Fund Issue 18: Tending
Support the Midwest's writers and artists who explore true, complex stories for this time.Dec. 18 update: Our final $7,500 raised of $25,000 goal, thanks to our matching grant from the Missouri Arts Council!
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Our Mission
The New Territory Magazine is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization on a mission to advocate and foster love and protection of the Great Plains, Ozarks, and Lower Midwest through publishing art and narrative journalism focused on personal, natural and societal stories.
Why Issue 18 is Worth Supporting
As you will see, Issue 18 aligns directly with our vision of a thoughtful, vibrant Midwest…
- egg nog festival in Little Rock
- drawings by Kansas artist Kelly Yarbrough with an essay on coyote killing sprees
- a meditation on running in the graveyards of Ames, Iowa
- feature on Annie Fisher, turn-of-the-century biscuit queen and Black entrepreneur in Columbia, Missouri
- personal essay by Bonnie Jo Campbell
- fiction by Theodore Wheeler, nonfiction by Sean Scanlan, and three beautiful poems
… All in 112 pages!
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- Keep a literary organization in its second full year of being a nonprofit running smoothly, setting the region up for a successful publishing future.
What can $25 or $250 do for Lower Midwest writing and art?
- $25 pays a poet per poem or a photographer
- $75 pays for a Here section essay
- $100 pays for our cover photo
- $227 is our cost-per-page for this 112-page issue.