NEA: FY 2005 GRANT AWARDS: Access to Artistic Excellence

FY 2005 Grant Awards: Access to Artistic Excellence

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
$30,000
To support the National Poetry Almanac, an online resource featuring 365 days of poetry highlights, activities, ideas, and history. The Academy will promote the almanac as a printable anthology and study guide to teachers and librarians across the country.

Alice James Books (Alice James Poetry Cooperative, Inc.)
Farmington, ME
$25,000
To support the publication and promotion of poetry titles selected from two annual competitions, as well as a collection of new and selected poetry by Donald Revell. The selected poets will read from their works at venues around the country.

American Poetry Review
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
To support increased author payments and a direct mail campaign for The American Poetry Review. The journal will solicit 120,000 readers of such publications as Utne Reader, New York Review of Books, and Black Scholar.

Antioch University (on behalf of Antioch Review)
Yellow Springs, OH
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of the Antioch Review. The publication will increase payments to writers and redesign its Web site to attract additional readers.

Bamboo Ridge Press
Honolulu, HI
$7,500
To support the publication and promotion of issues of Bamboo Ridge, a journal by and about the people of Hawaii. The journal will publish a special issue of short stories by Mavis Hara; the stories focus on three generations of Japanese women in Honolulu.

BOA Editions, Ltd.
Rochester, NY
$35,000
To support production, promotion, and related expenses for new volumes of poetry. Scheduled poets to be published include Russell Edson, Ray Gonzalez, Jacqueline Osherow, and Naomi Shihab Nye.

Boston University (on behalf of AGNI)
Boston, MA
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of AGNI. The magazine will launch an 8,000-piece direct mail campaign to readers of publications such as Poets & Writers.

Bowling Green State University Main Campus (on behalf of Mid-American Review)
Bowling Green, OH
$10,000
To support the publication and related expenses for issues of Mid-American Review. One issue will be devoted entirely to writers who are publishing for the first time.

Center for Religious Humanism (on behalf of Image)
Seattle, WA
$17,500
To support the production, promotion, and increased writers fees for issues of Image: A Journal of the Arts & Religion. The journal will increase its national reach through an improved Web site and a direct mail campaign.

Children's Book Press
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support the publication and promotion of bilingual children's books for Mexican-American and Arab-American communities. The press will promote the books to librarians, educators, and the general public at book fairs around the country.

Coffee House Press
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of fiction and creative nonfiction. Scheduled writers include Ellen Cooney, Laurie Foos, Kenneth Koch, U Sam Oeur, and Quincy Troupe

College of Charleston (on behalf of Crazyhorse)
Charleston, SC
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of Crazyhorse. Since 1960, this literary journal has featured writing from such authors as John Updike, Kynda Hull, and Raymond Carver.

Copper Canyon Press
Port Townsend, WA
$50,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of books of poetry. Authors include C.D. Wright, Alberto Rios, Arthur Sze, W.S. Merwin, and June Jordan.

Curbstone Press, Inc.
Willimantic, CT
$30,000
To support the translation, publication, and promotion of contemporary, multicultural poetry and fiction. Curbstone Press will sponsor readings in bookstores, libraries, schools, and communities with large minority populations.

Dalkey Archive Press (Center for Book Culture)
Normal, IL
$50,000
To support the publication and promotion of original and reprinted works of fiction and creative nonfiction in translation. Dalkey Archive Press will publish titles from Africa, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Russia, and Serbia.

Fairleigh Dickinson University (on behalf of The Literary Review)
Teaneck, NJ
$10,000
To support a special issue of The Literary Review devoted to contemporary Italian fiction in translation. The journal will sponsor free readings and donate 100 copies to hospitals and prisons.

FC2 (Fiction Collective, Inc.)
Tallahassee, FL
$7,500
To support the publication and promotion of works of fiction. The press will organize group readings for its authors in such cities as New Orleans, New York, and Tallahassee, Florida.

Feminist Press, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the publication and promotion of fiction and creative nonfiction in translation as part of the Women Writers of the Islamic World series. Scheduled titles explore the cultures of Iraq, Algeria, Afghanistan, the West Bank, and India

Friends of Writers, Inc. (on behalf of Four Way Books)
Marshfield, VT
$7,500
To support the publication and promotion of volumes of poetry, as well as author readings. Scheduled authors include Lee Briccetti, Pablo Medina, Cammy Thomas, and Dan Tobin.

Graywolf Press
St. Paul, MN
$65,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of volumes of poetry and creative nonfiction. Scheduled authors include Kevin McIlvoy, Susan Wheeler, Vijay Seshadri, Tom Sleigh, Sylvia Watanabe, Stephen Burt, and Saskia Hamilton.

Guild Complex (on behalf of Tia Chucha Press)
Chicago, IL
$7,500
To support the publication and promotion of books of poetry. Scheduled titles include a multicultural anthology of Tia Chucha Press authors, which the press will target to schools throughout the country.

Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature & Fine Arts, Inc.
Houston, TX
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of Gulf Coast. The journal will enhance its Web site and sponsor a Houston-based reading series for local emerging writers and a small press and journal book fair.

