Zoeglossia Inc.

“Expenses website services 2,490 conference, meeting, conventi 1,080 bank charges 55 miscellaneous 157 in-kind expenses 100 total 3,882”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 326 59”

“Zoeglossia is a literary organization with a mission to foster an open, supportive, and engaged community that champions and celebrates disability culture, poetics, and creativity. Through its offerings, zoeglossia strives to widen access to arts opportunities and professional development for disabled poets and writers.”

“Amplified disabled poets by publishing their work in the poem of the week series and hosting poems from the series on the zoeglossia website. There were 6 poets published and 2 poets were engaged and highlighted as curators for the series. Each curator provided a curatorial statement for the month they curated. The poem of the week series aims to create a significant archive of disability poems. Accessibility for the series includes audio files for each poem and image descriptions for photos presented. Poem of the week pages received 4,563 views at zoeglossia's website in 2024. In support of strengthening the organization's practices and programs, zoeglossia held a listening process which engaged its fellows in two fellow-only gatherings, a question and answer session with zoeglossia's director, a gathering of fellows with the board of directors, one-on-one meetings, and an online feedback survey. At least 25 of the existing 51 fellows participated in these activities. These sessions also provided space for the fellow community to meet and have discussions with one another, thus strengthening community amongst fellows. The contractor who led this process provided feedback to the board on ways to strengthen the organization and its offerings. Provided professional development stipends to 16 fellows of up to 350. These stipends supplied reimbursement and/or direct payments to contractors/organizations in support of fellows submitting poems/manuscripts for contests/publication; covering fees related to craft-related professional opportunities such as residencies, workshops, conferences; accessing manuscript consultations; and other services related to networking, gaining new skills, and/or making their writing more widely available.”