Key takeaways
- Amazon Literary Partnership grants range from $5,000 to $20,000 for U.S. nonprofit literary organizations that develop writers.
- Since 2009, the program has provided $18 million in grants to more than 150 U.S. organizations.
- Applications for 2026 grants are open now through May 1, 2026, with recipients to be announced in July 2026.
The Amazon Literary Partnership grant applications for 2026 are now open. Amazon invites nonprofit literary organizations to apply starting today through May 1, 2026. Grants will be announced in July 2026. Apply now.
What is the Amazon Literary Partnership?
Amazon has always helped writers tell their stories and reach new readers. Since 2009, Amazon Literary Partnership has provided grant funding to literary nonprofits with the aim of empowering writers, helping them create, publish, learn, teach, experiment, and thrive. Our previous grant recipients represent both local and national institutions of all sizes, and include nonprofit writing centers; residencies; fellowships; after-school classes; literary magazines; national organizations supporting storytelling and free speech; and internationally acclaimed publishers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In 2025, we provided $1 million in grant funding to 99 literary organizations across the country. Learn more about our 2025 grant recipients.
What does the Amazon Literary Partnership do?
The Amazon Literary Partnership has provided $18 million in grants to more than 150 U.S. organizations, assisting thousands of writers. We support literary centers, writing workshops, residencies, fellowships, literary magazines, independent publishers, poetry, and translation programs. Recent examples include the National Book Foundation, Cave Canem, Girls Write Now, Hurston Wright Foundation, Poets & Writers, and Words Without Borders. Writers supported by these organizations have become best-selling authors and literary award winners.
Grants are given to innovative, energetic groups whose core mission is to develop emerging writers, build the careers of working writers, and connect them with readers. We help writers across all genres and formats, fiction and nonfiction, including poetry and translation.
Grants are given to innovative, energetic groups whose core mission is to develop emerging writers, build the careers of working writers, and connect them with readers. We help writers across all genres and formats, fiction and nonfiction, including poetry and translation.
Who works with the Amazon Literary Partnership?
Since 2019, Amazon has partnered with the Academy of American Poets, the nation’s largest membership-based nonprofit organization advocating for American poets and poetry, on our Poetry Fund. The Academy’s mission is to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. The Academy will convene a panel to review 2026 grant applications and disperse 10-15 grants for the Poetry Fund.
Amazon has also partnered with the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) for the last seven years for our Literary Magazine Fund. The aim of CLMP is to ensure a diverse and vibrant literary landscape by increasing the organizational capacity of small literary publishers, advocating on their behalf, and bringing multiple literary stakeholder communities together. Like the Poetry Fund, the Literary Magazine Fund will administer 10-15 grants in 2026, selected by a panel convened by CLMP.
Amazon has also partnered with the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) for the last seven years for our Literary Magazine Fund. The aim of CLMP is to ensure a diverse and vibrant literary landscape by increasing the organizational capacity of small literary publishers, advocating on their behalf, and bringing multiple literary stakeholder communities together. Like the Poetry Fund, the Literary Magazine Fund will administer 10-15 grants in 2026, selected by a panel convened by CLMP.
How do the grants work and how can I apply?
Amazon Literary Partnership provides grants to nonprofit literary organizations on an annual basis. Applications for 2026 grants, including the Poetry Fund and Literary Magazine Fund, are being accepted now through May 1, 2026. Grant recipients will be announced in July 2026. Grants typically range from $5,000 to $20,000.
Due to the volume of requests, we are unable to respond personally to each inquiry, nor can we provide guidance on applications. See the online application.
Who is eligible?
Applicants must be a registered nonprofit organization in the U.S. whose core mission is to develop emerging writers, celebrate storytelling, and/or build authors’ careers. Organizations should be structurally and financially sound; display energy, passion, and reach; and have an online presence and enthusiastic membership or readership. We rarely support school-affiliated programs (K-12, MFAs).
When is the submission period?
Submissions will be accepted March 19 through May 1, 2026.
