In 2021, the Amazon Literary Partnership is giving 80 grants totaling more than $1 million to literary organizations in the United States.
Amazon Literary Partnership Opens for 2021 Submissions
Supporting everything from PEN America to the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Amazon Literary Partnership focuses on author development.
Amazon Literary Partnership Names More Than $1 Million in New Grants
The annual announcement of Amazon Literary Partnership funding names 66 nonprofit programs that support writers and their development.
Amazon Literary Partnership Is Open for 2020 Grant Applications
Since 2009, Amazon Literary Partnership funding nonprofit organizations supporting authors’ work and development has made more than US$12 million in grants.
Amazon Literary Partnership Announces More than $1 Million in 2019 Grants
Reiterating its emphasis on voices underrepresented in many parts of the publishing industry, the Amazon Literary Partnership reaches its 10th year.
Amazon Literary Partnership Is Accepting 2019 Applications in ‘A Writer’s Life Cycle’
Now nearing its 10th year, the Amazon Literary Partnership has granted more than US$10 million to writer support organizations in the United States.
Translators in the UK Call for Racial Equality in Literary Translation
The UK’s Translators Association issues a statement on debates about who should translate whom–and ‘institutional barriers.’
In Québec, a Literary Prize Is Suspended Over Objections to Amazon Sponsorship
Raising concerns about damage to a ‘fragile ecosystem,’ authors shortlisted for Québec’s Prix littéraire des collégiens objected to the announcement that Amazon had become the prize’s main sponsor.
Industry Notes: Jill Soloway’s Amazon Imprint Can Topple Norms; Jason Bartholomew Joins Midas PR
Activist-filmmaker Jill Soloway will have her own imprint at Amazon Publishing, Topple Books. And London’s powerhouse PR firm Midas names Hodder’s Jason Bartholomew as joint CEO.
AmazonCrossing Editorial Director Gabriella Page-Fort Named 2017 PW Star Watch ‘Superstar’
The editorial lead of the translation powerhouse says AmazonCrossing’s mission is ‘stories that make people feel more similar than different.’