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ASHEVILLE WORDFEST MAY 3 - MAY 8, 2011
SPONSORED BY THE MOUNTAIN AREA INFORMATION NETWORK
"I've never seen such fever, such unbridled enthusiasm, such dedication and drive in the crafting and orchestration of an event--and the current that rumbled beneath it all was the unflinching respect of each poet for the other, and the knowledge that, together, we could smash any obstacle in our way and redefine the idea of family."
--Patricia Smith, National Book Award Finalist, poet of Blood Dazzler
ASHEVILLE WORDFEST SPONSOR-A-POET
As a community-based poetry festival, Asheville Wordfest invites you to help build it. There are many ways to help. Volunteering time and energy is priceless to us. We also invite you to Sponsor a Poet by donating money for a poet’s meals, lodging, and travel. Other areas of assistance include the costs of a website, printing, and publicity. We also welcomg donations of airmiles. Below is a “menu” of possibilities. Thank you for your interest in Asheville Wordfest, a ground-breaking poetry-is-news poetry festival. Please call Laura Hope-Gill at 828-681-5348 with ideas.
SPONSOR A POET
| Buy the community a reading by a poet by donating $25.00 - $1000.00. | ||
| Just One | For The Festival | |
| Buy a poet breakfast: | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| Buy a poet lunch: | $10.00 | $50.00 |
| Buy a poet dinner: | $20.00 | $100.00 |
| Buy a poet a night’s sleep: | $100.00 | $500.00 |
| Buy a poet a journey: | $500.00 | |
| Buy a poet’s reading: | $25.00 - $1000.00 or more | |
| The poets: Specify on your check which poet you wish to sponsor and we will present the poet with a list with your name on it and recognition of how you helped. | |
| Li-Young Lee* | Pat Riviere-Seel |
| Valzhyna Mort* | Gary Lilley |
| Ross Gay* | Lee Ann Brown* |
| Patrick Rosal* | Deborah Kingsland Foerst |
| Liz Bradfield | doris davenport |
| Holly Iglesias | Caroline Mercurio |
| * denotes the idea and necessity of airfare | |
BUILD THE FESTIVAL
| Help build Asheville Wordfest’s Website: | $25.00 - $4000.00 |
| Help the community learn about Wordfest through publicity: | $25.00 - $2000.00 |
Easy Ways to Donate
Make a contribution towards Festival Expenses (supplies, publicity, space rental, website, etc.)
in lump sum format using the PayPal secure server by clicking below:
If you prefer to mail your tax-deductible donation,
please make your check payable to Asheville Wordfest/ MAIN and send to:
Asheville Wordfest
c/o Laura Hope-Gill
101 Christ School Road
Arden, NC 28704
This project is made possible in part by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.  |