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 February 14, 2026.
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
Patrick Whitgrove and Mona Baroudi
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
Richard Andrews and Colleen Chartier
Jill Baker and Jeffrey Bishop
Anne and Geoffrey Barker*
Will Blythe*
Rick Shinsui Bowles
John R. Cahill
Sarah J. Cavanaugh*
Peter Currie*
Bruce Easter
Mimi Gardner Gates
Claire Gribbin
Linda Healy
Elizabeth Hebert*
Carolyn and Robert Hedin*
David and Jane Hibbard*
Bruce S. Kahn
Phil Kovacevich and Eric Wechsler
Eric La Brecque
Jembaa and Jason Mai
Ellie Mathews and Carl Youngmann at The North Press
Kathryn O’Driscoll
Suzanne Rapp and Mark Hamilton*
Adam and Lynn Rauch
Emily and Dan Raymond
Cynthia Sears
Tree Swenson
Julia Sze
William True
Daniel M. Waggoner
Kathleen Walsh
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.
Anonymous
Sandy Aslanian
Carol Bobo
Phyllis Hatfield
Robert and Sally Jackson
Ted Kooser
Paul Neutz and Nicole Burnett
Mary Pat and John Osterhaus
Scott Pomfret
Kevin Prufer
Joseph C. Roberts
Amy and Mark Worthington*
Donor’s Circle
Recognizing donors who have made an annual gift of $1,000 – $2,499.
Anonymous
Shawn and Lynne Aebi
Rozlyn Anderson Flood
Libby Atkins and Martha Trolin*
Zoë Baird
Michael Baker and Judy Tobin
Ellen Bass
Robert Becker
Erin Belieu
Greg Bishop
Marianne Boruch
John Branch
David Brewster and Mary Kay Sneeringer*
Deborah Buchanan
Vincent and Jane Buck
Tina Cervin*
Harriet Cody and Harvey Sadis
Dan Cogan
Paul Corbeil
Betsey Curran*
Vasiliki Dwyer
Beroz Ferrell
Firehouse Fund
Mary Forster
Nina Foster
Julie Fowler
Carl Galeana
Daniel Gerber
Paul Gerwirtz
David and Joan Grubin*
Holly J. Hughes and John Pierce
Charles Joy
Laura Kasischke
Beth Kirkhart
Kim Kopetz
Susan Kopetz
Maureen Lee and Mark Busto
Dana Levin
Kara and Ken Masters
Larry Mawby and Lois Bahle*
Barry and Lee Ann McGinnis
Michael McManus and Tanya Young
Roger Mitchell
Carol Moldaw
Elizabeth Douglas Mornin
Joseph Morra
Stewart Parker
Walter Parsons
James Richardson
Alberto Ríos
Gabriel Ritz Saphar
Jeff Ross
Richard Russell
Kelli Russell Agodon
Gloria Russell-Baker
Ira Silverberg
Rick Simonson
David E. Skinner and Catherine Eaton Skinner
Michael and Kay Smallwood
Byron Springer
George and Kim Suyama
Arthur Sze
Chase Twichell
Dawn Ream
Christopher Watson
D.D. Wigley
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
Bill Curtsinger
Tom Cheyney
Mark Christopherson
Gabriel Chytry
Joliene Dexter
Peter Guerrero
Pam Lemke
Roland Mayer
Makeshiftpoet
Ted Mead
Richard Meadows
Mindy Kronenberg
Wendy A. Rubin
Susan Shields
Robin Somers
Martin Stabler
Mona Villarrubia
Poetry Patrons
$120 / year
Joseph Chevalier
Joe Christy
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
Laurel Yaga
Poetry Champions
$300 / year
S. Craig Alexander
Kristin Borquist
Mark Brunst
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
Catherine and Stephan Roche
Jackson Schmidt
John K. Spoden
Linda Walsh and Keith Cowan