Inprint Inc

AS HOUSTON'S PREMIER LITERARY ARTS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, INPRINT ANNUALLY SERVES MORE THAN 17,000 READERS AND WRITERS OF FICTION, POETRY, AND CREATIVE NONFICTION. INPRINT PROGRAMS INCLUDE: LITERARY PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS, WRITING WORKSHOPS AND SUPPORT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF LITERARY WRITERS.

INPRINT'S LITERARY PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS INCLUDE INPRINT MARGARETT ROOT BROWN READING SERIES (IBRS); INPRINT COOL BRAINS! SERIES; INK WELL: A PODCAST; ESCRITORES EN LA CASA: READINGS IN SPANISH; AND RELATED COMMUNITY PROGRAMS - ALL AT LITTLE OR NO COST TO THE PUBLIC. EVENTS INCLUDE AUTHOR READINGS, INTERVIEWS, CONVERSATIONS, AND BOOK SIGNINGS. IBRS HAS FEATURED NEARLY 400 WRITERS FROM 37 COUNTRIES, INCLUDING WINNERS OF 12 NOBEL PRIZES, 64 PULITZER PRIZES, 57 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS, 16 BOOKER PRIZES, AND 19 U.S. POETS LAUREATE; COOL BRAINS! HAS PRESENTED MORE THAN 40 RENOWNED MIDDLE-GRADE AUTHORS, INCLUDING WINNERS OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, AND CALDECOTT MEDAL; INK WELL HAS FEATURED INTERVIEWS IN MORE THAN 22 EPISODES WITH LEADING LATINX AND LATIN AMERICAN WRITERS; AND ESCRITORES EN LA CASA, WHICH COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, HAS SHOWCASED 12 ACCLAIMED AUTHORS FROM THE U.S., LATIN AMERICA, AND SPAIN. A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF 11,906 WAS DIRECTLY SERVED BY THESE PROGRAMS IN 2020-2021.

INPRINT'S LITERARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDE WRITING WORKSHOPS, POETRY BUSKERS, BOOK CLUB, AND OTHER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, SOME OF WHICH COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. WRITING WORKSHOPS PROVIDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC, SENIOR CITIZENS, K-12 EDUCATORS, HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES, ADULTS WITH DEMENTIA, VETERANS, THE INCARCERATED, AND OTHERS WITH INSTRUCTION IN CREATIVE WRITING THAT ENABLES THEM, DEPENDING ON THE GROUP SERVED, TO STRENGTHEN THEIR WRITING SKILLS, PREPARE WORK FOR PUBLICATION, CREATE MEMOIRS THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, ENGAGE IN PERSONALLY REWARDING ACTIVITIES, AND IMPROVE COGNITIVE ABILITIES; POETRY BUSKING BRINGS THE JOY OF POETRY TO FESTIVALS AND PUBLIC EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA; AND BOOK CLUB OFFERS LIVELY DISCUSSIONS ON WORKS BY AUTHORS FEATURED IN IBRS. TOTAL AUDIENCE OF 810 WAS DIRECTLY SERVED BY THESE PROGRAMS IN 2020-2021.

INPRINT PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF LITERARY WRITERS. SINCE 1983, INPRINT HAS PROVIDED FELLOWSHIPS, JURIED PRIZES, AND PAID WRITING-RELATED EMPLOYMENT TO MORE THAN 500 GRADUATE STUDENTS AND LOCAL AUTHORS, TOTALING MORE THAN $4 MILLION IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF WRITERS. INPRINT'S SUPPORT OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (UH) CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM AND UNDERGRADUATES AT RICE UNIVERSITY, ALONG WITH OUTREACH PROGRAMS AT OTHER LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS, ENHANCES HOUSTON AND HELPS TO ENSURE - LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY - THE FUTURE OF THE WRITTEN WORD. INPRINT STAFF MEETS REGULARLY WITH ADMINISTRATORS AND FACULTY AT UH, RICE, AND OTHER SCHOOLS, TO ASSESS AND MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THIS SUPPORT. A TOTAL AUDIENCE OF 156 WAS DIRECTLY SERVED BY THESE PROGRAMS IN 2020-2021.