THE AMAZON LITERARY PARTNERSHIP GRANT PROGRAMME 2025 (UK AND IRELAND)
Grants are available for innovative not-for-profit literary organisations, including Community Interest Companies, in the UK and the Republic of Ireland for projects and activities that amplify diverse voices and strive for a lasting impact on writers’ lives, the literary and publishing communities and broader society.
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o Application deadline: FRIDAY 31st JANUARY 2025 at 23:59.
o Funder: The Amazon Literary Partnership (the Amazon Literary Partnership, which is funded by Amazon, the largest online retailer and technology provider. supports non-profit literary organisations that empower writers to create, publish, learn, teach, experiment, and thrive).
o Who can apply: registered not-for-profit literary organisations in the UK or Republic of Ireland, whose principal objective is to develop emerging writers, support diversity, celebrate storytelling, and/or build authors’ careers.
o Key words: Amplifying Diverse Voices, Writers or All Ages and Stages of Development, Children and Young People, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom.
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The Amazon Literary Partnership (ALP) is back for its 6th year after 5 successful years providing grants to literary organisations that encourage and champion writers of all ages and stages across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
In 2024, the Partnership supported 37 literary groups across the UK – more than ever before – and for the first time supported groups in the Republic of Ireland. Beneficiaries included organisations dedicated to amplifying voices that aren’t usually heard, and groups that engage children with expressing themselves through writing.
The Amazon Literary Partnership is now open and invites applications from all not-for-profit literary organisations in the UK and Republic of Ireland for grants to support and help grow their work in 2025. Funding is principally for innovative proposals that amplify diverse voices and strive for a lasting impact on writers’ lives, the literary and publishing communities and broader society.
Applying organisations must demonstrate that they:
o Are structurally and financially robust.
o Display energy, passion, and reach.
o Have an online presence, and
o An enthusiastic membership or readership.
The Amazon Literary Partnership hasn’t provided details of the minimum or maximum grant available.
Some examples of previous funded organisations are provided on the ALP website (you’ll need to scroll down the page to find the list).
The 2025 programme opened to applications on Tuesday 26th November 2024 with a deadline for applications of Friday 31st January 2025.
Successful applicants are expected to be notified by the end of May 2025.
Further information, guidance and details about how to apply can be found on the ALP website. Please note that applicants will need to create a free Submittable Account on the ALP Submission Portal or sign in with Google or Facebook credentials in order to submit the application form.