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INTRODUCTION

THE YEAR 2013-14 WAS A VERY EXCITING ONE for Poets & Writers. Poets & Writers’ work is rooted in the belief TABLE OF CONTENTS Our recently completed strategic planning process provided us with fresh that literature is vital to sustaining a vibrant core culture. We focus on nurturing literature’s 2 Poets & Writers Magazine insight into the things writers need most. Namely, we learned that writers VALUES want more information about self-publishing, additional resources to help source: creative writers. 6 Pw.org them market their work, and more opportunities to build community— Our mission is to foster the 8 Social Media & Engagement service especially to connect with and learn from one another in face-to-face forums. professional development of 10 Poets & Writers Live inclusivity As you read about our accomplishments and projects this year, you’ll see poets and writers, to promote 12 Readings & Workshops communication throughout these priorities reflected in the work of each department. 16 The Jackson Poetry Prize integrity the literary community, and excellence We are very proud of Poets & Writers Magazine, which won a first place Eddie to help create an environment 16 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award Award and an honorable mention this year, thrilled to have the privilege to in which literature can be 16 The Amy Award continue to support hundreds of writers through the Readings & Workshops appreciated by the widest 18 Annual Dinner: In Celebration of Writers program, and very excited about our new initiatives—including Poets & possible public. 20 Friends and Patrons Writers Live, a live programming series, and Poets & Writers Local, a mobile app that will help strengthen literary communities and connect writers with P&W accomplishes this through Poets & 20 Legacy Circle Writers Magazine, an award-winning audiences nationwide. 21 Institutional Donors bimonthly publication; pw.org, a website that 22 Treasurer’s Report We are also pleased to report that the organization’s finances and provides trustworthy advice, information, governance remain strong. With gratitude to an extraordinary staff and our and a lively online community for writers; 24 Readings & Workshops: generous donors, we invite you to enjoy this overview of Poets & Writers’ Readings & Workshops, which pays writers Writers Supported work on behalf of writers. fees for giving readings and leading workshops 28 Readings & Workshops: throughout and California, as Cosponsoring Organizations Sincerely, well as in eight cities outside those states; 32 Poets & Writers in the Field

and awards for writers including the 33 Board of Directors $50,000 Jackson Poetry Prize, the 34 Poets & Writers Staff Celia H. Currin Elliot Figman Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award, President Executive Director the Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, and the Amy Award. POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE

POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE, our award- aspiring writers who are considering making a winning flagship publication, covers many aspects major investment of time and resources in a of the literary life, offers valuable information about graduate writing program. Our coverage this year how to get published, and provides the most included a roundup of seventy-eight leading full- extensive listings of writing contests and awards residency programs, including a comparative look available in print, including application deadlines at funding, student-faculty ratio, job placement, and and other vital details. more; a roundup of twenty-six leading low-residency programs; and a companion online database. In response to our strategic priorities, the Related articles presented diverse perspectives on November/December 2013 issue contained our the benefits of and alternatives to degree granting first-ever special section on Self-Publishing. programs. These included “Degrees of Value: What Features included “Self-Publishing Perspectives: Happens After the MFA Program?” by Michael A Successful Author, Agent, and Publisher Discuss Bourne, and Leigh Stein’s article, “The MFA From the Revolution in Progress” by Editor in Chief Kevin Nowhere: A Free Creative Writing Education,” and Larimer; “An Editorial Imperative: The Importance “A Writer’s Comeback: How I Built My Own Literary of Finding a Good Editor” by Michael Bourne; Scene and Saved Myself,” an online exclusive by and “Elevated Platforms: Making Sense of Self- Julia Fierro. Publishing Options” by Adrian Versteegh. “The Best Reviews Money Can Buy: Critical Care for Self- We published in-depth profiles of Rick Bass, Andre Published Authors,” by Associate Editor Melissa Dubus III, Roxane Gay, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Faliveno, looked at the intersection of changes in Gilbert, August Kleinzahler, Willie Perdomo, Kevin publishing and book reviews, a topic the magazine Powers, and Jesmyn Ward. Contributing editor will continue to cover. Two related articles Michael Szczerban interviewed agents David considered the challenge of publicity for self- Gernert, Susan Golomb, and Eric Simonoff, and published authors. editors Amy Einhorn and Jordan Pavlin for our Agents & Editors series, which continues to be very Both the Self-Publishing Issue and the September/ popular with readers. October 2013 MFA Issue garnered Eddie Awards this year. (See sidebar, page 4) The September/ October issue refined our reporting on MFA programs, an essential service we provide to

PROGRAMS 3 POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE

Six issues per year

Total circulation: 57,000

Total readership: 100,000+

Digital editions available from Kindle, Nook, and Zinio

Special sections on Independent/Self-Publishing, Inspiration, Literary Agents, MFA Programs, Writing Contests, Writers Retreats

“When my copy of Poets & Writers Magazine arrives, I flip through the pages, then put it aside until I can find several hours to devote to the articles. I unfailingly find words from your contributors that inspire me to improve my craft, give me new marketing Poets & Writers Magazine took top honors at the Eddies this year. Sponsored by POETS & WRITERS Folio magazine, the Eddies recognize editorial excellence. The September/October 2013 ideas, or expose me to the richness MFA Issue took first place in our category, and the November/December 2013 Self- of our literary world.” MAGAZINE Publishing Issue received an honorable mention. With the addition of these two, we’ve won a total of nine Eddies since 1999, as well as three Ozzies, Folio’s design award. —from a reader of Poets & Writers Magazine • • Frank Bures’s “The Secret Lives of Stories,” from the January/February 2014 issue, was WINS in a recent letter to the editor listed among the year’s notable essays in Best American Essays of 2014.

4 PROGRAMS PROGRAMS 5 PW.ORG

We revamped our national Literary Events Calendar, creating a streamlined, easy to use interface, and launched a vigorous outreach campaign to raise We Continued to Grow awareness among writers and the sponsors of Our Unparalleled Online Resources literary events about this free opportunity to promote their events.  Literary Magazines Database Our Small Presses Pw.org Database lists submission includes 984 listings guidelines and publisher • Average number of unique visitors per month: interests for 340 small Small Presses Database 167,869. This was an increase of 12% over the presses, including Argos Books and includes 340 listings prior year. Unicorn Press.

• Pageviews per month: more than 1 million, an Grants & Awards Database increase of 11% over the prior year. includes 547 listings • The Directory of Poets and Writers now lists 9,850 OUR WEBSITE, PW.ORG, REMAINS the creative • High visitor satisfaction and loyalty: a recent survey authors, including publication credits, contact  Conferences & Residencies Database writer’s go-to resource for trustworthy information found that 97% rated the site’s quality as good or information, links to websites, and online reviews. includes 255 listings on a range of key topics, plus news and opportunities very good (the highest rating offered) and more to connect with others. Online traffic grew by 12% • Speakeasy message forum visitors generated more than half said that pw.org was their primary source MFA Programs Databases in 2013–2014. Those accessing the site by way of than 2,600 messages in 2013–14 on topics ranging of information about publishing and writing. includes 251 listings mobile devices accounted for 13.5% of traffic, nearly from the submission process at specific publications to grammar and style issue, and from best practices double the prior year. In response to this trend, we Literary Agents Databases for query letters to how to cope with rejection. launched a mobile-friendly version of the website, includes 85 listings facilitating users’ ability to see new information and • Online features include: find the most heavily trafficked pages. In keeping Literary Places Database Daily News, an aggregate of news relevant with our strategic priorities, we developed a new includes 289 listings to writers; content area devoted to the topic of self-publishing. Clips, which highlights videos of literary interest; To assist writers with marketing their work, we  Newly Launched established a Book Review Outlets Database, Writers Recommend, featuring author suggestions Book Review Outlets Database providing information about online, print, and for books, art, music, and other sources of includes 59 listings broadcast outlets that review literary works, inspiration; Newly Launched including information about those that consider The Time Is Now, providing weekly writing Reading Venues Database self-published works; launched a Reading Venues prompts; and includes 218 listings Database, which offers information about places City Guides, highlighting literary hot spots in that host readings, from coast to coast; and Our Literary Places Database currently lists 289 writerly destinations around the country, including the Blue Willow Bookshop in major U.S. cities. developed a new tool for planning reading tours. Houston, TX.

