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 August 15, 2025.
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*
John Branch
Diana Broze
Sarah J. Cavanaugh*
Leslie Cox
Mimi Gates
David and Jane Hibbard*
Elizabeth Hebert*
Carolyn and Robert Hedin*
Bruce S. Kahn
Matthew Laufer
Maureen Lee and Mark Busto
The Estate of Patti Klumpp Miller
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
Donna Wolf*
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*
Will Blythe*
Carol Bobo
Rick Shinsui Bowles
Diana Broze
John R. Cahill
Sarah J. Cavanaugh*
Peter Currie*
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Bruce Easter
The Evans Family*
Mimi Gates
Claire Gribbin
Elizabeth Hebert*
Carolyn and Robert Hedin*
David and Jane Hibbard*
Bruce S. Kahn
Phil Kovacevich and Eric Wechsler
Eric La Brecque
Ellie Mathews and Carl Youngmann at The North Press
Larry Mawby and Lois Bahle
Kathryn O’Driscoll
Suzanne Rapp and Mark Hamilton*
Adam and Lynn Rauch
Emily and Dan Raymond
Joseph C. Roberts
Cynthia Sears
Tree Swenson
Julia Sze
William True
Daniel M. Waggoner
Linda Walsh and Keith Cowan
Patrick Whitgrove and Mona Baroudi
Donna Wolf*
Jamie Wolf
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
Sally Jackson
Paul Neutz and Nicole Burnett
Mary Pat and John Osterhaus
Scott Pomfret
Ira Silverberg
Byron Springer
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
Sandy Aslanian
Libby Atkins and Martha Trolin*
Michael Baker and Judy Tobin
Ellen Bass
Robert Becker
Erin Belieu
Sarah Bird
Greg Bishop
Marianne Boruch
David Brewster and Mary Kay Sneeringer*
Deborah Buchanan
Tina Cervin*
Paul Corbeil
Dan Cogan
Betsey Curran*
Seabring Davis
Alex Diederich
Mary and Nick Dumsch
Vasiliki Dwyer
V Ensler
Beroz Ferrell
Firehouse Fund
Barbara W. Foster
Nina Foster
Julie Fowler
Carl Galeana
Daniel Gerber
Paul Gerwirtz
Robert Greenwood
David and Joan Grubin*
Deborah Gunn
Cody Harriet
Steven Holl
Holly J. Hughes and John Pierce
Robert Jackson
Susan Jackson
Laura Kasischke
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
Leslie Adrienne Miller
Roger Mitchell
Carol Moldaw
Elizabeth Douglas Mornin
Joseph Morra
Jerrold Narland
Stewart Parker
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
Emily Warn
Christopher Watson
Mark Worthington*
Zinn Family Fund
*With additional thanks to the American Endowment Fund, Bernstein Philanthropic Impact Fund, Brewster Sneeringer Family Giving Fund at Fidelity Charitable, Goldman Sachs, Grubin Family Gift Fund at Bank of America, Jefferson Community Foundation, Lawrence Edwin Mawby Fund at Vanguard Charitable, Mariposa Charitable Fund at Fidelity, 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
Nina Bang-Jensen
Bill Curtsinger
Tom Cheyney
Gabriel Chytry
Joliene Dexter
Peter Guerrero
Pam Lemke
Bre Linstromberg Copper
Roland Mayer
Makeshiftpoet
Ted Mead
Richard Meadows
Mindy Kronenberg
Adelia Ritchie, PhD
Wendy A. Rubin
Laura Schaeffer
Susan Shields
Robin Somers
Martin Stabler
Mona Villarrubia
Poetry Patrons
$120 / year
Joseph Chevalier
Debbie Clark
Dan Clarkson
Diana Cohn
Arthur Curtis
Rick Deitchman
Rocky Friedman
Katie George
Mark and Michelle Hansen
Donald Heneghan
Diane Lederman
MaryLee McNeal
Br. Ambrose Miles
James T. Mullins
Taylor Muniz
Maria Van Newkirk
Frederick Ramey
Jerold M. Rothstein
David W. Shearer
Kellie Tomin
Jessica Wang
Christopher Watson
Matt Waxman
Laurel Yaga
Poetry Champions
$300 / year
S. Craig Alexander
Kristin Borquist
Daniel Castro
B.G. Colby
In memory of Tom Gardon
Chelsea Gunter
Holly J. Hughes and John Pierce
Marty Krasney
Margaret Niver McGann
Anne Payne Barker
Emily Raymond
Jackson Schmidt
John K. Spoden
Linda Walsh and Keith Cowan