2004 Grant Recipients
First Place: Chris Shoup for the novel When I Am Rich and You Are Beautiful and the zine Kankazine. Second Place: Trent Call for the sketchbook zine Swinj. Third Place: The Translucent Amoebae Consortium for the sketchbook Collection of Hued Scraps (later retitled Translucent – vol. 1). Merit Award: Elsie Sampson for Chinese Sweatshop and Shopping Queen’s Diary. Michael K. Gause for The Tequila Chronicles.
Handmade Fiction
2013 Grant Recipients
Beginner: First Place (The AxP Printer Hero Award): Joyce Hatton for Think About the Bubbles #8: Trust the Knife. Second Place (The AxP Perpetual Art Award): Red Velvet and Company for Catherinette and Where Are You Going. Third Place (The AxP Cut to Bleed Award): Julia Arredondo for The Guide to Being Alone and The Guide to Dating Gangsters. Veteran: First Place (The AxP Printer Hero Award): Heather Wreckage for Dreams of Donuts #15 and #16. Second Place (The AxP Perpetual Art Award): Kathy Tran for Voltaire for Volthair #4: Recursive Language. Third Place (The AxP Cut to Bleed Award): Rachel Dukes for Frankie Comics. Crop Mark Merit Award: Michelle Spadafore for Haiku & Holga. Isabel Reidy for 1-800-KRAVLOX. Sara Diamond for We Were Here. Nickolas Burgess, Steve Turtell, Ryan Hickey, and Ted Moneo for Against Debt. Erika Lipkes (A.K.A. Lady Beaver) for Exhibit S. Chris and Mina for SEPIDEH. Zachary Hamilton for Identificacion. Kristin and Comrades for Fourth Wave Freaks. Anne Rita Taylor for An Invitation. Michelle Witchipoo for Babalon Babes and Psycho Bunny.
2014 Grant Recipients
Beginner: First Place (The AxP Printer Hero Award): Celia Caro for The Magic of Childhood. Second Place (The AxP Perpetual Art Award): Isabel Reidy for Powder Shiver. Third Place (The AxP Cut to Bleed Award): The Beast Grrl Collective for Beast Grrl. Veteran: First Place (The AxP Printer Hero Award): Celeste Fichter for That’s Entertainment. Second Place (The AxP Perpetual Art Award): Michelle Spadafore for Haiku & Holga. Third Place (The AxP Cut to Bleed Award): Victoria Law for Tenacious – Art and Writings by Women in Prison. Crop Mark Merit Award: Wayne Palesado and Vena Moore for The Journey. Slim Lopez for Encuentro.
2015 Grant Recipients
Beginner: First Place (The AxP Printer Hero Award): Beast Grrl Collective for Beast Grrl Zine Issue 8. Second Place (The AxP Perpetual Art Award): Claudia E. Berger for The Bear and The Moon. Third Place (The AxP Cut to Bleed Award): April Ibarra Siqueitos for Valley of Paradox. Veteran: First Place (The Art Exchange Program’s Printer Hero Award): Tim Nicholas and Annie Soga for Shelf Life. Second Place (The AxP Perpetual Art Award): Isabel Reidy for True Friendship Now. Third Place (The AxP Cut to Bleed Award): Minhee Bae for Summer Naps. Crop Mark Merit Award: Anne Rita Taylor for Taylor Zine: Paris. Marianne Evans-Lombe for Sisterspeak. Sarah Crosthwaite and Company for Satyr. Erika Lipkes for Safari Park of Love. Z.F. Thrimej for When Deadlines Become Zombies. Jack Probst for Unheard. Heather Welborm and Mickey McGee for Release the Hounds.
2016 Grant Recipients
Beginner: First Place (The AxP Printer Hero Award): Kassandra Pinero and Sophia Yuet See for the Sula Collective. Second Place (The AxP Perpetual Art Award): MML for Girl with a Temple Behind Her. Third Place (The AxP Cut to Bleed Award): Khat Patrong for ( :. Veteran: First Place (The AxP Printer Hero Award): Christina Kelly for In All That Brown the Sun Went Down. Second Place (The AxP Perpetual Art Award): Patricia Silva for Larker Anthology. Third Place (The AxP Cut to Bleed Award): Porad Gasan-zade for My Angry Cat from Space. Crop Mark Merit Award: Noah Decaf for Geographies. April Ibarra Siqueiros for Celestial Hearts. Claudia E. Berger for The Tiny Landscape Project. Eileen White for Book Case Press. Karen Llamas for Kissing Girls Coloring Book. Jousha Didriksen for Baspervision. Jessica Miller for Peaches & Beaches. Yuqi Pan for Bear and Train/The Penguin King.
2017 Grant Recipients
First Place (The AxP Printer Hero Award): Steve Hughes for Stupor. Second Place (The AxP Perpetual Art Award): Noah Decaf for Ways To Be Held. Third Place (The AxP Cut to Bleed Award): Kassandra Pinero and Sophia Yuet See for the Sula Collective.
I’ve always wished I had the money to start a scholarship, but being a working class artist; I’m not exactly swimming in gold coins. Then I realized I didn’t need to be a millionaire to start a grant. It could be something I could manage financially, $150-$200, and still be a benefit to others.