COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES

THE COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES SERVES ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE SEGMENTS OF AMERICAN ARTS AND CULTURE: THE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS OF EXCEPTIONAL FICTION, POETRY AND PROSE. THE COUNCIL OF LITERARY MAGAZINES AND PRESSES ACCOMPLISH THE BACKSTAGE WORK OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: DISCOVERING NEW WRITERS, SUPPORTING MID-CAREER WRITERS, PUBLISHING THE CREATIVE VOICES OF COMMUNITIES UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE MAIN STREAM COMMERCIAL CULTURE, AND PRESERVING LITERATURE FOR FUTURE READERS BY KEEPING BOOKS IN PRINT.