6 PROGRAMS PROGRAMS 7 SOCIAL MEDIA & ENGAGEMENT

The number of our Facebook fans E-Newsletters grew by 66% to 194,000. Poets & Writers offers free e-newsletters that provide valued information to our constituents. Subscriptions Our following grew by to the biweekly Poets & Writers E-Newsletter, which we have offered since 2008, grew by 7% this year 79% to 93,000. to more than 80,000. In addition, we offer periodic regional updates focused on the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas, as well as a weekly digest Social Media of our free online writing prompts, called The Time Is Now. A quarterly e-newsletter, Readings & Workshops Poets & Writers is active on several social media Presents, focuses on news from the Readings & platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Workshops program. and Pinterest. Our social media strategy has two Poets & Writers Local

components: to use these platforms as a means of Poets & Writers Local is a new mobile app, directly serving our constituents and fulfilling our designed to help writers connect with one another E-Newsletter Subscribers mission—namely by delivering information in the and with audiences in their communities. as of June 30, 2014 way writers want to receive it—and also to market Developed with the support of the National Information Services our programs and build our brand. Endowment for the Arts and contributions to Poets Poets & Writers E-Newsletter 81,000 & Writers 40th Anniversary Fund, Poets & Writers Throughout 2013–2014, we offered writers guidance On Twitter we have three handles: the principal one Local provides on-the-go access to information on a range of subjects including copyright issues, is @poetswritersinc, while @pwlitmagster New York Update 7,500 about readings, book signings, poetry slams, and how to get published, and how to secure an agent. carries news specifically related to literary Los Angeles Update 3,500 open mics. It also provides on-the-go access to our We answer questions via postal mail, e-mail, and magazines and journals and @pwprizereporter databases of Reading Venues and Literary Places, telephone, fielding approximately eight to twelve covers literary prizes. Each has a loyal following. The Time Is Now 15,000 and our City Guides. In the coming year, we will queries per day. This service is funded, in part, Readings & Workshops Presents 14,500 continue to build these databases and actively by the New York State Council on the Arts. promote Poets & Writers Local.

8 PROGRAMS PROGRAMS 9 POETS & WRITERS LIVE

POETS & WRITERS LIVE IS A NEW initiative developed in response to interviews and “The morning discussions with writers from all over the country. When we asked what Poets & Writers could do to after the event support their writing practice, time and again writers expressed a desire for a more tangible I wrote more connection to other writers. So we came up with a living, breathing version of what Poets & Writers than ever.” already offers: Poets & Writers Live.

The program launched in January 2014 with Poets & Writers Live: Inspiration, in Los Angeles. “Great dynamics among panel Presenters included Ron Carlson, Meghan Daum, members! Good, candid insight into Harryette Mullen, Dani Shapiro, and Charles Yu. the murky publishing process.” Our next venture was Poets & Writers Live: Literary Agents, which was held in New York in June 2014 “It was an excellent way to bring and featured agents Amy Berkower, Molly Friedrich, and Eric Simonoff, plus authors Tayari Jones, Victor some of the Poets & Writers articles LaValle, Roxana Robinson, and poets Frank Bidart and knowledge to life. I enjoyed and Ed Hirsch, among others. it and eagerly await the next live

After each event, we asked attendees to complete event!” a program evaluation, and 90% indicated that they were satisfied with the program. Participants valued “I found the personal stories of such all aspects of the program—the practical, accomplished writers to be inspiring educational components; the inspirational components; and the opportunities to network and and informative. The panelists were meet one another. When asked what actions they great role models.” might take as a result of attending Poets & Writers Live, many indicated that they would follow up with “Satisfied? I was like a kid in a someone they had met (26%) and either send work candy store!” out to an agent or change how they send out work (35%). Others indicated that they would make a change to their writing practice (11%) or pursue a Clockwise from top left: panelists Traci Kato-Kiriyama and Lauren Humphrey (credit: Stephanie Diani); participants at Poets & Writers Live in New York (credit: Christy Whitney); featured reader Dani Shapiro (credit: Stephanie Diani); panelist Roxana Robinson (credit: Christy resource they had learned about (10%). Whitney); panelist Ron Carlson (credit: Stephanie Diani); participants at Poets & Writers Live in New York (credit: Christy Whitney).

10 PROGRAMS PROGRAMS 11 READINGS & WORKSHOPS

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1970 , Poets & “It is amazing that Poets & Writers has chosen to use its Writers has provided fees to writers who give resources to encourage writers and the artistic programs readings or conduct writing workshops. Each year, and community organizations that support writers and our Readings & Workshops program supports their readers. Knowing such an organization hundreds of writers participating in events in large exists and understanding all the tangible cities and small towns throughout New York and ways it supports the life of letters in this California, as well as in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, country should quell any worrying writer’s Houston, Seattle, New Orleans, Tucson, and fears about writing into a void. There are people Washington D.C. In 2013–2014, we distributed more out there, and they care about writers’ ability to carry on.” than $265,000 directly to writers. —Camille Dungy, professor of creative writing at Throughout the year, staff worked closely with State University and recipient of P&W support through the Readings & Workshops program consultants at SmartSimple to develop an online grants management system that will enable sponsors of literary events to complete “This support means more than just money. It’s also—and applications and reports online. The new system, maybe even more importantly—a validation for me as a which launched in May 2014, streamlines poet trying to survive and share my craft with others. administrative tasks, allowing program staff to Poets & Writers is an organization that says to devote more time to outreach and technical people like me, ‘You’re important, and what assistance. you do means something.’”

—John Maney, Jr., writer and recipient of P&W support through the Readings & Workshops program

“When I first came to the class, so many traumatic things that happened in my past had crippled me… This class has helped me express myself once again. It has helped me grow as a woman… and get rid of the baggage that weighed down my spirit. I feel lighter—free! I am so grateful for this program and I can’t wait to take more classes.”

–Quiana , a participant in an R&W-supported workshop at Urban Possibilities, which serves the homeless and working Clockwise from top left: A writer reads her work at Poets & Writers’ fifth annual Connecting Cultures Reading (credit: Margarita Corporan); poor in Los Angeles participants at the Connecting Cultures Reading (credit: Margarita Corporan); seniors and teens share their writing at Poets & Writers’ 2014 Intergenerational Reading, hosted by Barnes & Noble (credit: Margarita Corporan); Cynthia Cruz, Rob Roberge, Wendy Ortiz, and Louise Mathias at the ninth anniversary reading of Rhapsodomany at the Good Luck Bar in Los Angeles (credit: Sandy Lee); Houston’s Voices Breaking Boundaries team and Writing for Self-Discovery workshop facilitators (credit: Pin Lim); P&W’s Jamie FitzGerald (center) with participants at the Sal y Muerte Workshops and Reading at the Salton Sea, cosponsored by the Inlandia Institute (credit: Cheryl Klein).

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Matching Funds Writers Dollars Distributed Paid to Writers Cosponsoring Funded to Writers by P&W by Cosponsors Total Paid to Writers Events Sponsored Audiences Reached Organizations

California 370 $67,150 $121,825 $188,975 California 928 46,446 152

New York 486 $158,525 $85,336 $243,861 New York 1,372 38,795 219

Atlanta 14 $4,721 $3,150 $7,871 Atlanta 25 1,824 13

Chicago 20 $3,225 $1,748 $4,973 Chicago 20 742 9

Detroit 39 $6,404 $3,175 $9,579 Detroit 52 3,268 18

Houston 34 $6,175 $7,325 $13,500 Houston 60 2,295 15

New Orleans 20 $5,300 $1,450 $6,750 New Orleans 35 1,003 13

Seattle 16 $4,850 $10,750 $15,600 Seattle 41 2,261 12

Tucson 16 $3,975 $8,200 $12,175 Tucson 30 1,165 8

Washington, D.C. 21 $5,350 $3,050 $8,400 Washington, D.C. 42 2,985 14

TOTAL 1,036 $265,675 $246,009 $511,684 TOTAL 2,605 100,784 473

In 2013-2014, Poets & Writers supported literary events in forty-seven of California’s fifty-eight counties and in A complete list of writers supported in 2013–2014 appears on pages 24–27. all sixty-two counties in New York State. A complete list of cosponsoring organizations appears on pages 28–30.

