Council of Literary Magazines and Presses


The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses is an American organization of independent literary publishers and magazines. It was founded in 1967 by Robie Macauley, Reed Whittemore ; Jules Chametzky ; George Plimpton ; and William Phillips as the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines at the suggestion of the National Endowment for the Arts, and renamed in 1989. it has about 350 members, half with a budget of less than $10,000.
in 2000 was launched as an online resource providing technical assistance and information services for literary publishers and as an internet center for information about the field for readers, writers, media, and the general public.