Piper Friends

The Piper Center is committed to supporting both a vibrant and diverse literary community in the Phoenix metropolitan area as well as fostering the work of the next generation of literary leaders by providing funding to the talented students of Arizona State University's MFA Program in Creative Writing. Through our giving program, you can ensure your financial support is earmarked to directly benefit our students or our community.

PATRON OF THE ARTS | $3,400 each year for three years ($10,200 cumulative donation) / $284 per month
This three-year gift creates a merit-based scholarship in the donor's name for a current student writer in the MFA program. Patrons are invited to join their student recipient for lunch with the Artistic Director of the Piper Center. (This level also includes all Member benefits.)

CHAMPION OF THE ARTS | $1,000 cumulative donation per year/$84 per month
In support of community enrichment programs including the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series and the Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, these gifts may directly fund an upcoming visiting writer's event in the donor's name. (This level also includes all Member benefits.)

ARTS ADVOCATE $500 cumulative donation per year/$42 per month
This gift funds the development and growth of free community enrichment programs like the Piper Online Book Club. (This level also includes all Member benefits.)

SUPPORTING SUBSCRIBER $100 cumulative donation per year/$9 per month
Supporting Subscribers provide funding directly to Piper Center publication initiatives, such as Marginalia and Hayden's Ferry Review. (This level also includes all Member benefits.)

Member $35 non-charitable purchase
Members receive 10% discount off the Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, 10% off Piper Writer's Studio Workshops, 10% off purchases made at Changing Hands Bookstore, and Marginalia, the Piper Center's bi-annual magazine.

Click here to download a form to join the Piper Friends Program.