14 PROGRAMS PROGRAMS 15 AWARDS

The Jackson Poetry Prize The 2014 winners from the state of Alabama were fiction writerBryn Chancellor and poet Harry The Jackson Poetry Prize honors an American poet Moore. They were selected by judges Victor LaValle of exceptional talent who deserves wider recognition. (fiction) and Evie Shockley (poetry). Ms. Chancellor The $50,000 prize is one of the most substantial for and Mr. Moore traveled to , all an American poet. It was established in 2006 with a expenses paid, to meet with editors, agents, gift from the Liana Foundation and is named for the publishers, and others in the literary community. John and Susan Jackson family with the intent Poets & Writers hosted a public reading at McNally of providing what all poets need: time and the Jackson Books. In addition to a $500 honorarium, encouragement to write. each of the winners is invited to participate in a In 2014, the award was given to Claudia Rankine. Poets one-month residency at the Jentel Artist Residency Tracy K. Smith, David St. John, and Mark Strand served Program in Wyoming. as judges. Their citation for Ms. Rankine reads in part: The Amy Award “The moral vision of Claudia Rankine’s poetry is astounding. In a body of work that pushes the The Amy Award recognizes promising women boundaries of the contemporary lyric, Rankine has poets, under age thirty, living in the New York City managed to make space for meditation and vigorous metropolitan area. The award was established in debate upon some of the most relevant and troubling 1995 by Paula Trachtman and Edward Butscher social themes of the twentieth and twenty-first of East Hampton, New York, in memory of Ms. centuries…. These poems do the work of art of the Trachtman’s daughter, Amy Rothholz, an actor highest order—teaching, chastening, changing, and poet. astounding, and humanizing the reader. It was very The 2013 Amy Award winners were Shireen Madon, easy to discern the value of this poet’s body of work. Desiree Bailey, Nabila Lovelace, and Emily Barton. In In both vision and voice she has distinguished October 2013 they presented a reading at the New York herself as a singular perspective, a consummate Society Library, along with guest poet Carole Stone. talent, and a courageous spirit. We are unanimous and enthusiastic in our decision to award her the 2014 Jackson Poetry Prize.”

The Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award

The Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award aims to provide promising writers a network for professional Clockwise from top left: Elizabeth Alexander, Susan Jackson, and Claudia Rankine—recipient of the 2014 Jackson Poetry Prize; Claudia Rankine at the Jackson Poetry Prize reception; Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award winners Bryn Chancellor and Harry Moore; Amy Award winner advancement. The award is generously supported Desiree Bailey; Amy Award winners Desiree Bailey, Nabilia Lovelace, Shireen Madon, and Emily Barton; Evie Shockley, poetry judge for the by Maureen Egen, a member of the Poets & Writers Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award. (All photos: Margarita Corporan). Board of Directors.

16 PROGRAMS PROGRAMS 17 ANNUAL DINNER: IN CELEBRATION OF WRITERS

EACH YEAR, POETS & WRITERS GATHERS Poets & Writers is grateful to all who contributed people from every aspect of the book business— to our 2014 annual dinner. Listed here are including authors, editors, agents, publishers, donors who contributed $25,000 or more. designers, printers, paper companies, and booksellers—to celebrate the enormous LEAD UNDERWRITER contributions that writers make to our culture. Penguin Random House The annual dinner, called In Celebration of Writers, is attended by luminaries in the arts, publishing, UNDERWRITER and media. It is the organization’s most important Barnes & Noble Booksellers annual fund-raising event. Hachette Book Group The 2014 dinner was held on March 11 at 583 Park HarperCollins Publishers Avenue. The Dinner Chair was John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan Publishers Macmillan Publishers. The Barnes & Noble Writers Theodore C. Rogers for Writers Awards, which annually honor writers Ellen M. Violett and who have given generously to other writers or to the Mary P. R. Thomas Foundation broader literary community, were presented to Ian Frazier, Haki R. Madhubuti, and Joyce Carol Oates. The Editor’s Award, which recognizes a book editor who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to the publication of poetry or literary prose, was presented to Kate Medina. The event raised more than $565,000 to support our pro- grams and services for writers.

Clockwise from top left: Honorees and speakers at Poets & Writers’ 2014 Annual Dinner (from left:) Ian Frazier, Kate Medina, John Sargent, Calvin Trillin, Haki R. Madhubuti, Anna Quindlen, Joyce Carol Oates, Elliot Figman, and Susan Isaacs; dinner chair John Sargent; Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award winner Joyce Carol Oates; Editor’s Award winner Kate Medina with Anna Quindlen; Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award winner Ian Frazier; Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award winner Haki R. Madhubuti with Susan Isaacs, Chair, Poets & Writers Board of Directors. (All photos: Margarita Corporan.)

18 FUNDING FUNDING 19 FRIENDS AND PATRONS INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

Friends of Poets & Writers $500 to $999 THE PATRONS CIRCLE POETS & WRITERS IS GRATEFUL TO ALL foundations, corporations, and government agencies whose Marsha Lee Berkman fiscal support helps make our programs and services accessible to writers. Below is a listing of all institutions The Friends of Poets & Writers The Patrons Circle is a group Judy Blume contributing $1,000 or more between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. number more than 2,000 and are a Susan Braudy of book lovers who commit to key source of support, enabling us Helen E. Breitwieser contributing $1,000 or more to make grants to writers through $25,000 or more $5,000 to $9,999 Barbara K. Bristol annually to Poets & Writers. We were the Readings & Workshops program, .com Amazon Publishing Sarah Burnes pleased to gather this group at two develop innovative online resources, Barnes & Noble Booksellers Domtar Paper Linda Casebeer special events featuring authors A.M. and more. Many thanks to all who Hachette Book Group Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Allison J. Davis Homes and Sue Monk Kidd. Many contribute. Due to space limitations, HarperCollins Publishers Midland Paper Ellen de Saint Phalle thanks to those who contributed in listed here are donors who The James Irvine Foundation Open Road Integrated Media Stephen R. Donaldson this inaugural year of the Patrons contributed $500 or more between Kaye Scholer LLP Perseus Books Group Olivia Farrell Circle. July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. Liana Foundation Resolute Forest Products Susan C. Fawcett Ellen Archer Macmillan Publishers Transport Specialties $5,000 or more Serena Raab Goitanich Mary Higgins Clark Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation International Inc. Ellen Archer Matthew Heil Miles Coon Penguin Random House Amy Berkower and Daniel Weiss Gail Hochman Maura Farrell and Paul M. Robinson Abbey K. Starr Charitable Trust $1,000 to $4,999 Maureen Mahon Egen Richard T. Howerton III Michael and Marlene Fine Ellen M. Violett and AT&T, Inc. Jane Friedman Edmund Keeley Mary P. R. Thomas Foundation Booz & Company Leo Guthart Angela Kelsey Heidi S. Fiske John W. Holman, Jr. Diane Leslie Johanna and Leslie Garfield Anonymous The Bydale Foundation Ellen and Lawrence Joseph Joanne Lyman Terry Lynn Gilmore-Nixon Simon & Eve Colin Foundation J. Alan Kahn Vikram J. Malkani Susan Ginsburg and Jerry Webman $10,000 to $24,999 The Carbon Neutral Company Willys Schneider Kals Sandi Mendelson Barbara Lubin Goldsmith Foundation ABRAMS The Cowles Charitable Trust Helen and Frank Macioce Carol Moldaw Janet McCarthy Grimm Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation Goldberg McDuffie Neltje Audrey Niffenegger Ronnie and Richard Grosbard Baker & Taylor Communications Michael Pietsch Stuart S. Peterfreund Sue Monk Kidd BE Printers America Gould Paper Corporation Diana and Simon Raab Bruno and Mary Ann Quinson Amy J. Kristoff Cengage Learning Grove Atlantic Theodore C. Rogers James Richardson Melvin and Marion Landew Gigante Vaz Partners John Hawkins & Associates, Inc. Connie and John Sargent Timothy Schaffner Janet Lawrence Horizon Paper Mast Circulation Group Ellen Sargent and Stephen Nicholas Cynthia J. Schumacher Stephen O. Lesser Hung Hing Printing Group Ltd. Meadows Wye & Co., Inc. Robin B. Smith Anita Shreve Kathryn Levy Ingram Content Group Newmark Holdings Nick and Joanna Vergoth Peter Straub Dorothy Lichtenstein Lindenmeyr Book Phoenix Color Anonymous Anne R. Taylor Helen and Frank Macioce Publishing Papers Quad/Graphics Chadwick Wall $2,500 to $4,999 Katherine Mahon Medallion Retail The Rosenthal Family Foundation Leontina Kelly Gallagher Barbara Marcus Next Big Sound W. W. Norton Legacy Circle Susan Isaacs Susan D. McClanahan Other Press Workman Publishing Paula R. Trachtman We are deeply grateful to Ann McGovern RR Donnelley WORZALLA Paul Vidich and Linda Stein those who have included Poets Deborah S. Pease Scholastic Inc. & Writers in their estate plans, Anne Pollack Sidley Austin LLP Poets & Writers also receives $1,000 to $2,499 making the support of writers Frederic C. Rich Simon & Schuster, Inc. generous public support from the Celia H. Currin part of their legacy. Lisa and Mitchell Rubin Wells Fargo Commercial National Endowment for the Arts, Nelson DeMille Ellen Sargent and Stephen Nicholas Banking Group the New York State Council on the Arts, Jeffrey and Cindy Fazio Philip & Marjorie Appleman Deborah Schneider, WME and the New York City Department Elliot Figman Carol J. Makovich Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents Writers House LLC of Cultural Affairs. Gary and Kathryn Purwin Robin B. Smith Marie Vitale Eric Simonoff Paula Trachtman Margaret V. B. Wurtele

