Literary Organizations Projects

Overview of the Literary Organizations Projects program:

The Literary Organizations Projects is a funding opportunity which aims to support the professional presentation, and promotion of written and oral Canadian literatures in Ontario, and the development of professional, ongoing arts and literary publishing capacity in the province. This program has five categories which includes: 1. Festivals and fairs: - events including an organized and multi-faceted program of literary activities that takes place within a defined and concentrated period of time of one or more days. Events may be focused on literary performance, the promotion and sale of Canadian books, or both. 2. Performance series: - event series that host regular events presenting literary performance to the public, including slams, storytelling series, and reading series. 3. Development initiatives: - activities and initiatives that benefit Ontario’s professional literary sector at large. This includes professional development for literary artists and arts workers, conferences and other activities with a community impact. 4. Literary book publishing: - the publication of eligible Canadian-authored books in print and/or digital formats, for distribution to the public through an identified and viable market channel. 5. Literary magazine publishing: - the publication of a literary magazine featuring predominantly Canadian writers and artists in print and/or digital formats.

Benefits of the Literary Organizations Projects program:

• Grant amount(s)
• Festivals and fairs: maximum $12,000
• Performance series: maximum $12,000
• Development initiatives: maximum $12,000
• Literary book publishing: maximum $12,000
• Arts magazine publishing: maximum $12,000

Eligibility criteria of the Literary Organizations Projects program:

• To qualify for this program, the following guidelines must be followed:
• Literary festival, performance series, and sector development categories are open to:
  • Ontario-based ad hoc groups and collectives
  • Ontario-based not-for-profit arts organizations
• Literary book and magazine publishing categories are open to:
  • Not-for-profit arts organizations, as well as eligible for-profit book and magazine publishers, with a permanent physical address in Ontario, that publish primarily in English; are free to make their own editorial decisions and sign contracts in their own name; and pay contributors fees or royalties and issue contributors contracts (note: all applicants must already be paying contributors)
  • Publishers that are established on a for-profit basis, either as sole proprietorships or as incorporated organizations, must be Canadian-owned and -controlled (see Program-specific definitions below) with the head office (at least 50 per cent of employees and editorial, management and financial control) in Ontario.
• If the applicant has previously received three or more grants from this program, it must have published no fewer than two eligible books or arts magazine issues in the 12 months prior to the program deadline, unless that publisher is an online magazine that has posted arts content regularly for the last 12 months.