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Amazon literary grant program
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Amazon Literary Partnership (ALP) is a literary grant program operated by Amazon. Established in 2009, it awards grants to nonprofit literary organizations in the United States.[2][1] A United Kingdom edition began in 2019 and was extended to the Republic of Ireland in 2024.[3][4] In 2026, Publishers Weekly reported that the program had provided $18 million in grants to more than 150 organizations since its founding.[5]
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History
In 2019, the program awarded $1 million to 66 literary nonprofits and separately provided $120,000 grants to the Academy of American Poets and the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses.[1] In 2020, it again announced $1 million in grants to 66 organizations and also gave emergency funding to Artist Relief and the PEN America Writer's Emergency Fund during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
A United Kingdom version of the program was introduced in 2019.[3] In 2024, Publishing Perspectives reported that the British program had expanded to include the Republic of Ireland, while the United States program was awarding nearly $1 million to 93 organizations.[4]
Activities
The program awards grants to nonprofit literary organizations.[1] It has also funded the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 program[1] and the Best Translated Book Awards.[7] Since 2019, some U.S. grants have been distributed through arrangements with the Academy of American Poets and the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses.[1][3][4]