20 FUNDING FUNDING 21 TREASURER’S REPORT

AS THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES at right Figure 1 Statement of Activities, FY14 Figure 2 Sources of Revenue, FY14 Figure 3 Allocation of Expenses, FY14 demonstrates, Poets & Writers continues to exercise good financial management and careful INCOME stewardship of its resources. In fiscal year 2014, 62% of revenues were earned and 38% contributed Public Support 1,607,206 38% (figure ).2 We allocated 79% of our budget to direct programmatic expenses; 12% to management Earned Revenue 2,429,730 58% and administration; and 9% to fund-raising Other Income 156,608 4% activities (figure ).3 At the end of FY14, total net assets were $6,920,458. TOTAL $4,193,544

Endowment funds generated revenue for program support and, in the case of the Jackson Fund, for EXPENSES the Jackson Poetry Prize. In addition, we have carefully allocated reserve funds to provide for Program Services 3,186,462 79% continuity of business in an unexpected situation— Contributed* $1,607,206 Publications $831,870 Program $3,186,462 Fund-raising $362,896 Advertising $1,597,860 Other $156,608 Management $499,996 such as we experienced in the fall of 2012, when we Management & General 499,996 12% were displaced from our New York City offices by *FY14 Contributed Income Breakdown: Foundations 14%; Corporations 1%; Individuals 6%; Government Grants 6%; Special Events (Net) 11%. Fund-raising 362,896 9% Superstorm Sandy. As intended, we are spending down funds raised as part of the 40th Anniversary TOTAL $4,049,354 Campaign for the Galen Williams Fellowship Program as well as new programmatic initiatives. Figure 4 Endowment Fund Balances The chart on the following page (figure )4 shows Balance at Balance at endowment fund balances at the beginning and 6/30/2013 Contributions Withdrawals* Gains/Losses 6/30/14 Net +/– end of the year. Revenue Over/Under Expenditures $144,190 Writers Matter Endowment 1,931,878 25,000 (-61,995) 258,306 2,153,189 221,311 The accounting firm of Schall & Ashenfarb Unrealized & Realized Gains $613,394 GW Endowment 271,705 0 (-9,975) 38,373 300,103 28,398 performed an audit of Poets & Writers’ financial Change in Unrestricted Net Assets $757,584 statements and offered an unqualified opinion that Jackson Prize Endowment 2,767,899 0 (-74,834) 390,863 3,083,928 316,029 the statements present fairly the financial position of Poets & Writers as of June 30, 2014. The audited TOTAL $4,971,482 $5,537,220 $565,738 financial statements are summarized here; a *Includes draws for program-related expenses as well as investment fees. complete copy is available upon request by writing Poets & Writers’ managing director.

