Red Hen Press, Los Angeles, Calif., one of many organizations that recently lost NEA grants and other funding, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to make up the for the funding losses and some unusual expenses resulting from storm damage and vandalism.
As the press put it, "For 32 years, Red Hen has published extraordinary poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, championing voices that might otherwise go unheard. Today, that work is under serious financial threat.
"We are the biggest non-university non-profit publisher in Southern California. Every year, we publish 25 books, teach poetry to more than 350 students in our Writing in the Schools (WITS) program, host at least 30 international events, mentor 50 interns, provide eight publication awards, and publish almost 500 authors through the Los Angeles Review. To date, this comes to over 700 published books (including our imprints), 5,000+ WITS students, hundreds of events, over 200,000 hours of mentorship, more than 60 awards, and thousands of authors featured through the Los Angeles Review.
"Without independent publishers like Red Hen Press, many authors' incredible work might never find the audience they deserve. Our award-winning authors, books, and cover designs would go unseen. We love our authors and their incredible stories, and we yearn to champion their work, to spread it like morning glories to our community of readers eager to see themselves reflected in the pages they read."
Red Hen aims to raise $500,000 and has received $180,000 so far.