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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 Director of the Piper Center for Creative Writing. Includes a three-year membership, a DVD of a past guest author's reading, and all Champion level benefits. Fair market value: $550.

CHAMPION OF THE ARTS | $1,000 cumulative donation per year/$84 per month
Champion of the Arts sponsor our annual writers conference. Benefits include a complimentary general admission to the next writers conference and a free registration for a Piper Writer's Studio Workshop course, a book signed by a visiting author, plus all the bebfits received by Arts Advocates. Fair market value: $450.

ARTS ADVOCATE $500 cumulative donation per year/$42 per month
Arts Advocates help support our community enrichment programs like the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series and the Piper Online Book Club. Benefits include an invitation to an exclusive Literary Salon event with a visiting author and a free autographed book from our collection, plus Supporting Subscriber benefits. Fair market value: $50.

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. Includes a one-year membership to Hayden's Ferry Review. Fair market value: $20.

Member $50 non-charitable purchase
Members receive a free back issue of Hayden's Ferry Review, a subscription to Marginalia, 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.

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

Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing
P. O. Box 875002
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-5002
(480) 965-6018 phone
(480) 727-0820 fax
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