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TAKE THE 2018 AUTHOR CHALLENGE!
JOIN THESE CHICAGO AUTHORS IN SUPPORTING THE GUILD GOING INTO OUR 30TH YEAR

2019 will mark 30 years of innovative and accessible programming at the intersections of arts, activism, and community. The Guild’s programs connect artists and audiences across Chicago’s neighborhoods, and across boundaries of discipline, background, language, and experience.

Over the next year, and beyond, The Guild will be marking our first 30 years by expanding our core programming in scope and ambition, presenting a series of unique celebratory anniversary programs and events, and consolidating the Guild’s history to serve as a resource for the future. To achieve all of this, and to put the Guild in a position to continue our work into a new decade, we are raising $30k for the 30th year of the organization. That campaign begins with the 2018 Author Challenge!

Many of Chicago’s most respected and accomplished writers — friends and associates of the Guild, including members of our Board of Directors – have come together to kick off the $30k for the 30th campaign by challenging the Guild’s community to join them in supporting our 30th anniversary goals with a donation.

Our 2018 Author Challenge ends December 31st.
DONATE TODAY
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Join these writers in supporting the Guild at 30!

 William Ayers
Rosellen Brown
Janet Burroway
Anne Calcagno
Garnett Cohen
Rita Dragonette
Stuart Dybek
Reg Gibbons
Juana Goergen
Renny Golden
Mary Hawley
Maggie Kast
Alex Kotlowitz
Haki Madhubuti
Eric May
Faisal Mohyuddin
Mike Puican
Ed Roberson
Kathleen Rooney & Martin Seay
Sharon Solwitz & Barry Silesky
Ann Folwell Stanford
Mark Turcotte
Scott Turow
Michael Warr

Please give today to help support the Guild tomorrow!

Thank you,
Andrea Change
President, Board of Directors
The Guild Literary Complex

The Guild Complex is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Your donation is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Your financial support makes everything possible. It helps ensure that our unique, cross-cultural programs continue to provide an outlet for Chicago’s established and emerging artists and writers, and opportunities for provocative conversation between artists and audiences. It helps us with things like paying featured artists and awarding contest prizes, renting space for rehearsals and performances, hiring videographers to share event footage with new audiences, and keeping low ticket prices to all our events.

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Donations to the Guild Literary Complex supports compelling literary events across Chicago, helping to:

  • Promote vibrant literature that contributes to society and community
  • Produce programs that engage audiences with dynamic voices and ideas
  • Showcase established and emerging writers in intimate settings
  • Keep programs geographically and economically accessible
  • Archive and disseminate programs beyond the event itself
  • Provide honorariums to our artists

PLEASE VISIT OUR DONATION PAGE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GUILD ANYTIME

OTHER WAYS TO GIVE:

Patreon

Sponsor a Guild event or program on a recurring basis through Patreon

By mail

Please make you donations payable to “Guild Complex” and mail to:

Guild Literary Complex | 641 West Lake Street, Suite 200 | Chicago, IL 60661

The Guild Complex is a registered 501(c)3. Your donation is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Thank you! We look forward to making great things happen here in Chicago with your generosity.