We have just a few rules in the Territory:

1. Good work deserves good money.
2. Good work deserves your full attention.
3. Good work deserves to be brought to life.

We are grateful to each individual who backs The New Territory as a patron, friend or platemaster. We get to pay contributors and print all our work without ads because of their generous contributions.

Back us now on our Patreon page.

Starting at $1/month

Sign up here as a Friend of The NT

$100/issue

Sign up here as a Platemaster Patron

$500/year

More about our patron options:

The New Territory is the publication showcasing life in the Lower Midwestern states as creative, inclusive and inspiring.

To elevate voices of a region that has too-long gone unnoticed, we rely on individuals to help support our contributors and printing costs. One Friend pays for a short story, four images, or a good chunk of one feature story.

• “Friends of the New Territory (FONT)” – $100/issue
  • Medium-font listing on back inside cover or page
  • 2 gift copies of the issue you sponsor
  • 15% off products in our store during patron period
  • Consulting privileges – send us story ideas or links for the newsletter!
  • a sticker pack
  • a permanent listing online

“Platemaster” designates the major supporters in the threshold between individual patrons and corporate sponsors. Platemasters cover all or most of the cost of one feature story. You will get the benefits listed above as well as the following:

• Platemaster Print Patron – $500/year:
  • Large-font listing on back inside cover or page
  • 2 gift subscriptions
  • 25% off products in our store all year
  • 1 souvenir “Read Local” poster

• Sponsor – $650/year:
• • Largest-font listing on back inside cover or page
  • Special digital recognition on our newsletter and each of our social media platforms
  • 3 subscriptions for your office, clients, partners, friends or family
  • 25% off products in our store all year
  • 1 souvenir “Read Local” poster

Contact sponsorship@newterritorymag.com for more information on how to support The New Territory.

We also offer bulk subscriptions and discounts on back issues.

Our Palisade of Patrons:

2021 Patrons

August Patreon Supporters

Miranda Craig | Patrick Stevenson | Rose Hansen | Melissa X | Siri Carpenter | Christopher Johnson | Justin Myers | Joe Chevalier | James Teitsworth

July Patreon Supporter

Becky Dale

May Patreon Supporter

Chris Bay

April Patreon Supporters

Laura Maddenn | Annie C.

March Patreon Supporter

Muninn Outdoors

2020 Patrons

Platemasters

Layton Register | Steve Gerkin | Theodore Floros | Sean Nahlik | Scott Yeargain

Issue 09 Friends of The New Territory

Anonymous | Debi Word | Emily Jaycox | Michael Bell | Kit & Cathy Salter | Duncan Foss | Jeanie Simpson | Casey Canfield & Hannah Roos | Megan Mustoe | Nicholas Mustoe |Alana Simpson | Evan Wood | Chelsey Hillyer & Jordan Ault | Suzanne Luther | Conor Gearin | Andrew & Nicole Conard | Scott Mansker | Mallory Daily | Anna Cruse | Dick Kahoe | Patrick Mainelli | Jayme Swisher | Kim Lozano | Mallory Herrman | Layton Register | LySaundra Campbell | Lisa Song

July Patreon Supporters

Jim Reynolds | Tynan Stewart | Amber Starling | Kirk Crabtree

May Patreon Supporters

Andy Oler | Nathan Tye

April Patreon Supporters

Anna Cruse | Mallory Daily | Christine Pivovar | Scott Mansker | Scott Yeargain

February Patreon Supporter

Dene Dryden

January Patreon Supporters

Paige Batemen | Susan Van de Riet | Allison Coffelt | Matthew Fluharty | Dick Kahoe | Lyndon M Johnson | 

There’s still time to sign up! Join them here!

2019 Patrons

Pat Jones | Jack Holland 

Platemasters

Layton Register | Steve Gerkin | Theodore Floros | Sean Nahlik

Issue 08 Friends of The New Territory

Duncan Foss | Jill DeWitt | Jeanie Simpson | Casey Canfield & Hannah Roos | Kit & Cathy Salter | Carol Davit & Mike Leahy | Jeff & Jane Schaeperkoetter | Dale Dufer & Jean Ponzi

December Patreon Supporters

Eric Scott | Julia Haslanger | Katie Sowder | Patrick Mainelli

November Patreon Supporters

Annie Werner | Greg Busacker | Jayme Swisher | Nicholas Mustoe | Suzanne

October Patreon Supporters

Ivy Love | J Dalton Tuner | Kate Strum | Kim Lozano | Lara Pieper | Layton Register| Mallory Herrmann | Sean Nahlik | Roberta Vogel-Leutung 

August & September Patreon Supporters

A.W. Geiger | Alana Simpson | Alex Dzurick | Andrew Norman | Andrew & Nicole Conard | Brett Walton | Bryan Hedgpeth | Campus Coworking Space | Chase Castor | Chelsey Hillyer & Jordan Ault | Conor Gearin | Daniel Holtmeyer | Duncan Foss | Elijah Burrell | Elizabeth Prentice | Emily Sewell | Evan Wood | Jeanetta Mish | Jeanie Simpson| Jeanne Gearin | Jeremy Fuzy | Jo Herrera | Julia Megumi | Kathleen G Everett | Katie Foster | Kelly Frasier | Kendra Pierre-Louis | Kevin Fitzpatrick Langley Mahler | Laura Cole | Lisa Song | Lyndsey Gilpin | LySaundra Janeé | Suzanne Luther | Madeline Stanley | Marcia Chatelain | Mark Davis | Mary Shapiro | Mason Adams | Michael Noll | Miranda Metheny | Nicholas Mustoe | Paige | Pete Dulin | Sara Maillacheruvu | Seth Mnookin | Shannon Frech | Steve Gerkin | Steve Schnarr | Theodore Floros | ThePickler | Tim Weideman | Tina Casagrand | William Allen

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2018 Patrons

Pat Jones

Issue 07 Patrons

Emily Troxell Jaycox | Scott Yeargain | Jeff & Jane Schaeperkoetter | Sean Nahlik | Mary Beth Tighe | Steve Kidwell | Chad Davis | Anonymous | Debbie & Jamie Coe | Dale Dufer | Casey Canfield & Hannah Roos | Joe Chevalier | Margo Farnsworth & Jim Pascoe | Jack Holland

Issue 06 Patrons

Patrick Margherio | Three Story Coffee | Suzanne Luther | Joe Chevalier | Chris Holmes | Jeanie Simpson

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2017 Patrons

Pat Jones

Issue 05 Patrons

Chad Davis | Jeanie Simpson | Rachel Myslivy | Kim Lozano | Suzanne Luther | Joe Chevalier | Laura Cole

Issue 04 Patrons

Zephan Hazell | Reyna Jones | Paul Haluszczak | Cathy & Dick Kahoe | Chad Davis | Scott Yeargain

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2016 Patrons

Issue 03 Patrons

Zephan Hazell | Duncan Foss | Suzanne Luther | Dick Kahoe | Julia Haslanger | Anonymous | Anonymous | Tony Smith | Chad Davis | Reyna Jones

Issue 02 Patrons

Jeanie Simpson | Patrick Margherio | Duncan Foss

Issue 01 Patrons

Duncan Foss | Logboat Brewing Co. | Jeanie Simpson | Zephan Hazell | The Root Cellar