Deadline: 22-Mar-23
The Canada Council for the Arts is calling applications for its Literary Publishers Component of Supporting Artistic Practice Funds that Canadian publishers of literary books and magazines committed to developing and promoting Canadian literary writers through the publishing process.
Funding Information
- Book publishers: Up to $250 000 per year.
- Magazine publishers: Up to $120 000 per year.
- Book and magazine publishers: Up to $300 000 per year.
Eligible Activities
- You can apply for a contribution towards activities that develop and promote Canadian literary writers through the publishing process.
- You can’t apply for activities that receive funding from another Canada Council program
Eligibility Criteria
- Types of potential applicants to this component:
- Canadian literary book and creative writing magazine publishers
- Your eligibility to apply to this component is determined by the validated profile created in the portal.
- You must also meet the following basic criteria:
- presently receive core (operating) support from this component
- If your organization is presently receiving core support from another component, you must contact your Program Officer to confirm your eligibility before you apply. OR:
- have received at least 2 Canada Council publishing project grants from the following programs in the last 3 years:
- Supporting Artistic Practice: Literary Publishing Projects
- Capacity Building Initiative Program: Project Grants
- Cultivate: Sector Development Project Grant
- Grants to Literary and Arts Magazines
- Support to Book Publishing: Block Grants
- Support to Book Publishing: Emerging Publisher Grants
- have had total revenues exceeding $30 000 in each of the last 3 years (some exceptions may be considered)
- book publishers: have published at least 16 eligible literary titles, publish at least 4 eligible literary titles annually and operate on an ongoing basis. Please familiarize yourself with the definition of eligible literary titles
- magazine publishers: have published at least 2 issues of the magazine in the year preceding this application
- Your application will not be eligible if your organization (as of the application deadline):
- does not pay fees or royalties according to standards of the arts practice
- has not fulfilled all contractual obligations related to copyright payments.
For more information, visit https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/supporting-artistic-practice/literary-publishers