past
Grantees

Asian American Writers' Workshop, New York City, received $48,000 over two years in support of the Margins Fellows, awarded to three emerging New York City-based writers per year in 2017 and 2018.

Cave Canem Foundation received $55,000 ($11,000 per workshop over 2.5-years) to support New York City-based workshops for emerging poets, including a fall workshop in 2016 and spring and fall workshops in 2017 and 2018, including five 10-session workshops (30 program hours each) serving emerging adult African-American, Arab American, and poets of color living in New York City's five boroughs.

The Center For Fiction received $85,000 ($42,500 per year for two years) to support the 2016 and 2017 NYC Emerging Writers Fellowship Program.

Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $46,000 over two years to support the publication of six books by emerging authors from New York City or Minnesota in 2017 and 2018.

Community of Literary Magazines and Presses received $92,000 to support the FACE OUT: Maximizing the Visibility of Emerging Writers Program for four emerging writer/publisher teams based in New York City.

Four Way Books, New York City, received $46,000 over two years to support the publication of new work by emerging New York City poets in 2017 and 2018.

Graywolf Press received $23,000 to support the publication of books by three emerging New York City and Minnesota writers in 2016 and 2017.

The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $122,000 over two years in support of the Mentor Series for Emerging Minnesota Writers in 2017-18 and 18-19.

The Loft Literary Center received $124,000 ($62,000 per year for two years) to support the Minnesota Emerging Writers' Grant in 2016-17 and 2017-18, providing financial support and professional assistance for writers to pursue their artistic work and advance their careers.

Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $46,000 over two years to support the publication of six books by emerging authors from New York City or Minnesota in 2017 and 2018.

Poets House, New York City, received $68,000 over two years in support of the Emerging Poets Fellowship Program in 2017 and 2018.

Printed Matter received $24,000 to support the Emerging Artists’ Publication Series in 2016-17.

ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS' WORKSHOP, New York City, received a grant of $24,000 in support of the Margins Fellowship, an annual program designed to nurture emerging Asian American writers working in the genres of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is a national not-for-profit arts organization devoted to the creating, publishing, developing and disseminating of creative writing by Asian Americans. Through its writer fellowships, online magazines and live events, Asian American Writers’ Workshop seeks to strengthen the Asian American intellectual culture of the future through its curatorial platform, which includes its New York events series and its online editorial initiatives.

CAVE CANEM FOUNDATION, Brooklyn, New York, received $20,000 in support of two multiple session workshops serving emerging poets based in New York City during the fall of 2015 and spring of 2016. The fall workshop, Grabbing Poetry by the Throat, led by poet, performer and scholar Tracie Morris, considers how sonic intent and exploration can be cultivated as a way to create page-based and physically-embodied poems. The course consists of conventional and experimental poetry, free writing, body work, play, writing, revision and live presentation of new work for the community. The spring workshop, Writing across Cultures, led by Cathy Park Hong, challenges poets to push beyond their aesthetic comfort zone, writing in whatever ways the poem needs to be written—prayer, form, lament, ode, ars poetica, etc. — with the goal of developing an individual toolbox of language, image, voice and rhythm.

COFFEE HOUSE PRESS, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received $21,000 in support of the publication of three books by emerging writers. Funds will support author advances, editorial and artistic development, production, and promotion. Two of the emerging writers are based in New York City and one in Minnesota. The mission of Coffee House is to publish exciting, vital, and enduring authors of this time; to delight and inspire readers; to contribute to the cultural life of its community; and to enrich literary heritage. By building on the best traditions of publishing in the book arts, the Press produces books that celebrate imagination, innovation in the craft of writing, and the many authentic voices of the American experience.

INTERMEDIA ARTS, Minneapolis, Minnesota, received a two-year grant of $140,000 in support of the 2016 and 2017 Beyond the Pure Fellowships for Writers and VERVE Grants for Spoken Word Poets. The mission of Intermedia Arts is to be a catalyst that builds understanding among people through art. Beyond the Pure Fellowships make it possible for emerging writers to study with master teachers, work with mentors, travel for professional opportunities, bring work to publication, and keep writing. VERVE grants enable emerging spoken word poets to create new work, make CDs, tour their work, expand the range of performance opportunities, and work with established spoken word mentors.

MILKWEED EDITIONS, Minneapolis, Minnesota received $23,000 in support of Transformative Publishing in an Era of Transformation, the publication of three individual titles by emerging artists, including one collection of poems, one work of creative nonfiction, and one to-be-determined project. Both of the two determined titles are first books. The mission of Milkweed Editions is to identify, nurture and publish transformative literature, and build an engaged community around it. Milkweed’s commitment to publishing emerging writers has been foundational since its inception.

THE POETRY PROJECT, New York City, received a two-year grant of $44,000 in support of Emerge-Surface-Be. The Poetry Project promotes, fosters, and inspires the reading and writing of contemporary poetry to diverse audiences, increasing public awareness and appreciation of poetry, providing a community setting in which poets may exchange ideas and information, and encouraging the participation of new poets with a broad range of styles. It accomplishes these goals through live programming, workshops, publications, a website, and special events. Emerge-Surface-Be, a fellowship and mentoring program for emerging poets based in New York City, formalizes the distinct inter-generational pedagogical aspect of Poetry Project programs. It matches poets of promise deserving of greater recognition with established poet mentors. It also builds craft and audiences for the emerging poets’ work. Three emerging poets each year work one-on-one over nine months with three established poet mentors.

POETS HOUSE, New York City, received a two-year grant of $34,000 in support of Poets House: Emerging Poets Fellowship 5. Poets House is a national poetry library and literary center that invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of poetry. Poets House’s poetry resources and literary events document the wealth and diversity of poetry, stimulate public dialogue on issues of poetry in culture, and cultivate a wider audience for poetry. Since Poets House is open to all, part of its mission is to serve pre-emerging and emerging writers. These include high school students, college students, adults, seniors, and anyone interested in being a writer of poetry. All of its activities—its library, literary programs, children and youth programs, even exhibitions—support this endeavor.

ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS’ WORKSHOP, New York City, received $24,000 in support of The Margins Fellowship Program for emerging writers of Asian American descent based in New York City. The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is devoted to the creating, publishing, developing, and disseminating of creative writing by Asian Americans. The Margins is an online magazine dedicated to inventing the Asian American creative culture of tomorrow. Jerome support will subsidize the participation of emerging Asian American writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction in The Margins, and also support the authors’ own writing projects. They will receive additional services and opportunities during their fellowships.