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- EIN 94-2942770
- (415) 757-0465
- 57 Post St Ste 708 San Francisco CA 94104-5025 USA
- www.zyzzyva.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Printing & Publishing
Mission: Since its founding in 1985, zyzzyva inc. Has been devoted to producing and publishing zyzzyva, the premier print journal dedicated to publishing new works by the finest contemporary authors, artists, and translators on the west coast and beyond. Zyzzyva brings national attention to the work of west coast authors and artists, offering many of contemporary literatures most acclaimed voices their first time in print and their first access to a national audience. The journal is available by subscription and in bookstores and newsstands across the country. Our most important activities are the publication of the print journal and support for our authors and our community of readers via free events and online.
Programs: Zyzzyva successfully executed its primary project of publishing the tri-quarterly print journal. In keeping with our mission since inception, our goal was to continue publishing the journal and to continue our support for writers and artists. To that end, we published three exemplary issues of the journal in 2017, featuring new works by 56 writers and substantial portfolios by 3 visual artists, in beautifully produced and carefully edited volumes which were distributed to bookstores and newsstands nationwide. We hosted or participated in 23 events to bring publicity, attention and a live audience to our authors. We continue to offer emerging talents a valuable, nationally-distributed platform (featuring fiction by 26 emerging writers in the journal over the course of the year) while also offering substantial support (through publicity, in print and online; through events; and through sustaining our increased author payments) for all our authors, emerging and established alike.