国家艺术基金会NEA大阅读2027-28年度申请开放：社区共读配套补助每项5000至3万美元，第一阶段2027年1月12日截止
华盛顿——国家艺术基金会（National Endowment for the Arts，NEA）与 Arts Midwest 宣布，2027-28 年度「NEA 大阅读」（NEA Big Read）社区共读计划现已开放申请：每项配套补助 5,000 至 30,000 美元，本年度主题为「像冠军一样阅读：礼赞美国伟大体育故事」（Read Like a Champion: Celebrating Great American Sports Stories），申请第一阶段（资格审查）于 2027 年 1 月 12 日截止、第二阶段完整提案于 2027 年 1 月 26 日截止，获补助项目将于 2027 年 9 月至 2028 年 6 月间举行。
本年度书目库共 18 本书，涵盖诗歌、小说、非虚构与图像文学，场景从球场、冰场、篮球场到开阔水域、拳台与保龄球馆，探讨竞争与团队合作、坚持与韧性、自我发现与身心健康，以及体育凝聚社区的独特作用。获补助机构须以所选的一本大阅读书目为核心设计全社区共读活动，并按规定提供非联邦配套资金；补助可用于购书与举办配套活动。
申请资格面向位于美国、美国领土或原住民族地区的机构：非营利艺术组织、大学、图书馆、服务组织、博物馆、学区与部落政府均可申请，首次申请者与各种规模社区、各种预算规模的机构都在欢迎之列。共读活动形式不限于读书讨论，还可包括启动活动、作者到访、专题讲座、小组讨论、电影放映、艺术展览、戏剧与音乐演出、诗歌朗诵比赛、写作工作坊与社区故事分享等，活动周期可短至一周、长至数月。申请经 SmartSimple 在线补助门户提交，详细资格与指南见 Arts Midwest 官网的大阅读页面。
NEA 大阅读是国家艺术基金会与 Arts Midwest 的合作项目，自 2006 年起把社区居民聚到同一本书周围；本年度以体育为主题，正值美国体育文化话题热度高涨之时，华人社区的图书馆、学校与文化机构同样符合申请资格，可借共读活动组织面向各年龄层居民的阅读与文化项目。
NEA Big Read 2027-28 Applications Open: Community Reading Matching Grants of $5,000 to $30,000, Phase 1 Due January 12, 2027
Washington — The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with Arts Midwest, announced that applications are now open for the 2027-28 NEA Big Read, the national community reading program offering matching grants of $5,000 to $30,000. This cycle's theme is "Read Like a Champion: Celebrating Great American Sports Stories." Phase 1 eligibility reviews are due January 12, 2027, with full proposals due January 26, 2027, and funded programs will take place between September 2027 and June 2028.
The cycle's library offers 18 books spanning poetry, fiction, nonfiction and graphic literature, set everywhere from playing fields and ice rinks to basketball courts, open water, boxing rings and bowling alleys, exploring competition and teamwork, perseverance and resilience, self-discovery and well-being, and the ways sports bring communities together. Grantees design a community-wide reading program around a single chosen book and provide the required nonfederal cost share; funding supports book purchases and programming.
Eligible applicants located in the United States, U.S. territories or Native Nations include nonprofit arts organizations, universities, libraries, service organizations, museums, school districts and tribal governments; first-time applicants and organizations of all community sizes and budget levels are welcome. Beyond book discussions, programming may include a kick-off event, author visits, lectures, panel discussions, film screenings, art exhibitions, theatrical and musical performances, poetry slams, writing workshops and community storytelling, lasting from a week to several months. Applications are submitted through the SmartSimple grants portal, with full guidelines on the Arts Midwest Big Read pages.
The NEA Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, has brought communities together around a shared book since 2006. Libraries, schools and cultural organizations in Chinese American communities are equally eligible and can use the program to build reading and cultural events for residents of all ages.
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图片来源：图：美国国会图书馆主阅览室（资料图）。图片：Carol M. Highsmith，美国国会图书馆 Highsmith 档案，公共领域（Wikimedia Commons）。Photo: Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress (file photo). Credit: Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress Highsmith Archive, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