Hudson Review, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
To support Hudson Review Criticsand Poets Online, a free online archive of selected essays and poetry from the journal's 56 years of publishing. Each selection will include an author's photo and short biography, and audio links to recordings when available.

Kenyon Review
Gambier, OH
$10,000
To support publication costs and related expenses for issues of The Kenyon Review, including a special theme issue on the Human Genome Project. The journal is distributed to more than 6,000 readers across the country, including 1,000 libraries.

Milkweed Editions, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$40,000
To support the publication and promotion of books by emerging and mid-career writers. Scheduled authors include Laura Pritchett, Dennis Sampson, David Brendan Hopes, and Naomi Shihab Nye

National Poetry Series, Inc.
Princeton, NJ
$15,000
To support evaluation fees and publication costs for poetry volumes selected from the National Poetry Series Open Competition. Chosen by distinguished poets, the five winning manuscripts will be published by HarperCollins Publishers, Verse Press, Coffee House Press, the University of Illinois Press, and Viking Penguin.

Ploughshares, Inc.
Boston, MA
$15,000
To support the publication and national circulation of issues of Ploughshares. The Winter 2005-06 and Spring 2006 issues will feature new work by as many as 70 poets and 12 fiction writers.

Poetry Daily (Daily Poetry Association, Inc.)
Charlottesville, VA
$7,000
To support the online publication Poetry Daily. This journal features a new poem and poet every day, as well as criticism and links to contemprary poetry and poets.

Poetry Flash
Berkeley, CA
$10,000
To support the publication and distribution of issues of Poetry Flash, a free tabloid of event listings, readings, workshops and literary news. Distributed to 22,000 readers nationwide, Poetry Flash also includes poems, reviews, essays, and interviews.

Rain Taxi, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
To support the publication, promotion, and national distribution of issues of Rain Taxi Review of Books. The quarterly magazine features in-depth interviews, profiles of small, independent, and university presses, essays by writers, and reviews of current fiction, nonfiction, drama, and works in translation.

Red Hen Press
Granada Hills, CA
$15,000
To support the publication and promotion of works by California poets. The press will sponsor author readings as part of California's Poetry in the Schools program, and donate books to students at each reading.

Sarabande Books, Inc.
Louisville, KY
$30,000
To support the publication and promotion of collections of poetry and short fiction. Authors will conduct readings and workshops around the country.

Small Press Distribution, Inc.
Berkeley, CA
$40,000
To support a distribution initiative targeting individuals, libraries, and bookstores in all 50 states. Publications from approximately 500 small and independent presses will be included.

Threepenny Review
Berkeley, CA
$15,000
To support authors' fees and promotional costs for issues of the Threepenny Review. Featuring work by established and emerging writers, the proposed issues will be promoted through a direct mail subscription campaign targeting 90,000 readers.

Tupelo Press, Inc.
Dorset, VT
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of books of poetry. The press will publish the work of Vietnamese-American poets and arrange reading tours for veterans groups and other communities with a strong Vietnamese presence.

University of Hawaii at Manoa (on behalf of Manoa)
Honolulu, HI
$30,000
To support publication, promotion, distribution, and related expenses for issues of Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing. Scheduled issues include The Spirit of Tahiti and New Theater of Asia, The Pacific, and the Americas.

University of Houston (on behalf of Arte Público Press)
Houston, TX
$40,000
To support the publication and promotion of Spanish language editions of U.S. Latino literature for young adults. The press will sponsor author readings and distribute teacher guides that include background information, author biographies, analyses of major themes, and bibliographies of further readings.

University of Iowa (on behalf of University of Iowa Press)
Iowa City, IA
$8,000
To support publication costs and related expenses for winning selections from the Iowa Short Fiction Award and John Simmons Short Fiction Award competitions. Launched in 1970, the awards are given to two emerging writers each year.

University of Massachusetts at Amherst (on behalf of Jubilat)
Amherst, MA
$5,000
To support the publication and promotion of issues of Jubilat. Each issue will feature contemporary poetry, translations, reprints, found pieces, lyric prose, and author interviews.

University of Missouri at Columbia (on behalf of Missouri Review)
Columbia, MO
$20,000
To support publication, promotion, and related expenses for issues of The Missouri Review. The magazine will enhance its Web site and target 50,000 potential readers through a national direct mail campaign.

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA
$10,000
To support publication costs and related expenses for issues of the North American Review. Reaching as many as 750 libraries across the country, the review will solicit new readers through paid advertisements in such publications as Poets & Writers, AWP Writers Chronicle, The Writer, and Communication Arts.

Verse, Inc. (on behalf of Verse Press)
Florence, MA
$7,500
To support the publication, promotion, and distribution of new books of poetry and creative nonfiction. Verse Press will schedule author reading tours around the country.

White Pine Press (White Pine Inc.)
Buffalo, NY
$25,000
To support the translation, publication, and promotion of titles in the World of Voices Publishing Project. White Pine will bring authors to Buffalo, New York, for week-long residencies in high schools and community centers in underserved urban areas.

Zephyr Press (Aspect, Inc.)
Brookline, MA
$10,000
To support the publication and promotion of books by Austrian, Chinese, and American writers. The press will market its Chinese and Austrian titles to international bookstores and cultural centers, and add an audio component to its Web site featuring authors reading their work.

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