Stylus Prize gives three literary nonprofits $250,000 each
Graywolf Press, One Story, and The Porch Writers' Collective were chosen through anonymous nominations for the inaugural award.
Graywolf Press, One Story, and The Porch Writers' Collective in Nashville will each receive an unrestricted award of $250,000 from the inaugural Stylus Prize from the Literary Arts Fund, according to Publishers Marketplace. The prize aims to "honor literary arts nonprofits for making significant and essential contributions to writers creating new work and engaging readers."
Writers across the country anonymously nominated organizations for consideration, with the Fund making the final selections. The Literary Arts Fund plans to award the prize annually in each of the subsequent four years to three literary arts nonprofits per year.
Three organizations that keep writers working just got $250,000 apiece, unrestricted, from a brand-new prize. Writers nominated the candidates themselves, anonymously, which is a nice touch in an industry where most big checks come with somebody's fine print attached. This one runs again for four more years, three nonprofits at a time — so if you work with or rely on a literary arts nonprofit, start paying attention to who nominates next.
From the Coral Wire edition of Fri, Nov 13 2026 · Coral Index 61/100 (Tailwinds building)