Grantee-Partner Profiles

Ugly Duckling Presse is a collectively-run, nonprofit publisher of poetry, translation, experimental prose, performance texts, and books by artists.

By identifying, cultivating, and publishing both new and established poets and selecting authors of unique literary talent, Boa Editions brings high-quality literature to the public.

Foglifter Press centers the stories of those who are multi-marginalized, propelling diverse collective narratives into the future literary history. 

Noemi Press values the daring, nurturing, guerilla, and extra nature of poetry, prioritizing publishing poetry that challenges, teaches, develops, and nourishes.

Host Publications publishes radical poetry and fiction by emerging LGBTQ+, BIPOC, intersectional feminist, and immigrant voices.

The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) provides resources, community, support, and advocacy to the translation community, ensuring that diverse voices from around the world are translated, published, and made accessible to readers in the United States and beyond.

Split This Rock serves as a home for socially engaged poets. 

InsideOut Literary Arts guides young people to express themselves, vocalize their challenges, and imagine new possibilities for the future through creative writing.

Nine Mile Arts brings great writing to readers without consideration of school, style, or form, with a special focus on Central New York. Through its Propel Poetry initiative, Nine Mile Arts is committed to publishing books by first-rate poets with disabilities.

Trans Poetics Archive is dedicated to making trans narratives more accessible through collection, archival, and contemporary publication.

The American Poetry Museum demonstrates the power of poetry in performance and its written form while providing a place to interact with art rather than reflect passively. 

Stomping Grounds Literary Arts Initiative is a Chicago-based arts and literacy incubator that immerses young people in the creative arts, fostering their personal growth, reflection, and the opportunity to take charge of their own lives. 

CavanKerry Press is a nonprofit literary press committed to expanding the reach of well-crafted poetry and literature by publishing works that explore the emotional and psychological landscapes of everyday life. 

Hub City Writers Project focuses on launching Southern poets into the national conversation while engaging and sustaining a large audience for contemporary poetry.

Young Chicago Authors helps young people discover the power of their voices through writing, performance, and publication.

The Design Museum of Chicago provides a platform for rich collections and design histories from the community, especially artists from underrepresented backgrounds. 

Sinister Wisdom explores a rich and complex legacy of queer, feminist, civil, disability rights, and other forms of progressive activism, connecting multigenerational, diverse queer communities across the globe. 

World Poetry publishes English-language translations of poetry from a broad range of languages and traditions, bringing important works of the past and present from around the world to readers in high-quality, affordable editions.

Bamboo Ridge Press is Hawai‘i's longest-running independent literary small press, celebrated for publishing one of the nation's oldest continuously running literary journals.

Reading Between the Lines (RBL) aims to mitigate the effects of institutional racism and mass incarceration by exposing people involved in the justice system to a lifeline of culture, conversation, analysis, and exploration of works of poetry and other creative genres.