In 2019, LitNet is increasing our communications with members, offering new services, and building our own capacity to serve you better. We hope you’ll forward these newsletters to your staff, or better yet, encourage them to subscribe. And there’s lots more to come, too.
News from LitNet:
Introducing New Member Services
LitNet’s First Member ListServ
Starting today, you are invited to join our members-only listserv, an email group devoted to strengthening our network and sharing resources. All employees of member organizations are eligible to join.
Use the listserv to…
- Post job listings, event announcements, grants, and more.
- Share capacity building opportunities, including professional development, fundraising tools, planning strategies, and more.
- Invite and seek collaboration between programs.
- Start discussion topics on programming, advocacy, fundraising, management, leadership, and industry news.
The Literary Network Calendar
We are pleased to share LitNet’s first Literary Network Calendar, a public resource for programs, deadlines, and dates of import to our members and your communities. Festivals, galas, grant deadlines, conferences, major programs, and more, are all eligible submissions.
Help us populate the calendar: Submit your event details at the link below.
Join Us At AWP
Annual Member Meeting
AWP Conference | Portland, OR
Friday, March 29 at 9am – 10:15am
Literary Arts offices
925 SW Washington St, Portland, OR 97205
We will hold Officer elections for the coming term, among other items. An agenda will be published prior to the meeting.
Refreshments will be generously provided by Portland’s Literary Arts.
News From LitNet Members
& The Field
READ
- Last week, the National Endowment for the Arts announcedover $27 million in grants, including $1.1 million to literary nonprofits and $875,000 in poetry fellowships.
- The National Book Foundation announced their 2019 NBF Presents programming for colleges, libraries, and festivals.
- Arts Advocacy Day & the National Arts Advocacy Summit are coming up, March 4-5, in Washington DC.
- The Foundation Center and GuideStar announced a merger, creating Candid., a new major data portal for nonprofits.
- Nectar Literary, a new communications firm, was announced last month, and will represent #LitNetMembers including Alice James Books, Coffee House Press, Lambda Literary, and the Academy of American Poets.
APPLY
- Americans for the Arts is hosting an advocacy webinar on February 26 at 3pm EST. Enroll today.
- Words Without Borders is hiring a Digital Marketing & Communications Manager.
- Graywolf Press is hiring an Editorial and Production Associateand a Marketing and Events Assistant.
- 826DC is hiring an Education Director and a Public Programs Manager.
- Bellevue Literary Press is hiring a Director of Development.
- PEN American is hiring for several positions, including a National Outreach Coordinator.
WELCOME
Recent renewing members, new members, and donors:
- Downtown Writers Center, Syracuse, NY
- National Book Foundation, New York, NY
- Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL
- Poetry Society Of America, New York, NY
- Sarabande Books, Inc., Louisville, KY
- Small Press Distribution, Berkeley, CA
See your organization here. Share your organization’s updates for inclusion in our next newsletter.
Engage With LitNet
- Renew your Membership today.
- Join the LitNet ListServ.
- Share your news with us for future newsletters.
- Submit Events to the LitNet Calendar.
- Subscribe to the LitNet Calendar.
- Subscribe to this Newsletter.
- Subscribe to Advocacy Action Alerts.
- Send us your Feedback.