Enormous heartfelt thanks for your outpouring of support for our stand! Many of you have asked about the NEA's appalling new guidelines for literature grants (links at the bottom of this post), which Tupelo Press expressly reject:
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"The applicant understands that federal funds shall not be used to promote gender ideology, pursuant to Executive Order No. 14168, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government." -- NO!
Applications must be built around or feature some aspect of American triumphalism ("Funding priority will be given for projects that celebrate and honor the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.") -- NO!
All applicants are required to sign something called a "Certificate of Compliance," including Draconian reprisals for failing to comply with "all Executive Orders." -- NO!
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We WILL build our Spring 2026 list around:
• Jennifer Jean's dual-language (Arabic/English) anthology of Arab women's poetry
• Ming Holden's "Fire Alarm”
• Avia Tadmor's "Song in Tammuz”
• Preeti Parikh's "Blue Selvage”
• Ángel Garcia's "Indifferent Cities”
• Diana Cao's "Slipstream."