LitNYS Advancement Regrants
The Advancement Regrant Program provides NYSCA Literature grantees with an opportunity to apply for up to $7,500 to support thoughtful development and expanded capacity within their organizations. Advancement Regrants are offered each year, with announcement in January, deadline in April, and awards made in July.
Eligible organizations may request funds to improve managerial and financial stability; build solid foundations upon which to pursue their artistic vision; improve or institute development/planning initiatives; and extend program impact and reach by developing new audiences & readers. These grants do not support ongoing expenses or supplement existing NYSCA-funded programs. Peer panel review ensures an equitable selection process.
2024 Advancement Regrants Announced!
LitNYS, an alliance of New York State literary arts organizations, is pleased to announce that it awarded a total of $95,000 in Advancement Regrants to 18 New York literary arts nonprofits at its June panel meeting.
The next cycle of Advancement Regrants is expected to open in January 2025.
The 2024 Advancement Regrant Awardees
Asian American Writers Workshop, New York, NY
($7,000)
To help AAWW meet the long-term strategic challenge of how to create, develop, and maintain a justice-oriented workplace that can serve as a new model for arts organizations more broadly.
Bellevue Literary Review, New York, NY
($2,500)
To create a data management system to manage BLR’s operations, with particular focus on management of subscriptions and other purchases.
The Center for Fiction, Brooklyn, NY
($7,000)
To support a strategic planning process and 3–5-year plan that embraces a wider audience, encompassing a more diverse community than their previous location and identity allowed.
The Feminist Press @ CUNY, New York, NY
($7,000)
To bolster the board’s fundraising capacity and governance including a retreat and fundraising centered on the Press's 2025–26 strategic plan.
Herstory Writers Workshop, Centereach, LI
($7,000)
To hire a consultant to redesign its website, provide maintenance services, and create social media content while building the capacity of Herstory’s team.
Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Rochester, NY
($2,500)
For a website revamp that establishes a subscriber login portal and web pages for curriculum media and resources.
Point of Contact, Syracuse, NY
($2,500)
To procure high-quality video & audio recording equipment, create mobile recording kits, and enable the organization to document literary programs.
Triple Canopy, New York, NY
($7,000)
For seed money to create a contract-based media producer position, and key purchases to replace failing and obsolete documentation and audiovisual equipment.
Wendy’s Subway, Brooklyn, NY
($7,000)
To build operations’ capacity for an international distribution cooperative that primarily serves NY-based small presses.
Belladonna Collaborative, Brooklyn, NY
($2,500)
To create a tool, of mutual usefulness for small presses and bookstores, that tracks independent bookstores nationwide interested in selling chapbooks.
Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, NY
($2,500)
To purchase equipment allowing Word Thursday readings to be in-person as well as digital for readers and viewers.
Community Word Project, New York, NY
($7,000)
To hire a grant writer on a consultant basis for financial management and strategic fundraising.
Hanging Loose Press, Brooklyn, NY
($7,000)
For a website overhaul that will facilitate book sales directly to customers.
Hudson Valley Writers Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY
($5,000)
To bring creative arts and literary programming to community youth via Writers Express, an after-school pilot program.
n+1 Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
($7,000)
For upgrades to the organization’s technology infrastructure through the purchase of four new desktop computers, a color printer, and a projector.
Teachers & Writers Collaborative, New York, NY
($5,000)
To raise awareness of TWC’s work and legacy by filming and sharing interviews with former TWC students who are now adults.
Urban Word, NYC, New York, NY
($7,000)
For a consultancy that will guide Urban Word through an equitable, inclusive process for creating a leadership succession plan for staff and board.
Writers & Books, Rochester, NY
($7,000)
To support Phases One & Two of a Listening Campaign to enrich & diversify engagement with greater Rochester's needs, challenges, aspirations, & dreams.