LAST DAY to show your SUPPORT!

On June 1, we launched a fundraiser to finally, after over a decade, redesign our glitchy online magazine. Today, I have some good news to report! Over 243 donors came through to show they care about The Rumpus and we reached our initial goal of $10K a few days earlier than expected!

Our early supporters made it possible to announce a BONUS round: ALL additional funds raised by MIDNIGHT, PST TONIGHT will go toward increasing pay to the magazine’s contributors in 2023-24. It’s important to us to have both a functional, accessible website AND to work toward better compensation for the writers & artists who make The Rumpus worth reading!

If you've waited to give, here's your chance to directly benefit our contributors. Over 90% of the work we publish comes through our no-fee open reading periods. Many of the voices we publish are emerging, and The Rumpus is often their first major publication. No matter how much we raise by midnight, PST TONIGHT, all funds over $10.5K (that's $10K for the redesign + $500 for GoFundMe's processing fees) will go toward fairer compensation for this year's contributors. YOU can make a meaningful impact for our July 2023-June 2024 contributors, if you donate TODAY!

Thank you to those of you who have already stepped up during this crucial fundraiser and to those of you who ARE HITTING THAT DONATE BUTTON NOW!

Your have our appreciation and you've given us hope for the magazine's (more functional) future. ---Alyson Sinclair / Publisher, The Rumpus

ps. We will close the campaign to new donations tomorrow, June 15th, so this is the FINAL day to give via GoFundMe.
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Thank you to ALL Rumpus supporters who gave since we launched on June 1st!

Michael B Allen
Brock Allen
Leah Angstman
Sam Ashworth
Andrea Askowitz
Tiffany E Babb
Neelanjana Banerjee
Andrew Beck
Denise Beck-Clark
Stephanie Behne
Shari Bence
Dianne Blomberg
Tricia Booker
Nell Boyce
Cameron Boyd
Riley Breitbarth
Judy Fort Brenneman
Catherine Bresner
Kate Brody
Laura Brown
Peter Brown
Bobbi Brown
Kristin Brunner
Nicole Brydson
Jennie Burke
Catherine Campbell
Loretta Cantieri
Patricia Capistrano
Lily Caraballo
Celia Carver
Barry L. Casey
Sarah Cassavant
Jiordan Castle
Natasha Chiam
Jade Chin
Samuel Chin
Stanley Chin
Luke Chitwood
Tina Christopulos
Samantha Clifford
Caleb Coaplen
Christina Cogswell
Michael Cohen
Katie Coleman
John Constantine
Joanne Corey
Louise Crawford
Lori Crispo
Kathy Daneman
Roxanne Darling
Elizabeth Davis
Patricia Deveneau
Jason Diamond
Alli Dillard
Lou Dunham
Carolina Ebeid
Shou Jie Eng
Sam Ferguson
Seth Fischer
Jackie Fishman
Rebecca Flietstra
Michael Flöer
Katharine Freeman
Nadejda Gerassimenko
Laura Green
Paul Harrington
Sara Harvey
Amy Wheeler Harwood
William Hawkins
Rajpreet Heir
Mark Hendrickson
Karen Henry
Sarah Holloway
Michael Holtmann
Bruce Hughes
Andy Hunter
Brad Johnson
Chelsey Johnson
Mare MaryAnn Johnston
Erin Jourdan
Dani Kington
Marissa Korbel
Beverley Kort
Jennifer Kovitz
Maris Kreizman
Emery Lade
Claire Laine
Sandra LeDuc
Sunyoung Lee
Andrea Leeb
Chelsea Leu
Ann Levin
Denise Long
Robert Maakestad
Meg Mahoney
Cassandra Mannes Murray
Marianne Manzler
Molly McArdle
Emily McArdle
Billy McDermott
Brandy McDougall
Kimberly McVicker
Lisa Mecham
Amanda Medley
Anna Moore
Olivia Munoz
Julie Murphy
Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Kirtan Nautiyal
Victoria Navarra
Nancy Nguyen
Steph Opitz
Richard Osler
Alexandria N. Parrett
Leah Paulos
Annie Penfield
Max Phelps
Karen Phillips
Susana Ponce
Elizabeth Porter
Krista Puttler
Meg Reid
Charley Rejsek
Holly Rigby
Sheila Rittenberg
Janet Rodriguez
Rebecca Sanders
Chris Schmidt
Moshe Schulman
Lauren Sharkey
Tia Shearer
Audrey Shipp
Nina Shope
Anna Shults
Jennifer Smith
Emma Staffaroni
Pavlos Stavropoulos
Judith Stiles
Carolyn Strug
Cynthia Studner
Marit Swanson
Michael Taeckens
Mark Tardi
Christy Tennery
Abigail Thomas
Tracy Thomas
Eileen Tomarchio
Winona Wagner
Nicole Walker
Cynthia Webb
Renee Weitzner
Holly Wendt
Theodore Wheeler
Eleanor Whitney
Jessica Wickens
Beverly Army Williams
James Edward Williamson
Ksenia Winnicki
Peter Witte
Carson Wolfe
Linda Woolford
Tiffany Yo
Michal Zechariah
Sienna Zeilinger
Stefani Zellmer
Patrick Zhou
Nicole Zhu
Lisa Zolbrod

And to all who have given anonymously!

Reader Support Keeps The Rumpus Going!

Founded in 2009 in San Francisco, CA and now based in Asheville, NC with readers and editors all over the US and abroad, The Rumpusis one of the longest-running independent online literary and culture magazines. Our mostly volunteer-runmagazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers readers already know and love. Often, we are an emerging writer's first notable publication, which is something we’re really proud of. We believe that literature builds community—and if reading The Rumpus makes you feel more connected, please show your support! Our Membership and subscription programs along with tax-deductible donations made to The Rumpus through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, help keep us going and brings us closer to sustainability.
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