The Literary Arts Emergency Fund

LitNet is hosting a Town Hall about  The Literary Arts Emergency Fund on Tuesday, August 4, at 2:00 pm ET to hear from the executive directors of the Fund’s managing organizations: Jennifer Benka of The Academy of American Poets, Mary Gannon of CLMP, and Lisa Lucas of the National Book Foundation. They will discuss the Fund’s guidelines and answer questions.  RSVP for the Town Hall by emailing this address. The funding is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and will grant $3.5 million to the literary arts field. Literary organizations, Writers in the Schools programs, and publishers can apply for a one-time emergency relief grant ranging from $5,000 to $50,000.