Grantee Database
FOGLIFTER PRESS
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$38,499.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Foglifter Press will annually produce two issues of our award-winning Foglifter Journal, each featuring 50+ LGBTQ+ authors. We will host free release parties for each issue featuring six readers at each event at STRUT, an ADA-accessible venue in San Francisco’s Castro LGBTQ Cultural District. The readings will include ASL interpretation for Deaf and hard-of-hearing community members. CAC funds will also support Foglifter to increase our all LGBTQ+ staff capacity and staff stipends during the grant period.
Organization Summary
Foglifter operates four core programs: 1) Annually publishes two issues of our Foglifter literary journal featuring the original work of 60–80 2SLGBTQIA+ literary artists who receive honorariums for publication; 2) Annually publishes one Start a Riot! chapbook with prize winning authors receiving honorariums/royalties); 3) Annually produces at least four free literary events each featuring at last six 2SLGBTQIA+ writers who receive honorariums; 4) Invests in the professional development of 2SLGBTQIA+ literary artists through our programming, workshops, social media outreach and guest editorships featuring paid honorariums.
Organization
Foglifter Press
Address
1200 CLAY ST APT 4
SAN FRANCISCO
94108-1428
County
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area – San Francisco
Phone
(415) 710-6537
Congressional District
California Assembly district 17
State Assembly District
District 17
State Senate District
District 11
