We at The Common are pleased to announce the receipt of our seventh award from the Amazon Literary Partnership’s Literary Magazine Fund.
“We are grateful for the Amazon Literary Partnership’s continued support and are honored to receive this award,” said Jennifer Acker, The Common editor-in-chief. “The funding from this grant allows us to ensure our authors are paid a competitive rate as we work with them through each step of the publication process.”
The Common plans to use this $5,000 grant to continue amplifying the voices of communities underrepresented in the literary world. Previous grants from the Amazon Literary Partnership have been used to fund portfolios spotlighting writing from Amman, Jordan (Issue 29); Arabic stories from Chad, South Sudan, and Eritrea (Issue 27); and writing and art from the farmworker community (Issue 26). This new funding will further The Common’s goal of celebrating a diverse group of global writers by offering them direct payments and helping them find global readership through our print and online publishing platforms. Forthcoming Issue 30, which marks The Common’s 15th publishing year, features debut fiction, essays about the female body and an abandoned Argentine village, and poetry from emerging and established writers.
“CLMP is incredibly honored to champion the vital work of literary magazines through the Literary Magazine Fund,” said Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) Executive Director Mary Gannon. “We are so grateful to Amazon Literary Partnership for its continued support of this singular opportunity.”
For over 15 years, the Amazon Literary Partnership has provided grants to more than 170 literary organizations, elevating the voices of thousands of writers. The National Book Foundation, Cave Canem, PEN America, and Poets & Writers are all among the writing programs and nonprofit literary organizations to have received these grants.
Since 2017, the Amazon Literary Partnership has supported The Common’s mission of cultivating an individual and collective sense of place by publishing emerging and diverse authors from around the world. In 2019, the Amazon Literary Partnership worked with the CLMP to establish a new Literary Magazine Fund, and The Common was one of only 15 magazines awarded a grant from the Fund in its inaugural year.
About The Common
The Common is an award-winning print and digital literary journal. The nonprofit magazine is based at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Since its debut in 2011, The Common has published nearly 1,900 authors from 53 countries. Pieces from The Common have been awarded the O. Henry Prize, the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Award, The Pushcart Prize, and have been selections and notable mentions in multiple genres in the Best American series. The journal’s editorial vision and design have been praised in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, Slate, The Millions, Orion Magazine, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Visit www.thecommononline.org.
About The Amazon Literary Partnership
Since 2009, the Amazon Literary Partnership has provided more than $18 million in grant funding to more than 170 literary organizations, assisting many thousands of writers. Some the organizations they have supported over the years include the Academy of American Poets, Asian American Writers Workshop, National Book Foundation, PEN America, Poets & Writers, Girls Write Now, Lambda Literary Foundation, Loft Literary Center, National Novel Writing Month, Words Without Borders, Yaddo, and many more. This year, Amazon Literary Partnership awarded 99 grants and sponsorships. Through their annual grants, they support literary centers, writing workshops, residencies, fellowships, literary magazines, independent publishers, poetry and translation programs. Writers supported by some of these organizations have gone on to become best-selling and award-winning authors and poets. To learn more about the Amazon Literary Partnership, please visit www.amazonliterarypartnership.com.
About CLMP
CLMP ensures a vibrant, diverse literary landscape by helping mission-driven independent literary magazines and presses thrive. Since 1967, CLMP has provided publishers with funding and technical assistance; facilitated peer-to-peer learning and group action; served as a dependable, essential hub for best practices, resources, and nurturing community support; and connected publishers with other groups of literary stakeholders, including readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, educators, presenting organizations, and funders. Along with directly serving 1,000+ publishers located in almost every state in the country, CLMP administers the Lit Mag Adoption program, which provides educators and students with discounted magazine subscriptions; the $10,000 Constellation Award, given to honor an independent literary press that is led by and/or champions the writing of people of color for excellence in publishing; and the Firecracker Awards for Independently Published Literature, which celebrate magazines and books that make a significant contribution to our literary culture, among other programs.
