Deep Vellum Publishing
Deep Vellum Publishing
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About this organization
Mission
To bring the world into conversation through literature by publishing underrepresented, marginalized, and vital literary voices, while building a more vibrant literary community in Dallas and beyond.
About
In 2019, Deep Vellum published 10 groundbreaking books from around the world--6 novels, 1 story collection, 1 memoir, and 2 works of poetry--plus 3 poetry chapbooks by Dallas natives. These books were originally written in 6 languages, by authors from 8 countries, and included our first 4 writers from Dallas. ~Mephistos Waltz: Selected Best Stories by Sergio Pitol, translated by George Henson (Mexico)~Muslim: A Novel by Zahia Rahmani, translated by Matt Reeck (Algeria/France)~Blood Sisters by Kim Yideum, translated by Jiyoon Lee (South Korea)~The Golden Goblet: Selected Poems by Goethe, translated by Zsuzsanna Ozsvth and Frederick Turner (Germany)~Honey, I Killed the Cats by Dorota Maslowska, translated by Benjamin Paloff (Poland)~Black Forest by Valrie Mrjen, translated by Katie Assef (France)~Life Went on Anyway: Stories by Oleg Sentsov, translated by Uilleam Blacker (Ukraine)~Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River by Jung Young Moon, translated by Yewon Jung (South Korea)~A Life of My Own: A Memoir by Donna Wilhelm (Dallas)~Dictionary of Midnight: Selected Poems by Abdulla Pashew, translated by Alana Marie Levinson LaBrosse (Kurdistan/Iraq)~Dallas Spleen by Mike Soto (Dallas)~Everything Good is Dying by Fatima-Ayan Malika Hirsi (Dallas)~The Hummingbird Poems/El poemario del colibr by Edyka Chilom (Dallas)In summer 2019, Deep Vellum acquired, substantially by donation, two renowned independent publishing houses: Phoneme Media (originally based in Los Angeles), specializing in international fiction and poetry, and A Strange Object (Austin), specializing in unique debut works by American authors. The acquisitions of these presses doubled the number of Deep Vellum books in our backlist, increased our sales figures, expanded our editorial offerings into new genres, and allowed us access to a new range of readers and supporters in cities across the United States. We also launched a brand-new publishing imprint weve named La Reunion Publishing to focus on the undertold, underrepresented stories of Texas.With these acquisitions and the founding of the new La Reunion imprint, as of December 31, 2019, Deep Vellum had published 91 books from 32 languages and 60 countries with complete gender parity among our authors, and for the first time, 4 of these books are by Dallas authors. Deep Vellum received unprecedented support for its mission in 2019, receiving three grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts, two grants from the City of Dallas Office of Arts & Culture, and our first-ever grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, alongside grant support from the Embrey Family Foundation, Moody Fund for the Arts, Walmart, Literature Translation Institute of Korea, Swedish Arts Fund, Cultural Services of the French Embassy, PEN Ukraine, and UT Dallass Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies.In the broader literary community, Deep Vellum participated in the Brooklyn Book Festival, Texas Book Festival (Austin), American Library Association Conference (Washington, DC), Social Venture Partners BigBang! (Dallas), TyPo Holiday Market (Oak Cliff), East Austin Studio Tour, and the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Conference (Denver).Deep Vellum was featured as the Spotlight Publisher at the legendary City Lights Booksellers in San Francisco from October 2019 through the end of the year, with a dedicated bookshelf & signage. Deep Vellum organized dozens of author and translator discussions across the world, including events at Yves Lambert and Shakespeare & Co. bookstores (Paris); Toronto International Festival of Authors; Community Bookstore and Unnameable Books (Brooklyn); Albertine Books, La Maison Franaise (NYC); Skylight Books, Book Soup, and UCLA (Los Angeles); Politics & Prose, National Book Festival (Washington, DC); Poetry Foundation, Lit & Luz Festival (Chicago); Garcia Street Books (Santa Fe); Duende District (Albuquerque); City of Asylum (Pittsburgh); Porter Square Books (Boston/Cambridge).In addition, we brought 10 different Deep Vellum authors and translators to Texas to present their work directly to readers across the state, at venues including Dallas Museum of Arts Arts & Letters Live Reading Series, the University of Texas at Dallass Center for Translation Studies, Dallas Festival of Books & Ideas, Dallas Institute of Humanities & Culture, Wild Detectives (Dallas); the University of Texas at Austin, Malvern Books, BookPeople (Austin); Alliance Franaise, University of Houston-Downtown, Brazos Bookstore (Houston); and Texas State University (San Marcos).In June, Deep Vellum director and publisher Will Evans was invited to participate in the Sozopol Fiction Seminars in Bulgaria, organized by the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation, alongside 4 other editors from the UK and Ireland, and ten writers from the US and UK, plus 10 writers from Bulgaria.In October, CLMP awarded Deep Vellum director and publisher Will Evans the Golden Colophon Award for Paradigm Independent Literary Publishing. CLMP executive director Mary Gannon noted, Will Evans, through his work at Deep Vellum Publishing, has championed underrepresented, marginalized, and vital literary voices.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing reveals the mission of the non-profit as “To bring the world into conversation through literature by publishing underrepresented, marginalized, and vital literary voices, while building a more vibrant literary community in dallas and beyond.”.
When detailing its duties, they were outlined as: “To bring the world into conversation through literature by publishing underrepresented, marginalized, and vital literary voices, while building a more vibrant literary community in dallas and beyond.”.
- According to the law, the state where the non-profit operates has been reported as TX.
- The filing specifies that the non-profit's address in 2020 was 3000 Commerce St, Dallas, TX, 75226.
- The non-profit's form for the year 2020 reports a total of 2 employees on their payroll.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Does not operate a school.
- Does not collect art.
- Does not provide credit counseling.
- Does not have foreign activities.
- Is not a donor advised fund.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Revenue is between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $86,647.
- The CEO compensation scheme within the organization is based on a review and endorsement process by a neutral entity.
- The organization has a written policy that describes how long it will retain documents.
- The organization has 5 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2013.
- The organization has a written policy that addresses conflicts of interest.
- The organization is required to file Schedule B.
- The organization is required to file Schedule O.
- The organization pays $58,001 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $10,442 in fundraising expenses.
- The organization has minutes of its meetings.
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