National Endowment for the Arts FY 2017 Fall Grant Announcement

$10,000 Brooklyn, NY
To support the publication of "One Teen Story." Geared to readers of young adult fiction, the publication follows
a unique model of distributng one new short story to subscribers each month. Each story, which goes through a
rigorous editorial process, is published as a chapbook with an illustrated cover and is available in both print and
electronic formats.
Opojaz, Inc. (aka Boulevard)
$10,000 Saint Louis, MO
To support the publication and promotion of the magazine "Boulevard." The magazine features fiction, poetry,
essays, and original contemporary artwork, as well as a symposium that focuses on a specific cultural question
or questions. The magazine's marketing plan includes promoting the issues through its website, social media,
and in literary outlets, among other means.
Orion Society (aka Orion Magazine)
$25,000 Great Barrington, MA
To support the publication of "Orion Magazine." Focusing on the genre of modern American environmental
literature, the magazine features poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The magazine will be published in both
print and electronic formats, and will be promoted at orionmagazine.org and through social media, among other
means.
Oxford American Literary Project (aka The Oxford American)
$25,000 Little Rock, AR
To support the publication and promotion of the magazine "Oxford American" and new content online at
oxfordamerican.org. Exploring the complexity and vitality of the American South, the magazine publishes poetry,
fiction, creative nonfiction, and criticism by emerging and established authors. The magazine plans to feaure
new content on its website every weekday, and promote its work through social media and a weekly e-
newsletter, among other means.
RFCUNY The Graduate Center
$10,000 New York, NY
To support the publication and promotion of chapbooks through the "Lost & Found" series. The series features
lost works by American poets, helping these voices to remain a part of our cultural identity and conversation.
The chapbooks will include work such as the notebooks of writer and Native American education activist Jack
Forbes; teaching materials and theory by poets June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and Toni Cade Bambara; personal
writing on daily life and poetics by poet Thom Gunn; and writings about grief by Diane di Prima.
Rain Taxi, Inc. (aka Rain Taxi Review of Books)
$15,000 Minneapolis, MN
To support the publication and promotion of "Rain Taxi Review of Books" in print and online at raintaxi.com.
With a focus on aesthetically adventurous literature, the magazine features reviews of fiction, literary
nonfiction, poetry, and graphic novels, and serves as a resource for readers to discover new works of literary
merit. Quarterly print issues are distributed-in many cases, free-of-charge-to bookstores, literary centers, writing
conferences, and book festivals across the country.
Red Hen Press, Inc. (aka 03-25-2004)
$15,000 Pasadena, CA
Some details of the projects listed are subject to change, contingent upon prior Arts Endowment approval. Information is current as of
December 7, 2016.