"[1] The mission of the CLMP was described in a 1981 New York Times article as a "service organization,... set up to help ... literary groups....
The new quarters will also provide a home for the council's 14,000-item library of little magazines published in the United States since 1967 and said to be the only collection covering this period.
"[8] In 2000, CLMP Online was launched as an online resource providing technical assistance and information services for literary publishers and as an internet center for information about the field for readers, writers, media, and the general public.
In its initial years, the CCLM received an annual grant from the Literature Panel of the NEA; by 1976 this figure was $400,000.
"[13] That same year, however, the Literature Panel of the NEA terminated the $400,000 annual grant to the CCLM, claiming the organization was too "'elitist' and dominated by a few of the largest and most prestigious literary magazines.
[1]In 1988, the NEA awarded the CCLM "$50,000 to help develop the marketing and promotion of" literary magazines.
"[8] The CLMP administers the Lord Nose Award, "given in recognition of a lifetime of superlative work in literary publishing":[15] The CLMP Firecracker Awards are presented annually "to celebrate books and magazines that make a significant contribution to our literary culture and the publishers that strive to introduce important voices to readers far and wide.