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2005

Circumference (New York, NY) was granted $250 for travel to the American Literary Translators Conference in Las Vegas.

Rattapallax (New York, NY) was granted $250 for travel to the global issues meeting and literary readings at the Jimmy Carter Center.

BOA Limited Editions (Rochester, NY) was granted $250 to be applied towards costs incurred for travel, food and accommodation expenses related to promotion, media and reading coordination meetings to New York City.

Archipelago Books (Brooklyn, NY) was granted $500 for travel to attending panel discussion on publishing translation at the annual AWP Conference.

2004

The following publishers were awarded travel grants to attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Chicago in order to exhibit and publicize their journals/presses to a larger audience of writers and readers and to interact with others from the field while fostering a presence within the literary community.

BOMB Magazine (Brooklyn, NY)
Emergency Press (New York, NY)
Marsh Hawk Press (East Rockaway, NY)
Slapering Hole Press (Slapering Hole, NY)
Soft Skull Press (Brooklyn, NY)

2003

CROWD (Brooklyn, NY)
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Baltimore; to exhibit and publicize their young journal to a larger audience of writers and readers; to interact with others from the field and foster a presence in the community.

Open City (New York, NY)
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Baltimore; to maintain a consistent presence at the conference and build off past successes; to have the Managing Editor serve on the CLMP panel "Editor as Curator: How to Establish a Strong Editorial Voice;" to make essential contacts to support planned expansion of circulation and a national reading series.

Bellevue Literary Review (New York, NY)
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Baltimore for the first time; to promote the young journal and gather names for a prospecting database; to exchange ideas and information with fellow publishers, and glean experience from older journals; to solicit future contributors.

One Story (Brooklyn, New York)
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Baltimore for the first time and formally introduce the magazine to the academic writing community. To establish recognition and increase visibility for this subscription only publication; to solicit and foster a submissions base in the writing programs.

PEN America
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Baltimore for the first time; to promote the journal, network with colleagues and gather information; to attend CLMP workshops on fundraising, critical to the journal at that juncture of operations.

2002

Croonenbergh's Fly (Astoria, NY)
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Conference in New Orleans; to support contributors serving as panel participants and exhibitors; to present a specifically scheduled release of the journal's second issue.

Ugly Duckling Presse/6x6 Magazine (Brooklyn, NY)
To attend Associated Writing Programs Conference in New Orleans to network with colleagues to gather information about introducing a poetry book series as an addition to the established press collective and magazine; to attend CLMP panels and workshops.

The Iconoclast (Mohegan Lake, NY)
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in New Orleans; to conduct outreach and network with colleagues and contributors; to attend panels and workshops and investigate new levels of production and promotion at the critical 10 year mark.

Four Way Books (New York, NY)
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in New Orleans; to maintain a consistent presence at the conference; to host a book publication party; promote Spring authors and a new distribution agreement; to announce the launch of a forthcoming Annual; to attend the CLMP Global Community roundtable, and book sales discussion.

Lungfull! (New York, NY)
To attend the Boston Poetry Conference; to present the opening comments and participate in a multimedia reading; to conduct outreach to contributors, readers and publishing colleagues.

The Paris Review (New York, NY)
To attend the Los Angeles Times Festival of the Books on the campus of UCLA as an exhibitor following past attendance success to which substantial new subscriptions had been tracked; to conduct outreach to past and prospective contributors.

White Pine Press (Buffalo, NY)
To attend the American Literary Translator Association Conference in Chicago, IL; to participate on a panel about Korean literature and promote the press's complementary Korean Voices series; to network with past and prospective translators; to conduct outreach to attending teachers and promote the catalog for course use.

2001

BOA Editions (Rochester, NY)
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Palm Springs; to serve as a panelist on CLMP's technical assistance roundtables: "Nuts and Bolts: Starting and Operating a Small Literary Press" and "The Net Fronteir for Independent Presses on the Web: New Possibilities for Marketing, Order Fulfillment and Readership;" to promote titles as an exhibitor; to meet with national authors and to gather information about subsidiary rights.

Open City (New York, NY)
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Palm Springs for the first time; to establish a presence at the conference, to broaden knowledge about e-publishing, direct mail, fundraising and other such key issues facing the journal; to make contact with national editors and initiate joint projects.

Hudson Review (New York, NY)
To attend the West Chester Poetry Conference, introducing new editors to an established forum for journal contributors; to conduct outreach to readers and to participate in workshops and readings in order to sharpen editorial skills.

2000

African Voices Magazine (New York, NY)
To attend the Independent Press Association Distribution Conference in San Francisco, CA.

Rattapallax Magazine and Press (New York, NY)
To conduct outreach on behalf of the magazine and press to West Coast literary communities, including literary presenting organizations, booksellers, universities and writers. Also, to meet with a distributor.

1999

Slapering Hol Press (Sleepy Hollow, NY)
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Albany. Specifically to educate its staff about the world of small press publishing; to publicize the Press; and to network with others working in the field.

Blueline (Potsdam, New York)
To attend the Associated Writing Programs Conference in Albany. Specifically so the editor could attend CLMP's Marketing Basics for Literary Magazines and Technology Planning for Literary Publishers workshops, and an introductory session about the Literary Journal Institute.

Bright Hill Press (Treadwell, New York)
To attend the day and a half-long NYTAP Literary Press Workshop in June in New York City, "Editorial Identity and Literary Publishing," co-facilitated by Allan Kornblum of Coffeehouse Press and Sandy Taylor of Curbstone Press.

Confrontation Magazine (Brookeville, NY)
To conduct a bookstore tour of upstate New York State to promote circulation and sale of magazine. Met with college and commercial booksellers, librarians and local media.

White Pine Press (Buffalo, NY)
To attend Consortium Sales Conference in New York City, and to also meet with a consultant and media reviewers while in the city.