The Publisher Work Grant, administered by Printed Matter with support from the Wagner Foundation, enters its third year as a rare form of institutional recognition for the publishers who sustain artists' book culture. Unlike project-specific funding, these are unrestricted grants: three awards of $10,000 each, intended to acknowledge past accomplishment while building capacity for future book projects and the long-term sustainability of the imprint. The program's logic is structural rather than thematic—it treats the publisher as an authorial and curatorial figure whose labor and risk-taking deserve direct support. Beyond the cash awards, Printed Matter extends a featured exhibitor presence at a forthcoming Printed Matter NY or LA Art Book Fair to selected presses. This dual provision—money and visibility—reflects an understanding that independent publishing requires both operating capital and access to the audiences and networks that fairs convene. The grant thus operates as an intervention in the ecology of artists' publishing, not merely a prize. Applications are reviewed by Printed Matter and a guest jury, with jurors assessing a shortlist on three stated criteria: the past work and contributions of the imprint, the strength of upcoming projects outlined, and the potential impact of the award. The grant is open to independent artists' book publishers with a history of publishing, and the program's framing—unrestricted, capacity-building, sustainability-oriented—signals that jurors will be attentive to an imprint's trajectory and its role within a broader community of makers and readers.