In 2022, we were able to accomplish the following:
»» Published Fence issue #39 and paid all contributors $50 each. Prepared Fence issue is #40, ready to be transmitted to the printer the first week of January.
»» Began a new dedicated translation section of Fence and invited submissions.
»» Created the Visiting Editor position, the first Visiting Editor to join Fence for issues #40 and #41 being Edgar Garcia, author of Fence Book Skins of Columbus.
»» Interviewed and brought on four new Fence Poetry editors, one Fence Fiction editor, two Fence Translation editors, and one Fence Other editor.
»» Attended AWP in Philadelphia, and co-hosted two highly-attended offsite events.
»» Paid royalties to Fence Book authors.
»» Published numerous pieces online in Fence Steaming, The Constant Critic, Fence Sounds, and Fence Digital.
»» Published books: Maafa by Harmony Holiday, The Charm & the Dread by Rodrigo Toscano, Mopes by Kenneth Reveiz, and a Fence Digital electronic book, Sex Axe by Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle with photographs by Seton Smith.
»» Supervised summer Fence intern Lydia Mead, who is now the Book Award Submissions Director and Co-Editor of The Constant Critic.
»» Conducted the successful and magical Fence Art + Experience Auction fundraising effort.
»» Co-hosted the highly-attended Fence issue #40 preview and Fence transition celebration including a tribute to Rebecca Wolff at the NYU Writers House.
»» Opened the 2024 Ottoline Prize submittable window, receiving over 300 full-length poetry manuscripts by females and people who identify as women.
»» Approved a bi-lingual Spanish translation of Bitter Green by Martin Corless-Smith, published by Buenos Aires Poetry.
»» Opened the Fence issue #41 submittable portal, receiving a flood of submissions.
»» For the first time in Fence’s history, were able to pay Fence genre editors a total of $500 over the course of the year for their work on issues #40 and #41.
»» Worked closely with Fence bookkeeper and retired CPA, Lisa Borello, to improve organization of Fence finances.
»» Secured $30,000 in 2023 NYSCA grant funds.
»» Applied to multiple 2023 grants: NEA, NYSCA, CLMP Capacity Building (we were not, this time, awarded a 2023 NEA grant. The CLMP grant decision will come in mid-January).
»» Secured two new volunteer interns who have begun working with Jason and Emily.
»» Secured a Rutgers New-Brunswick funded PhD student summer 2023 intern.
»» Conducted a full by-hand inventory of the books in the storage unit in Hudson, New York.
»» Mailed many membership packages, books, and issues of Fence via Fence direct distribution.
»» And we are grateful for a direct contribution from artist Richard Prince, which brought our fundraising total during the Fence Art + Experience Auction to $37,000. The funds raised through the auction enabled us to fulfill our fall publication plans, pay for the printing of 2022 Fence Modern Poets Prize-winner Kenneth Reveiz’s Mopes: A Book of Poems in Three Acts, paid staff, and set aside funds for the printing and shipping of Fence issue #40.
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