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Erik Maldonado Urayoán Noel Helen Ruggieri Faith Tanner-Thrush ATLANTA Samuel Maldonado Marjorie Norris Norman Rush Annette Daniels Taylor ALL OF THE WRITERS LISTED BELOW received support from Poets & Writers to give readings or lead Daniela Capistrano Iyaba Ibo Mandingo George H. Northrup Jane Sadowsky Philip Terman Kelly Daniels writing workshops between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. This list is a testament to Poets & Writers’ commitment John Maney Jr. Geoffrey O’Brien Natalie Safir Maria Terrone Theresa Davis to provide support for a diverse group of writers in all stages of their careers. Janice Mannix Lena Olive Tahani Salah Marjorie Tesser Nikki Frederick Sally Wen Mao January Gill O’Neil Michael Salcman Mokgethi Thinane Tamika Harper Djelloul Marbrook Lou Orfanella Shye Sales Amber Flora Thomas Marvin Ayodele Heath Michele Marcelin Alice Orr Tamara G. Saliva Veona Thomas Christopher Cajigas Audrey Dimola Marea Gordett Jacqueline Johnson Vanessa Huang EAST Hermina Marcellin Travis Ortiz Jon Sands Samantha Thornhill Kevin Carey Jen Doll Dawn Gorman Nichelle Johnson Cortney Longmire Susan Marie Sadie Pagan Jane Satterfield Christine Timm Natalie N. Caro Kathaleen Donnelly George Grace Daniel Johnston Ann Lynn Gigi Marks Carole Parker Elissa Schappell Lesley Tims Sheila Carter-Jones Sean Thomas Dougherty Christopher Grant Gary Johnston Bethsheba Rem NEW YORK Peter Marra Shirley Parker-Benjamin Lynn Schmeidler Irving Towne Charles Case Denise Duhamel Carol Graser Ina H. Jones Malik Abdus Salaam Emily Abendroth Soraya Marsh Jennifer Pashley Grace Schulman Paul Tran Fran Castan Joyce Duncan Kate Greenstreet Patricia Spears Jones Angela Sarumi John Acevedo Daniel Matos Pamela Manche Pearce Lynne Sharon Schwartz Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai Yoseli Castillo Cornelius Eady Rachel Eliza Griffiths Pierre Joris Sean Shewmake Kim Addonizio Colum McCann Nathan Pearson Patricia Roth Schwartz Jennifer Tseng Nivea Castro Patricia Eakins Karina Guardiola-Lopez Lawrence Joseph George Edward Tait Nancy Agabian Ann McCarthy V. Penelope Pelizzon Hugh Seidman Melissa Tuckey Kimberly A. Cavanagh Stephanie Edwards George Guida Frank Judge Sandra Alcosser Laren McClung Frank Perez Vijay Seshadri Brian Turner Don Cellini Susan Eisenberg Jorge Guitart Olga Karman CHICAGO Elena Alexander Charleen McClure Carla Perry Elaine Sexton Nick Twemlow Israel Centeno Allison Estes Andrei Guruianu Meg Kearney Elizabeth Alexander Laura McCullough Melissa Petro Ravi Shankar Eisa Ulen Jeffery Renard Allen Elaine Chamberlain Sandra María Esteves Nancy Haiduck Loren Keller Peggy Robles Alvarado Jeffrey McDaniel Rowan Ricardo Phillips Nina Sharma Barbara Ungar Michael Anania Wo Chan Erica Miriam Fabri Sam Hamill Lisa Barnard Kelley Keisha-Gaye Anderson Jeffrey McDaniels Jessica Piazza Faith Shearin Jean Valentine Antler Sunu Chandy James Fahy Maureen Hand Dane Kemp Adisa Andwele Robert McDonough Tamora Pierce Steven Sher Nance Van Winckel Emily Calvo Tina Chang Tarfia Faizullah Joan Cusack Handler Linda J. Antonio Joseph McElroy Hilary Plum Irene Sherlock Pramila Venkateswaran Sarah Carson Carol Chappell Adam Falkner Matthea Harvey Daniel Kerwick Maria Aponte Wesley McNair Anne Elezabeth Pluto Susan Sherman Angelo Verga Pamela Chwedyk Peter Cherches Livio Farallo Nancy Hathaway Gunilla Kester Heather Archibald Ray McNiece Laura Podolnick Evie Shockley Mark Anthony Vigo Albert DeGenova Thomas Christensen Jim Farfaglia April Naoko Heck Erin Brooke Kirsh Sarah Arvio Kristianne Meal Carol Polcovar Daniel Sicoli Ronald Villanueva Charlotte Digregorio Jaime Clarke Farnoosh Fathi Jeanne Heiberg Michael Klein Philip Asaph Jenning Medina Marc W. Polite Ibrahim A. Siddiq Richard Villar Gail Goepfert Susan Clements Irving Feldman Michael Heller Christi Shannon Kline Jill Austen Phillip J. Greene Steve Coffman Kenneth Feltges Anne Hemenway Nancy Kline Hermine Meinhard Kristin Prevallet Idrissa Simmonds Diane Wakoski Anne Bacon Shadab Zeest Hashmi Elizabeth Cohen Maria Fernandez Michael Heppner Rachel Leah Koenig Jesús Papoleto Meléndez Nate Pritts Alifair Skebe Ken Waldman Ned Balbo Philip Memmer Lynne Procope Thomas R. Sleigh George Wallace Larry Janowski Esther Cohen Norman Finkelstein Joseph Hernandez Yusef Komunyakaa Lamar Jorden Safiya Bandele Barbara Cole Adam Fitzgerald Patricia Hicks Sally Koslow Marshall Messer Khadijah Queen Josh Smith Laurinda Wallace Jennifer Mae Barizo Claire Messud Suzanne Rancourt Mason E. Smith Angeline Walsh Susanna Lang Jasmine Eileen Coles Nick Flynn Bob Hicok Kara Krauze Michael Roy Meyerhoffer Benjamin Barker Billy Collins Richard Foerster Lu Highsmith Mindy Kronenberg Robert Milby Angeli Rasbury Tracy K. Smith Wendy Walters Hoa Nguyen Donna Barkman Lorraine Conlin Carolyn Forché Cordell Hill Leslie LaChance David Mills Victoria Redel Pamela Sneed B. J. Ward Elise Paschen Michael Basinski Craig Allen Conrad T’ Freedom Ford Jane Hirshfield Karen Ladson Jerry Mirskin Timothy Ree Golda Solomon John Wareham Jeff Poniewaz Suzi Banks Baum Nicole Cooley Jennifer H. Fortin Susan Hodara Paul LaFarge Albert Mobilio Roger Reeves Christopher Sorrentino Adrienne Watt Tim Stafford Sandra Beasley Alfred Corn Emily Fragos Jennifer N. Hofer David Landrey Bill Mohr Alexandra Regalado Linda Spear Bruce Weigl Angela Narciso Torres Elana Bell Patrick Cornelius Diane Frank Paul T. Hogan James Lasdun Flora Montes Bushra Rehman Susan Fantl Spivak Estha Weiner Bruce Bennett Matt Curiale DuEwa Frazier Anna Maria Hong Pam Laskin Yesenia Montilla Nelly Reifler Yolaine St. Fort Kimberly Wiekert DETROIT Cara Benson Michael Czarnecki Stephen Friedland Ann-Marie Hood Ann Lauinger Rick Moody Nina Reimer Jamaal St. John John A. Williams Lawrence Berger Lorna Czarnota Thomas Fucaloro Sharon Hope Jane LeCroy Kamilah Aisha Moon Susan Ribner Michael Steffen Latasha Williams Terry Blackhawk Colin Bernard Craig Czury Jonathan Galassi Mikhail Horowitz David Leavitt Mary Ansley Moon Charles Rice-Gonzalez Leigh Stein Nikki Williams Heather Bourbeau Charles Bernstein Vincent T. Dacquino Diane Gallo Juliet P. Howard Jeffrey Ethan Lee Gary Moore Sara Ries Alan Steinberg Rob Williams Jeanne Bryner Bhisham Bherwani Kalli Dakos Anne Germanacos Tony Howarth David Lehman Anthony Morales Susannah Risley Eugene Stelzig Saundra Williams Andy Clausen Frank Bidart Steve Dalachinsky Dan Giancola Marie Howe Mindy Lewis Maria Morales Elena Rivera Phyllis Stern Virginia M. Williams Curtis Crisler Marci Blackman Patty Dann Robert Gibbons Elizabeth Howort Monique Antoinette Lewis Charan Morris Peggy Robles-Alvarado Margo Taft Stever Rebecca Wolff Jim Daniels Charles Bock Robert Darling Andrea Gibson Greg Hrbek Steven T. Licardi Tracie Morris Paula Rodenas Amber Atiya Stewart Jenny Xie Diane DeCillis Robert Borgatti John Paul Davis Patricia Gibson Linda Humes Tan Lin Stephen Motika Eugene Rodriguez Norman Stock Catalyst YaliniDream Joy Gaines-Friedler Wilfredo Borges Lydia Davis Maria Mazziotti Gillan Lucas A. Hunt April Lindner Erin Mouré Maria Rodriguez Melvin Stokes Camille Yarbrough Mary Jo Firth Gillett Laura Boss Monica de la Torre Jimmie Margaret Gilliam Vicki Iorio Shamecca Long Harryette Mullen Bertha Rogers Bianca Stone Emily Jungmin Yoon Derrick Harriell Laura Bowman Martha Deed Mary Gilliland Hiromi Ito Cortney Longmire Joan Murray Lee Ann Roripaugh Laurie Stone Royal Young Francine J. Harris Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Dave Degolyer Aracelis Girmay Deborah Drisana Jack Cynthia Lowen Angel Nafis Judith Rose David Surface Maged Zahar Lolita Hernandez Sadee Brathwaite Albert Delatorre III Douglas Goetsch Tina Jacobson Hector Luna Luke Nephew Catie Rosemurgy Mario Susko Javier Zamora Lita Hooper John Brennan Janlori Goldman Mike Jenkins Ellen Aug Lytle Mindy Nettifee Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal Cole Swensen Leah Zibulsky Randall Horton Peter Bricklebank Lawrence C. Desautels Beverly Gologorsky Modesto Jiminez Ali MacDonald Kaye C. Newbury Gary Earl Ross Jade Sylvan Aida Zilelian Kim Hunter Jericho Brown Latanya DeVaughn Bobby Gonzalez Arielle John Katharyn Machan Barbara Newsome Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya Illya Szilak Laura Zinn Fromm Michael C. Jones III Andrew Devitt Mira Gonzalez Amaud Johnson Adrienne Maher Nicholas A. Nichols Emily Rubin George Edward Tait Ryki Zuckerman Robert B. Jones Geny Cabral Rachel Guido DeVries Rigoberto González Brenda Johnson Shshi Maisa Myrna Nieves Nancy Ruffin Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie Thuli Zuma LaShaun Kotaran

