Individual Supporters of Copper Canyon Press

We are deeply grateful for Copper Canyon Press’s individual donors who share our belief that poetry is vital to language and living. Thank you to each and every one of you for your visionary support of independent publishing and poetry.

This page is updated monthly and recognizes donors as of October 14, 2024.
Please send any corrections to gifts@coppercanyonpress.org.

Sustaining Donors

Our deepest gratitude to our Sustaining Donors, who have made extraordinary lifetime donations in support of poetry of $50,000 and above.

Anonymous
Jill Baker and Jeffrey Bishop
Anne and Geoffrey Barker*
Donna Bellew
John Branch
Diana Broze
Sarah J. Cavanaugh*
Leslie Cox

Mimi Gardner Gates
Elizabeth Hebert*
Carolyn and Robert Hedin*
Bruce S. Kahn
Matthew Laufer
Maureen Lee and Mark Busto
John W. Phillips and Anne O’Donnell*
Suzanne Rapp and Mark Hamilton*

Emily and Dan Raymond
Joseph C. Roberts
Cynthia Sears
Kim and Jeff Seely*
William True
Daniel M. Waggoner
Charles and Barbara Wright
In honor of C.D. Wright, from Forrest Gander

Editor’s Circle

Recognizing donors who have made an annual gift of $5,000 and above.

Anonymous
Jill Baker and Jeffrey Bishop
Anne and Geoffrey Barker*
Donna Bellew
Will Blythe*
John Branch
Diana Broze
John R. Cahill
Sarah J. Cavanaugh*
Peter Currie*
The Evans Family*

Mimi Gardner Gates
Elizabeth Hebert*
Carolyn and Robert Hedin*
David and Jane Hibbard*
Bruce S. Kahn
Phil Kovacevich and Eric Wechsler
Ellie Mathews and Carl Youngmann at The North Press
Larry Mawby and Lois Bahle
Suzanne Rapp and Mark Hamilton*
Adam and Lynn Rauch

Emily and Dan Raymond
Joseph C. Roberts
Cynthia Sears
Kim and Jeff Seely*
Tree Swenson
Julia Sze
William True
Linda Walsh and Keith Cowan
Barbara and Charles Wright
In honor of C.D. Wright, from Forrest Gander
Caleb Young as C. Young Creative

Publisher’s Circle

Recognizing donors who have made an annual gift of $2,500 – $4,999.

Rozlyn Anderson Flood
Richard Andrews and Colleen Chartier
John Branch
Vincent and Jane Buck
Stephanie Ellis-Smith and Douglas Smith
Phyllis Hatfield
Mary Pat and John Osterhaus
Scott Pomfret
Ira Silverberg
Byron Springer
Daniel M. Waggoner
Kathleen Walsh
D.D. Wigley

Donor’s Circle

Recognizing donors who have made an annual gift of $1,000 – $2,499.

Anonymous
Shawn and Lynne Aebi
Libby Atkins and Martha Trolin*
Michael Baker and Judy Tobin
Sarah Bird
Greg Bishop
David Brewster and Mary Kay Sneeringer*
Deborah Buchanan
Tina Cervin
Paul Corbeil
Betsey Curran
Seabring Davis
Alex Diederich
Mary and Nick Dumsch
Beroz Ferrell
Carl Galeana
Robert Greenwood
Deborah Gunn
Steven Holl
Holly J. Hughes and John Pierce

Robert Jackson
Susan Jackson
Ted Kooser
Randall Lane
Alida and Christopher Latham
Maureen Lee and Mark Busto
Leslie Leland
Dana Levin
Jayne Lindley
Kara and Ken Masters
Larry Mawby and Lois Bahle
Barry and Lee Ann McGinnis
Michael McManus and Tanya Young
Carol Moldaw
Elizabeth Mornin
Jerrold Narland
Paul Neutz and Nicole Burnett
Walter Parsons
Gay Phinny

Alberto Ríos
Sara Ritter
Gabriel Ritz Saphar
Jeff Ross
Richard Russell
Kelli Russell Agodon
Gloria Russell-Baker
Rick Simonson
David E. Skinner and Catherine Eaton Skinner
Michael and Kay Smallwood
George and Kim Suyama
Richard Swank
Arthur Sze
Craig Tall
Chase Twichell
Margaret Wagner
Patrick Whitgrove and Mona Baroudi

*With additional thanks to the American Endowment Fund, Fidelity Charitable, Goldman Sachs, Jefferson Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley GIFT, Petunia Charitable Fund, Phillips O’Donnell Family Fund, Schwab Charitable, Seattle Foundation, Vanguard Charitable, and the William Battle Crooks & Saramel Crooks Foundation.

Friends of Copper Canyon Press

Recognizing donors who champion poetry through their subscription to our Friends of Copper Canyon Press membership program with their gifts of $60 – $300 per year.

Poetry Supporters

$60 / year

Adelia Ritchie, PhD
M. Cheshire
Gabriel Chytry
Peter Guerrero
Bre Linstromberg Copper
Roland Mayer
Laura Schaeffer
Robin Somers
Martin Stabler

Poetry Patrons

$120 / year

Debbie Clark
Dan Clarkson
Diana Cohn
Rick Deitchman
Katie George
Br. Ambrose Miles
James T. Mullins
Maria Van Newkirk
Jerold M. Rothstein
David W. Shearer
Kellie Tomin
Matt Waxman
Laurel Yaga

Poetry Champions

$300 / year

Kristin Borquist
Daniel Castro
In memory of Tom Gardon
Chelsea Gunter
Holly J. Hughes and John Pierce
Margaret Niver McGann
Anne Payne Barker
Emily Raymond
Jackson Schmidt
John K. Spoden
Linda Walsh and Keith Cowan