Aims/priorities: Amazon Literary Partnership aims to champion the voices of underrepresented writers with an eye to encourage writing and reading about a greater variety of perspectives on the world in which we live today.
Who can apply? Applicants must be a registered not-for-profit literary organisation in the UK, whose core mission is to develop emerging writers, support diversity, celebrate storytelling, and/or build authors’ careers.
Organisations should be structurally and financially sound; display energy, passion, and reach; have an online presence and an enthusiastic membership or readership.
Previous grant recipients represented institutions large and small, national and local, and included non-profit writing centres, residencies, fellowships, after-school classes, literary magazines, national organizations supporting storytelling and free speech, and internationally acclaimed publishers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Grant amount: Amazon has not provided either the total amount of funding available or the level of individual grants.
Application process: The online application form is available on the Amazon Literary Partnership website.
Due to the volume of requests, Amazon is unable to respond personally to any queries or provide guidance on applications.
Deadline: Tuesday 31 January 2023. Grant recipients will be notified by 16 May 2023.
Contact information: The Amazon Literary Partnership
Website: The Amazon Literary Partnership