24 WRITERS SUPPORTED WRITERS SUPPORTED 25 Gerry LaFemina Sarah Pleydell John Brandi Diane Ferlatte Naomi Hirahara Sandra Tsing Loh Paula Priamos Don Thompson Marcell Murphy Michael Lynn Liebler Lisa Schamess Barbara Brauer Josh Fernandez Jane Hirshfield Kimberly Lubina Jordan Ranft Roger Thurnell Jennifer Palermo Thomas Lux Beaufort Ben Sia Millicent Brewer Julia Fierro Kate Hitt Katelyn Lucas Barbara Jane Reyes Julia Park Tracey Manuel Ramos Naomi Long Madgett Danez Smith Andrea Carter Brown Mary Fitzpatrick Peter Ho Davies Peter Ludwin Thelma Reyna Carla Trujillo JeanNicole Rivers Peter Markus Adam Stone James Brown Venela Flagg Chinaka Hodge Suzanne Lummis Charles Rice-González James Tyner René Saldaña Jr. Caroline Maun Richard Villar Garrett Bryant Eric Fleming Andrea Hollander William Luvaas Frances Richard Manish Vaidya Kaia Sand Jamaal May Ken Waldman Christopher Buckley Gerald Fleming Linda Hollins Mary Mackey Suzanne Roberts Nance Van Winkel Jason Schneiderman Dawn McDuffie Ping Wang Billy Burgos Paul S. Flores Nancy Hom Erika Mailman Gary Robertson Patrice Vecchione Ebony Stewart Ken Meisel Matias Viegener Lewis Buzbee Stewart Florsheim Jodi Hottel Clarence Major Julie Rogers Zelene Suchilt Susan Messer Melissa Buzzeo Jennifer Foerster David Houston Eileen Malone Monika Rose Emily Vizzo Stalina Villarreal Herbert R. Metoyer WEST Bo Caldwell Michael C. Ford Pam Houston Barbara Maloutas Kim Rosen Nancy Wakeman Sasha West Natasha Miller Julie Carr Patrick Ignacio Salvatore Manna Clive Rosengren Ken Waldman Jessica Wilbanks Deonte Osayande Steven Carter Lee Foust Glenn Ingersoll Gil Mansergh Lee Rossi Pam Ward Gwendolyn Zepeda Hanna Pylväinen CALIFORNIA Fernando Castro Diane Frank Kathie Isaac-Luke Louise Mathias Nancy Ware Carly Sachs Joaquin Zihuatanejo Yardenna Aaron Brandon Cesmat Mel Freilicher Chris Isaacs Clive Matson Caitlin Rother David Watts Andrew William Smith Neil Aitken Daniel Chacón Michael Frost Gerda Govine Ituarte Larry Maurice Ann Rothschild Charles Harper Webb Ben Stroud SEATTLE Rabih Alameddine Crystal Chan Gayle Fuhr Major Jackson Stephen Mayu Carolyn Rudzinski Josh Weil Karrie Waarala Sandra Alcosser Nikia Chaney M. Evelina Galang Geoffrey Jacques Jay McElroy Mary Kay Rummel Ruth Weiss Kim Addonizio Cody Walker Will Alexander Victoria Chang Kate Gale Michael Jasso Dawn McGuire Lillie Carol Russ Caleb Werner Kevin Minh Allen Karen S. Williams Zuhair Al-Jezairy Neeli Cherkovski Alixa Garcia Avotcja Jiltonilro Joshua McKinney Ovil Salcedo Monica Wesolowska Caroline Brown Rosemarie Wilson Dorothy Allison Bob Chianese Sarah Rafael García Kim Johnson Don McLeod Fernando Salinas Ann Laura Wetherington Jennine Crucet Hari Alluri Victoire Sananaa Chochezi Olga Garcia Echeverría Troy Jollimore Mary McMillan Aaron Samuels Bruce Williams Kelly Davio NEW ORLEANS C. K. Williams Deborah Al-Najjar Chiwan Choi Carolyn Gardner Denise Jolly Ginny McReynolds Jennifer Sander Jorie Graham Ebony Williams Addie Citchens Maureen Alsop Marcyn Clements Morgan Gibson Lois P. Jones Amanda McTigue Lucy Sanna Hannah Rae Hegnauer T. Evonne Williams Peter Cooley Nina Amir Jeanette Clough Tanya Egan Gibson Tasha Jones James Meetze Eduardo Santiago Bob Hicok Adam Cloys Marsha Gilbert Ilya Kaminsky David Meltzer June Saraceno Tom Wilson Michael Czarnecki Len Anderson Tung-Hui Hu Jarvis DeBerry Christopher Coake Ron Glodoski Jordan Karnes Hannah R. Menkin Jasmine Rosemary Schlafke Alan Davis Winans Frank Andrick Joanne Kyger Charles Fort Lisa Coffman Reylynn Goessling Nancy Keane Robert Mezey Sarah Schulman Kathleen Winter Tajiye L. Antwine Mark Leidner Lara Glenum Bobby Coleman Douglas Goetsch Douglas Kearney Seth Michelson Kurt Schweigman Krista Wissing Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin Heather McHugh Jean E. Grau Adrian Arancibia Julia Connor Anthony Lemuel Gonsalves Michael Kearns Donna Miscolta Prageeta Sharma Sholeh Wolpe Stephen Meads Jeri D. Hilt Rhiannon Argouarch Gillian Conoley Charles Goodrich Joyce Keller Kenya T. Mitchell John Shoptaw Susan Wooldridge Bill Porter Caroline Bailey Lewis Stephen Armstrong Brendan Constantine Rae Gouirand Stephen Kessler Anis Mojgani Kim Shuck Chryss Yost Thaddeus Rutkowski Delia Tomino Nakayama Kevin Arnold Carolyn Cooke Christian Kiefer Magdalena Montagne Emmanuel Sigauke Carolyne Wright Diana Khoi Nguyen Sally Ashton Lucy Corin Reyna Grande Sean King Terry Moore Richard Silberg Matthew Zapruder Alison Pelegrin Corrina Bain Nina Corwin Emanuel Xavier Granja Maxine Hong Kingston Ron Moss John Oliver Simon Ozzie Zehner Valentine Pierce P. Librecht Baker Cynthia Cruz Hillary Gravendyk Kyra Kitts Pam Mundale Giovanni Singleton Virginia Zolala-Tovar TUCSON Kristina Robinson Meliza Bañales Philip Daughtry Dorothy Randall Gray Jeff Knorr Colynne Murray Amy Smith Rosa Alcalá HOUSTON Kysha Brown Robinson Tom Barbash Charlotte Davidson Karen Greenbaum-Maya Jennifer L. Knox Linda Joy Myers Brian Branchfield Maurice Ruffin Blyth Barnow Nicelle Davis Dazie Grego Ruth Ellen Kocher Matthew Nadelson Kenneth Sniecinski Aliki Barnstone Clark Coolidge Karen Gettert Shoemaker Willis Barnstone Rafaella Del Bourgo Laurie Ann Guerrero John Koetzner Jim Natal Emanuelee Bean Rachel Blau DuPlessis Pete Michael Smith Jennifer Barone Samuel R. Delany Sonia Gutiérrez Deborah P. Kolodji Dale Nelson Alan Soldofsky Joe Belmarez Teré Fowler-Chapman Katherine Vondy Raymond Barrett Angelee Deodhar Stephen P. Gutierrez Mary Norbert Korte Johnnierenee Nelson Brandon Som Daniel Black HR Hegnauer Andrea Young Justin Desmangles Judy Halebsky Robert Krut Maggie Nelson Mike Sonksen Judith Barrington Hélène Cardona Timothy Liu Tony Diaz Randy Hamill Heera Kulkarni Eddis Nenley Shane Spears Ellen Bass Rosemary Catacalos Deborah Mayaan WASHINGTON, D.C. Michelle Baynes Jim Dodge Stephanie Hammer Andrew Lam Janet Nicholson Anna Marie Sprowl LaShanta Charles Robert Mittenthal Malik Carter Yvonne Baynes-Eavey Michael Dominguez Michael Hannon Emily Rose Larsen Baraka Noel Michael Spurgeon John FitzGerald Harryette Mullen Eduardo C. Corral Dodie Bellamy John Dorsey William Harry Harding Rebecca Lawton Ruth Nolan Ava Square-LeVias Sarah Rafael García Maggie Nelson Natalie Diaz Benjamin Biesek Mark Doty Shadab Zeest Hashmi Joyce Lee Michael Odom Leilani Squire Patricia Gras dg nanouk okpik Latasha Nevada Diggs Alaina Bixon Samantha Dunn Robert Hass Rachel Leibrock Denise O’Kelly Meri St. Mary Jen Hofer Irmhild Sheppard Yael Flusberg Gordon Leon Black Michael du Plessis Lisa Henry Felicia Lemus Chris Olander Staajabu Ahmad Hygh Giovanni Singleton Michael Anthony Ingram Brian Blanchfield Rachel Blau DuPlessis Michelle Herman Yiyun Li Marc Olmsted Lou Standifer Fady Joudah Carolyn Joyner Raphael Block Robin Ekiss Claudia D. Hernández Peter Orner Ransom Stephens Sueyeun Juliette Lee Johanna Skibsrud Gowri Koneswaran Helen Bonner James Ellis Leticia Hernandez Terre Lindseth Natalie Patterson Aimee Suzara Deniz Lopez Susan Steinberg John MacDonald Genet Bosque Martín Espada Tim Z. Hernandez Melissa Link Don Paul Tess Taylor Edward Mabrey Dunya Mikhail Laure-Anne Bosselaar Alex Espinoza Kurt Lipschutz Davalyn Perl Brian Teare Kathy Mahdoubi Michelle Myers Lorraine Bowman Kerstin Feindert Martin Hickel Beth Lisick Jessica Piazza Luisah Teish Guadalupe McCall Robert Michael Oliver William Bradd Dia Felix Dima Hilal Malinda Lo Cati Porter Lysley A. Tenorio Jasminne Mendez Rumit Pancholi Catharine Bramkamp Kathy Fellure Brenda Hillman Gerald Locklin Douglas Powell G. Murray Thomas Leslie Adrienne Miller

