Amazon Literary Partnership Announces Get Lit as one of the 2023 Poetry Fund Recipients

July 20, 2023

“Since 2019, the Academy of American Poets has joined forces with Amazon Literary Partnership to support the tireless work of poetry presses and organizations across the nation. The seventeen recipients of the 2023 Poetry Fund speak to the power poetry has at the grassroots level,” said Ricardo Maldonado, President and Executive Director of the Academy of American Poets. “We’re extremely grateful for the contributions they continue to make in our communities by fostering direct engagement between poetry and its readers, asking us to commit ourselves to more compassionate and engaged futures.”

“It’s an honor to fund these vital institutions that support poets in all aspects of their careers,” said Al Woodworth, Manager of Amazon Literary Partnership. “At Amazon, we believe in the power of the written word to expand our thinking, advance our empathy, and change our world. We are grateful for the incredible work that these organizations do to champion poets and their work, today and every day.”

Guided by the mission of having a lasting impact on the literary community, Amazon Literary Partnership’s annual grants have supported more than 160 literary organizations with $16 million in grant funding since 2009, helping many thousands of writers tell their stories and find their readers. Grant recipients include literary centers, writing workshops, residencies, fellowships, literary magazines, independent publishers, and poetry and translation programs. Writers supported by some of these organizations have gone on to become best-selling and award-winning authors and poets.

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