Make Space for Rural Writers

Donations support our workshops, open mics, readings, and pay-what-you-can virtual programming. These spaces matter because so many powerful stories live with people who haven’t always been told they belong on the page, or in literary rooms at all. Your support helps us keep those doors open and make room for more people to share their work.

Keep Stories in the Record

Our work is both archival and forward-looking. We publish stories rooted in rural life so they aren’t lost, flattened, or forgotten, and so future generations have a fuller record of the places and people who came before them. Your support helps us continue publishing our annual anthology and preserving these stories in print.

Build Something That Lasts

We’re committed to growing Backwoods carefully, sustainably, and without losing sight of why we started. Donations help us sustain our publishing and programming while creating room for new projects, new writers, and new ways of gathering. Your support helps us build an independent literary press that can keep doing this work for years to come.