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Spirit in Sunset Productions Every Thing Goes Book Café Westchester County Wayne Writers’ Forum St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital & Neighborhood Stage Antonia Arts, Inc. The Woodward Line Poetry Series ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS LISTED BELOW hosted events supported by Poets & Writers between St. Margaret’s House , Blue Door Gallery July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. These cosponsors make important contributions to the literary life of their Stanley M. Isaacs New Dorp Branch Hudson Valley Center for NEW ORLEANS communities, and Poets & Writers salutes them. Neighborhood Center New York Public Library, Contemporary Art Lambeth House Foundation The Sweet Spot (NYC) Stapleton Library Katonah Poetry Series New Orleans Loving Festival Toadlily Press Staten Island OutLOUD Neighborhood House New Orleans Public Library, EAST Clinton County Poets New York County Urban Word NYC Rockland County Senior Center Algiers Regional Library Champlain Memorial Library Brooklyn Prospect 14th Street Y Washington Heights Suffern Poetry Poets Network and Exchange New Orleans Public Library, Chazy Public Library Charter School All Out Arts, Inc. CORNER Project Tappan Free Library Rockland Psychiatric Alvar Branch Mooers Free Library Caribbean Cultural Theatre apexart Westbeth Artists Residents The Nyack Library Mt. Vernon Center NEW YORK New Orleans Public Library, ROTA Gallery and Studios Cave Canem Foundation Asian American Writers’ Council (WARS) Saratoga County Somers Library Children’s Resource Center Albany County Columbia County Center for Black Lit at Workshop Women Writers in Bloom Mt. McGregor Warner Library Poems and Pink Ribbons Albany Stratton VA Columbia County Council Medgar Evers College Belladonna Series Poetry Salon Correctional Facility Wordsville Inc., Spoken Rook Café Medical Center on the Arts Eastern Parkway Library Bellevue Hospital Zen Studies Society Saratoga Area Homeschoolers Interludes Surregional Press/Studio We Arts The College of Saint Rose, Hudson Opera House The Glitter Pomegranate Beth Israel Niagara County Women Writers & Artists Matrix Wyoming County University of New Orleans Frequency North New Lebanon Library Performance Series Comprehensive Cancer Center The Book Corner Schenectady County Silver Lake Institute Xavier University of Louisiana, The College of Saint Rose, Cortland County Kamit Preparatory Institute Bluestockings Oneida County Heritage Home for Women Yates County English Department English Department Phillips Free Library Launch Expeditionary Bowery Arts & Sciences Utica Writers Club YWCA Northeastern NY Arts Center of Yates County Sidney Albert Albany Delaware County Learning Charter School The Center for Book Arts Onondaga County Schoharie County Vine Valley Community House WASHINGTON, D.C. Jewish Community Center William B. Ogden Library The Lunar Walk Poetry Series The Center for Fiction Brady Faith Center The Community Library Acting for Writers: Allegany County Dutchess County at the Two Moon Arts City College, Poetry Le Moyne College The George Landis Arboretum ATLANTA A Communal Workshop Series Cuba Circulating Library Downstate Correctional Facility House and Café Outreach Center Le Moyne College, Sharon Springs Free Library Apache Café Asian American Pacific Islander Bronx County Erie County New York Writers Workshop City College, Irish Literature Program Schuyler County Atlanta-Fulton Public Literary Arts and Performance Art Defined Productions Main Street Studios Pathways to Graduation The Simon H. Rifkind Center Ontario County Watkins Glen Writers Group Library System Poetry Festival BOLD (Bronx Oncology Meridian West Gallery Scattered Thoughts Press Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Geneva Public Library Seneca County Below the Radar Brave Old World Living Daily) Pausa Art House, Sista’s Place and Educational Center Naples Library The Literary Guild of the Central Library Busboys and Poets BronxWorks Wordflight Series Teacher Resource Center/ Cooper Union School of Art, Orange County Finger Lakes Charis Circle CentroNía bronxpoetproject Villa Maria College LIU Brooklyn Saturday Program Florida Public Library St. Lawrence County DeKalb County Public Library Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Comite Noviembre Williamsville Central Schools Women Writers in Bloom The Creative Center at Orleans County Potsdam Public Library Faces of Feminism at Singh Dance Company Jericho Project Essex County Poetry Salon University Settlement Bindings Bookstore Steuben County Georgia State University Folklore Society of Kingsbridge Heights North Country Underground Lewis County Dixon Place Oswego County FootHills Publishing GSU Creative Writing Program Greater Washington Community Center Railroad Historical Association Northern Regional Center Goddard Riverside Friends of the Village Library Suffolk County Literacy Action, Inc. KhushDC Kingsbridge Library Franklin County for Independent Living Community Center Fulton Public Library Guild Hall of East Hampton Inc. Red Storm Entertainment Lyrical Storm at The New York Botanical Garden BluSeed Studios Inc. Livingston County Grand Street Settlement Putnam County Walt Whitman Birthplace The Sweet Spot (ATL) Howard University The Poe Park Visitor Center Goff-Nelson Memorial Library Avon Free Library Harlem Works Garrison Art Center Association Team Abyss Performetry: Old Poems, The Riant Theatre Saranac Lake Free Library FootHills Publishing Hope Community, Inc. Mahopac Public Library Sullivan County Traxx Girls Arts & New Poems, Your Poems RoblesWrites Productions Fulton County Madison County Juilliard School, Drama Division Plaza at Clover Lake Catskill Art Society Culture Division Sanctuary Theatre Visiones Culturales Gloversville Public Library The Society for New Music KGB Bar Putnam Ridge Health Liberty Public Library Sparkle D.C. Women’s Housing and Genesee County Monroe County Kundiman Care Facility Tioga County DETROIT Split This Rock Poetry Festival Economic Development Corfu Free Library Gallery One Five Arts La Casa Azul Bookstore Queens County Coburn Free Library 8330 On the River Apartments Women Artists/Women Corporation (WHEDco) Greene County Greece Public Library LatinosNYC Afrikan Poetry Theatre Inc. Tioga Opportunities, Inc. Aquarius Press Healing Collaborative Broome County Cairo Public Library Lift Bridge Book Shop Lincoln Square Archipelago Books Tompkins County Café 1923 RiverRead Books Rivertown Housing St. John Fisher College Neighborhood Center First Tuesdays Fourth and Verse Christ the King Catholic Church Cattaraugus County Hamilton County The Tango Café Mother Zion Jazz Society Queens College Evening Ithaca City of Asylum Detroit Public Library, WEST Mental Health Association Indian Lake Public Library Montgomery County Museum of Motherhood Readings Southworth Library Association Parkman Branch of Cattaraugus County Herkimer County Amsterdam Free Library New York Public Library, Queens Community House State of the Art Gallery Dogs & Poets Literary Series Cayuga County Mohawk Valley Center Margaret Reaney 115th Street Library Queens Museum Ulster County InsideOut Literary Arts Project CALIFORNIA Writers’ Support Group for the Arts Memorial Library New York Public Library, St. John’s University, Deep Listening Institute Invoice Writing Club Chautauqua County Jefferson County Nassau County Hamilton Grange Branch English Department Unison Arts and Learning Center Alameda County Luella Hannan Memorial Sinclairville Free Library Depauville Free Library Locust Valley Library New York Writers Workshop St. John’s University, Woodstock Public Library District The Lit Slam Foundation Chemung County Jefferson-Lewis Library Long Island University Post , Italian Cultural Committee Warren County Memoir Journal/ Manila Bay Café Friends of the CCLD Association Campus Poetry Center Africa Educational Wendy Angulo Productions Fiction Among Friends InVisible Memoirs Musing Poetry Gathering (Chemung County Library Kings County Mid Island Y JCC Leadership Initiative Rensselaer County Washington County Mills College Noon Reading Series at District) Alphabet Arts Performance Poets Association Page Meets Stage Brunswick Community Library Greenwich Free Library Outdoor Afro Wayne State University Van Etten Library Branch Town of Hempstead The Poetry Project McKinney Event Committee Washington County Aging The Valona Deli Second Sunday Oakland Community College of Chemung County Library Women’s Center Department of Senior Poets Network and Exchange Russell Sage College and Disabilities Center Poetry Series Wayne State University, Chenango County Brooklyn Community Enrichment Poets Out Loud Richmond County Wayne County Watershed Poetry Festival Labor School Earlville Opera House Pride Center Rhizome at the New Museum College of Staten Island Books, Etc. Writing Workshops Los Angeles

