CLMP offers literary presses and magazines the opportunity to apply for support to pay for 10 to 20 hours of working with a professional consultant on a proposed project to help build organizational capacity. This program helps grantees identify and implement strategies for improvement in areas such as marketing, publicity, distribution, website development, fundraising, strategic and succession planning, and overall operations.

For more information and to view the eligibility requirements, click here. Answers to frequently asked questions can be found here. 

CLMP offers New York State-based literary magazines and presses the opportunity to apply for grants of $2,500, $5,000, and $7,500 to support projects that build organizational capacity and ensure greater sustainability.

The NYSCA NYTAP Regrant Program serves as an interim step toward applying to NYSCA for organizations with budgets large enough to be eligible but without the capacity to apply, and for those publishers with budgets too small to be eligible to apply to NYSCA directly. All projects must focus on capacity building, not the routine costs of publishing. Examples of projects include software upgrades, design projects, accessibility initiatives, special marketing efforts, and development/fundraising efforts. Consultant fees to assist in executing the project may be included in the project budget. Final reporting is required from all grantees.

For more information and to view the eligibility requirements, please click here. Answers to frequently asked questions can be found here. 

Novels, novellas, short story collections, and fiction chapbooks published by independent presses during the 2026 calendar year are eligible. Additional guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the CLMP website.  

The entry fee to submit a single title to the Firecracker Awards is $65 ($55 for CLMP members). To submit a single book, select Single Entry Submission Fee (or Single Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member). Please verify your CLMP membership status before submitting at the CLMP member price.     

Additional titles may be submitted for $45 ($35 for CLMP members) each. Please be sure you have submitted one title in any genre at the Single Entry Submission Fee price; subsequent titles may be submitted in any genre using the Additional Entry Submission Fee (or Additional Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member).      

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Memoirs, essay collections, and other literary nonfiction books published by independent presses during the 2026 calendar year are eligible. Additional guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the CLMP website.  

The entry fee to submit a single title to the Firecracker Awards is $65 ($55 for CLMP members). To submit a single book, select Single Entry Submission Fee (or Single Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member). Please verify your CLMP membership status before submitting at the CLMP member price.     

Additional titles may be submitted for $45 ($35 for CLMP members) each. Please be sure you have submitted one title in any genre at the Single Entry Submission Fee price; subsequent titles may be submitted in any genre using the Additional Entry Submission Fee (or Additional Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member).   

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Poetry collections and chapbooks published by independent presses during the 2026 calendar year are eligible. Additional guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the CLMP website. 

The entry fee to submit a single title to the Firecracker Awards is $65 ($55 for CLMP members). To submit a single book, select Single Entry Submission Fee (or Single Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member). Please verify your CLMP membership status before submitting at the CLMP member price. 

Additional titles may be submitted for $45 ($35 for CLMP members) each. Please be sure you have submitted one title in any genre at the Single Entry Submission Fee price; subsequent titles may be submitted in any genre using the Additional Entry Submission Fee (or Additional Entry Submission Fee - CLMP Member).     

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Print and digital magazines that were founded prior to 2025 are eligible to submit in this category. Additional guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the CLMP website.  

Print magazines: Please upload a single PDF containing up to three issues of the magazine published in the 2026 calendar year. Digital magazines: Please submit a web address, and if the magazine is organized in issues, submissions may also include up to three additional links that correspond to issues published in 2026.   

The entry fee is $65 ($55 for CLMP members). Please verify your CLMP membership status before submitting at the CLMP member price. Interested in becoming a CLMP member? Apply now.

Magazines submitting in the Best Debut category must have launched during the 2025 or 2026 calendar year. Additional guidelines and eligibility requirements are available on the CLMP website.  

Print magazines: Please upload a single PDF containing up to three issues of the magazine published in the 2026 calendar year. Digital magazines: Please submit a web address, and if the magazine is organized in issues, submissions may also include up to three additional links that correspond to issues published in 2026.   

The entry fee to submit a single magazine to the Firecracker Awards is $65 ($55 for CLMP members). Please verify your CLMP membership status before submitting at the CLMP member price.   

Interested in becoming a CLMP member? Apply now.