UCROSS INCLUDED AMONG LIST OF 66 AMAZON LITERARY PARTNERSHIP Grant Recipients

Ucross, WY (May 28, 2020) – Ucross announced today that it was selected to receive a grant from the Amazon Literary Partnership to support its program and operations. Ucross is among a list of sixty-six 2020 Amazon Literary Partnership Grant Recipients, collectively awarded a total of more than $1 million. The funds to Ucross will support residencies for two emerging writers from the High Plains or Intermountain West regions.
 
The Amazon Literary Partnership (ALP) has a goal of helping writers tell their stories and find their readers, empowering writers to create, publish, learn, teach, experiment, and thrive. Since 2009, ALP is committed to uplifting and amplifying the voices of overlooked or marginalized writers by supporting the literary community through grants to writing programs and nonprofit literary organizations including groups like Ucross whose mission is to support artists from all backgrounds at all stages of their careers.
 
“We’re honored that the Amazon Literary Partnership program recognized Ucross with this support, which will provide emerging writers from our greater region with the gift of time and space to create,” says Sharon Dynak, President and Executive Director of Ucross. “We’re thrilled that ALP has recognized Ucross’s continued commitment to supporting a diversity of voices, and we look forward to welcoming the soon-to-be selected writers to the breathtaking setting of Wyoming’s High Plains.”
 
In addition to selecting artists from a diverse range of backgrounds, Ucross is committed to supporting artists and writers from the Native American community. The Ucross Fellowship for Native American Visual Artists has supported the work of contemporary Native American artists since 2018. Ucross expanded the Fellowship program to include Native American writers in 2020.
 
“The Amazon Literary Partnership grants are awarded to innovative groups whose core mission have a deep impact on the lives of writers and the broader literary and publishing community,” said Alexandra Woodworth, Amazon Literary Partnership manager. “We are proud to support all of this year’s ALP grant recipients and applaud their commitment to nurturing a vibrant and diverse literary landscape.”