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Amador County Poetry in Claremont: Riverside City College The Institute for Poetic Medicine Amador County Arts Council Fourth Sundays Salt & Spice Writing by Writers Butte County Rhapsodomancy UC Riverside Santa Cruz County Addendum Chico Branch Library Spoken Interludes Sacramento County Poetry Santa Cruz The organizations listed below also hosted events supported by Poets & Writers between Calaveras County Spoken Funk Center for Fathers and Families UC Santa Cruz, Creative Writing Gold Rush Writers Tia Chucha’s Centro Ethel Hart Senior Center UC Santa Cruz, Living July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014. Contra Costa County Cultural & Bookstore Poetry Unplugged Writers Series Friends of the Contra Costa Urban Possibilities Q Arts Foundation Watsonville Public Library EAST SEATTLE College Library Venice High School, The Sacramento Poetry Center Siskiyou County APRIL Literary Festival The Ina Coolbrith Poetry Circle MAST Program San Benito County Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum Cascadia Community College Walnut Creek Library Foundation Wellness Works San Benito County Free Library Solano County CHICAGO Chrysanthemum Literary Society Del Norte County Whittier College San Bernardino County Solano County Library Compass Housing Alliance North Coast Redwoods Madera County Catleya Health Services, Inc. Foundation 3rd Saturday Coffeehouse Courting Risk Reading Series Writers’ Conference Madera County Library CSU San Bernardino Sonoma County August House Studio Old Growth Northwest El Dorado County Marin County Desert Institute at Joshua The Barn Burners Slam The Dollhouse Reading Series Richard Hugo House Lake Tahoe Community College Marin Poetry Center Tree National Park Petaluma High School The Ernest Hemingway Seattle Arts & Lectures Fresno County Mariposa County Jazz & Art Exchange Petaluma Poetry Walk Foundation of Oak Park Seattle Arte Americas National Park Service San Diego County Poetry and Music Series Fifth Wednesday Books SEEDArts Dulce UpFront Mendocino County Centro Cultural de la Raza Redwood Writers Club Northwest Cultural Council SPLAB Fresno Pacific University Coast Slam CSU San Marcos, Santa Rosa Junior College Percy L. Julian High School University of Washington, Inner Ear Poetry Jam Mendocino Coast Writers Arts & Lectures Slamazon Poetry Slam Rhino, The Poetry Forum Department of English Humboldt County Conference Eugene Bowman Economic Stanislaus County TEAM Englewood Eureka Main Library Third Thursday Poetry Empowerment Center, Inc. Modesto Junior College Community Academy TUCSON Fortuna Branch Library Writers Read Grossmont College Tulare County McKinleyville Branch Library Merced County National University Cowboy Cultural Committee WEST Casa Libre en la Solana Inyo County UC Merced Poetry International Loud Mouth Poetry Jam Hopi Foundation, Museum of Lone Pine Modoc County San Diego City College Visalia Creative Writing The Owl & Panther Project Film History Modoc Forum International Book Fair Conference HOUSTON Ocotillo Literary Endeavors Kern County Monterey County San Diego Multicultural Ventura County POG, Poetry in Action Antena Beale Memorial Library Monterey Public Library LGBT Literary Foundation Moorpark College Tucson Medical Center Arte Publico Press CSU Bakersfield, Napa County Southwestern College Oxnard Carnegie Art Museum University of Arizona, Blaffer Art Museum, Department of English Napa Valley Writers’ Conference Guest Writers Series Oxnard College Cancer Center University of Houston Ridgecrest Branch, Nevada County Speak San Diego Yolo County University of Arizona, Eagles Wings Community Kern County Library Poetry With Legs WorldBeat Center UC Davis Arboretum Poetry Center Outreach Center Kings County Red Alice’s Poetry Emporium San Francisco County UC Davis, Chicana/o Studies University of Arizona, Ecclesia Church West Hills College Squaw Valley Community Artillery Ag Gallery Yuba County Prose Series Gulf Coast: A Journal of Lake County of Writers California Poets in the Schools Yuba-Sutter Regional Literature and Fine Arts Heart Consciousness Church Orange County Carville Annex Arts Council Houston Public Library Lake County Arts Council Barrio Writers City Youth Now Literal: Latin American Voices Los Angeles County Chapman University, Kartika Review Literary Soul Symposium 826LA Tabula Poetica Queer Cultural Center National Black Book Festival Altadena Library District Fullerton Public Library RADAR Productions Pilgrim Academy Beyond Baroque Long Beach Cinematheque San Francisco Art Institute Public Poetry Brentwood Health Care Center Santa Ana Public Library The San Francisco Poetry Theater Saint Julian Press, Inc. Corazon del Pueblo Soka University of America San Joaquin County Voices Breaking Boundaries EngAGE Placer County Elliptical Society of Poets Word Around Town FlyPoet Cowpoke Foundation Mexican Heritage Center Haiku North America 2013 TLC Publishing San Luis Obispo Heartland Institute for Plumas County Central Coast Writers’ Transformation Plumas Arts Conference Hillsides Riverside County New Theorem Press Lambda Literary Foundation California Riverside Ballet San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival Les Figues Press Corona Public Library Santa Barbara County Levantine Cultural Center Inlandia Institute Santa Barbara Poetry Series Los Angeles Poetry Festival LitLandia UCSB MultiCultural Center Lummis Day Community Mt. San Jacinto College Westmont College Foundation, Inc. Regents of the University Santa Clara County Mixed Remixed Festival of California, Riverside Center for Literary Arts Poetic Research Bureau Rise Above It Outreach in San Jose

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POETS & WRITERS DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 7,000 complimentary copies of Poets & Writers Magazine SUSAN ISAACS, Chairman Volunteer Members of Board Committees and other materials to literary festivals, conferences, and organizations around the country, including those on the CELIA H. CURRIN, President list below. In order to meet the writers we serve, P&W staff members attended several events around the country, Marva Allen PAUL J. VIDICH, Treasurer including the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in Seattle, the Brooklyn Book Festival in Dan Arnheim New York, and the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. HELEN MACIOCE, Secretary A’lelia Bundles Amy Berkower Ray C. Cave Antioch University, Florida Writers Association Writers Conference Andrew Cohen Summer Writing Institute Orlando, FL Philadelphia, PA Allison J. Davis Santa Barbara, CA Maureen Mahon Egen Glenn D’Agnes Georgia College Red Hen Press Elliot Figman, Executive Director Dawn Davis Association of Writers & Milledgeville, GA Pasadena, CA Peter DeGiglio Writing Professionals (AWP), Jane Friedman Annual Conference Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, Slice Literary Writer’s Conference Karin Grafstrom Jay Fine the Write Stuff Conference Brooklyn, NY Seattle, WA John W. Holman, Jr. Lynn C. Goldberg Allentown, PA Janet McCarthy Grimm Bay to Ocean Writers Conference Society of Children’s Book Writers Ellen R. Joseph Hagerstown Community College, and Illustrators (SCBWI), Wye Mills, MD J. Alan Kahn Gail Hochman Nora Roberts Writing Institute Winter Conference A.M. Homes Bemidji State University, Hagerstown, MD New York, NY Willys Schneider Kals Susan Jackson Minnesota Northwoods Writers Joanne Leedom-Ackerman Hampton Roads Writers Conference Spartan Bookstore Conference Michael Pietsch DeWayne Louis Virginia Beach, VA San Jose, CA Bemidji, MN Theodore C. Rogers Vikram J. Malkani Bright Hill Press & Literary Center James River Writers Conference Third World Press Eric Simonoff Susan D. McClanahan Richmond, VA Chicago, IL Treadwell, NY Robin B. Smith Diana Raab Shen Tong Brooklyn Book Festival Las Vegas Writer’s Conference University of Massachusetts, Nicholas J. Vergoth Brooklyn, NY Las Vegas, NV Juniper Summer Writing Institute Galen Williams, Founder Amherst, MA Advisory Board Victoria Wilson Business of Writing International Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Summit Conference Los Angeles, CA University of Nebraska James A. Autry Omaha, NE Louisville, KY Medgar Evers College, City Arts & Lectures Center for Black Literature University of Wisconsin, Billy Collins San Francisco, CA Brooklyn, NY Write-by-the-Lake Writer’s Michael Cunningham Workshop & Retreat Cornelius Eady City University of New York, MTA Benefits Madison, WI Chapbook Festival Boston, MA Jonathan Franzen Urban Assembly New York, NY Lynn C. Goldberg The New School New York, NY Cuesta College, Central Coast New York, NY A.M. Homes Writers’ Conference Walt Whitman Birthplace Susan Jackson North East Texas Writers’ Huntington Station, NY San Luis Obispo, CA Organization (NETWO) Conference Sue Monk Kidd Durham County Library, Texas City, TX West Virginia Writers, Inc. Maxine Hong Kingston Ripley, WV Stanford L. Warren Branch Pennwriters Conference Joanna S. Rose Durham, NC Lancaster, PA The Writer’s Center Timothy Seldes Bethesda, MD Peter Straub

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