Help support the Philadelphia Writers Emergency Fund, organized by 215 Festival and Blue Stoop to aid area writers, booksellers, and small press employees in financial distress due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
On Saturday, April 25, 4pm, I’ll join Liz Moore, Mecca Sullivan, Ru Freeman, and Jessamine Chan for a donors-only Zoom reading. ($25 donation)
I’m also offering written feedback for a story, chapter, or essay. ($50 donation)
Learn more about fund, give if you can, or apply if you need support.
More rewards:
If you donate $25, you will have the amazing opportunity to attend one *exclusive* reading via Zoom featuring some of Philly’s best authors. Note: If you would like to attend more than one reading, please donate three separate times and choose a different reading each time. *Limit of 85 for each reading*
April 18 (4PM) Donor-Only Zoom Reading:
- Liz Greenspan
- Airea Dee Matthews
- Annie Liontas
- Sara Novic
- Jacqueline Goldfinger
April 25 (4PM) Donor-Only Zoom Reading:
- Liz Moore
- Stephanie Feldman
- Mecca Sullivan
- Ru Freeman
- Jessamine Chan
May 2 (4PM) Donor-Only Zoom Reading:
- Alina Pleskova
- Zach Blackwood
- Kirwyn Sutherland
- Julia Dasbach
- Ashley Davis
If you donate $50, choose between poetry & prose perks! *Limit of 1 each*
- Pushcart Prize-winning poet Raena Shirali will read 3-5 pages of poems and offer written feedback.
- Multi-genre author and Crawford Fantasy Award winner Stephanie Feldman will read a story/chapter/essay and offer written feedback.
- American Library Association Alex Award-winning author Sara Nović will read a novel chapter and offer written feedback.
- Former Reviews Editor at Publishers Weekly and published fiction writer Jessamine Chan will read a novel chapter and offer written feedback.
- Former Visiting Writer at UC Davis and published author Annie Liontas will read a novel first chapter or nonfiction essay and offer written feedback.
If you donate $100, choose between grant/residency & prose perks! *Limit of 1 each*
- Jacqueline Goldfinger, winner of the Yale Drama Prize and Philadelphia Critics Award, will offer feedback on a grant or residency app, and Zoom with you for an hour.
- Pushcart Prize-winning author Emma Copley Eisenberg will offer feedback on one story or essay up to 20 pages and Zoom with you for an hour.
If you donate $250, you’ll hit the reading and writing jackpot! You’ll be sent a link to each of our three Zoom readings and receive both a Blue Stoop and 215 Festival tote bag in the mail, both stuffed with books from local authors and independent presses! *Limit of 8*