A DYNAMIC COLLABORATION OF WRITERS & READERS
All of Fence lives through the generous support of our members and direct donors, government and institutional grants, revenue from Fence Book sales, and our biannual literary arts magazine subscriptions.
By joining us for the first time or renewing your support, you thus stand with us, proclaiming your agreement that this literary arts venture should flourish. Your direct donation or annual membership donation allows us to do the delicate work of publication. You then provide Fence writers with not only your readership but also direct fiscal support, as the amount of compensation we can budget to provide to our writers depends on what your contributions make fiscally possible.
Bolstered by Membership Donors, Direct Donors, and Subscribers, Fence will continue to publish explosive new books and provide you in the pages of Fence with nonconforming literature selected by our array of editors almost entirely from the general submissions. We will ensure that not only will Fence be a source and support for unconventional writing, but that from there we will continue together to leap into work previously unimaginable.
You will find where to select your membership donation tier below, where you may alternatively choose to give a direct donation.
Membership donations (beyond the cost of membership gifts) and direct donations are tax-deductible.
Read about what Fence accomplished in 2022.
HELP FENCE REACH ITS 2023 GOALS
»» To continue to expand access to, and awareness of, nonconforming literature inside and outside of in-the-know literary communities—to increase subscriptions, availability, and conversation of the literary arts magazine and books.
»» To fundraise $15,000 in order to fully fund the printing, distribution, and mailing of Fence #41 (Fall 2023).
»» To fundraise $25,000 to reasonably compensate all Fence workers for their editorial labor and to increase pay for print Fence contributors and Fence Book authors for their poetry, prose, and other writing. 2022 was the first year in which genre editors of the literary arts magazine received a small payment for their work.
»» To secure a $10,000 annual sponsorship to fund the return of the Fence Modern Poets Series and another $10,000 annual sponsorship to fund the return of the Fence Modern Prose Series.
Fence Members Receive . . .
»» THE LITERARY ARTS MAGAZINE: All members, new and returning, receive a two-issue subscription to Fence, or one of longer duration.
The 40th issue of Fence shipped in March, and it remains available to new members. Inside, you'll find a polyvocal and incisive forum edited by Visiting Editor Edgar Garcia titled "What's the Problem with American Poetry Right Now?" Alongside you'll find our new translation section edited by Maryam Ivette Parhizkar and Òscar Moisés Díaz, and new Poetry, Fiction, and Other.
»» NEW FOR 2023: THE T-SHIRT: Our 2023 Official Fence T-shirt, our gift to you at the $100 "Printed Matter" level and all membership tiers above, will have printed upon it, along with the Fence logo, the text of the following poem, "Falling: 1" by Rae Armantrout.
The poem appears in the pages of Fence issue #1, page 56. The beginning of it all, the debut, with enough propulsion to keep us rocketing onward. The T-shirts are available in unisex sizes small through extra-large, and we will ask you via email what size you'd prefer. The T-shirts are supplied by eco-friendly Bella & Canvas, a participating company of the Fair Labor Association. The printing was done by Print Natural based in Philadelphia, which uses only 100% non-toxic water-based and plant-based inks,.
See each membership level for details about its distinctive rewards.
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Fence Magazine, Inc.
c/o Emily Wallis Hughes
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Our Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) is 134007764.
THE FENCE BOOKS OF DECEMBER 2022 TO DECEMBER 2023
At the "Variously as Possible" Membership tier ($150) and above, you will receive the end-of-2022 and 2023 Fence Books — Kenneth Reveiz's MOPES: A BOOK OF POEMS IN THREE ACTS, Kim Rosenfield's PHANTOM CAPTAIN, and Valerie Werder's THIEVES.
Clockwise from upper left, Kenneth Reveiz, author of MOPES: A BOOK OF POEMS IN THREE ACTS, published this December and ready to ship; the cover of MOPES; Valerie Werder, author of the fiction title THIEVES, printing later this year; and Kim Rosenfield, author of the poetry collection PHANTOM CAPTAIN, the 2023 Ottoline Prize winner, also printing later this year.
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