Promotion of the Arts – Literature

The National Endowment for the Arts administers the Promotion of the Arts—Literature program (CFDA 45.004), which last awarded a grant on July 1, 1995. This program is inactive for new funding purposes: the most recent grant award occurred more than 31 years ago, with no grant opportunities currently posted or recently announced.

The program funded literary projects through small Project Grants supporting writers' fees, production costs, and related expenses for literary magazines, reading series, and author residencies. Representative awards included support for Manoa magazine's 1995–96 production ($15), the Moon City Reading Series at Southwest Missouri State University in 1994–95 ($1,953), and Tia Chucha Press's book publication costs in 1994–96 ($1,220). The National Endowment for the Arts was the sole funder, awarding all 14 grants in the portfolio totaling $14 thousand in combined federal dollars obligated between 1992 and 1995. Award volume declined sharply in the final year, dropping from four awards in 1994 to one in 1995.

All awards in the portfolio were structured as Project Grants. Individual award magnitudes were extremely small, ranging from two dollars to $5,355, with most falling in the hundreds-of-dollars range. The program's focus centered on supporting diverse and minority writers, reading series at academic institutions and community venues, and literary publication costs.

Organizations seeking federal support for literary activities should treat this Assistance Listing as inactive. No recent grant opportunities, active solicitations, or recent awards signal current availability of funding under this line.