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Seattle7Writers, which created “The Novel: Live!” event and the resulting novel Hotel Angeline, is one of a diverse range of not-for-profit, author-focused organizations receiving support from Amazon.com for programs dedicated to developing new works and new voices. Other recipients include the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Lambda Literary Foundation, Poets & Writers, One Story, The Loft, Council of Literary Magazines & Presses, Hedgebrook, Copper Canyon Press, The Moth, Girls Write Now, Seattle Arts & Lectures, Richard Hugo House, WriteGirl, 826 Seattle, Voice of Witness, The Kenyon Review, Open Letter, Archipelago Books, Pen American Center, Words Without Borders, the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Asian American Writers Workshop, and the New York Writers Coalition. All of these organizations share Amazon.com’s obsession with fostering the creation, discussion, and publication of new authors and new work.
Seattle7Writers is an Associated Program of Shunpike,
a 501(c)(3) non-profit art service organization whose mission is to strengthen the Seattle arts community by partnering with small and mid-size arts groups to develop the business tools they need to succeed. Working in close partnership with these groups, Shunpike helps solve problems quickly and impart vital skills in finance, organizational management and arts administration.