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"An incredibly fine, full, and varied diet of essays, stories, poetry, and art.that thrive, move and command your attention. CALYX is a paragon of the literary arts, an exemplar of what great writing and editing can create. From here will come our literary heritage."
John Berry, editor-in-chief, Library Journal

 

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CALYX Inc. is a non-profit press with a 501 C(3) status. All donations are tax deductible. Like other non-profit arts organizations—the opera, the ballet, the symphony, the theater—CALYX is not able to  produce enough revenue from sales to cover costs of production. CALYX is also committed to publishing work that would not be published by commercial presses, and to genres that are not best-sellers in the marketplace. We have a commitment to cutting-edge literature and the discovery of unknown authors. We are often the first publisher of an author’s work. And we produce our publications on acid-free paper and in elegant formats for long life. We keep our books in print so that women’s literature is not lost. These are expensive commitments for a small press.

To meet the expenses involved with production we depend on the generosity of individual donors as well as generous grant support from private, federal and state foundations to support the publication of women’s art and literature.

You can ensure that CALYX is there at the critical moment when a writer needs encouragement by making a tax-deductible gift to CALYX. When Molly Gloss’s first short story, “The Doe,” was accepted by CALYX Journal in 1981, it was her first publication. This recognition was instrumental for her identity as a writer. She went on to publish the acclaimed novels Jump-Off Creek, The Dazzle of Day, and Wild Life, and has since been recognized with the prestigious Whiting Award.

To make a tax-deductible gift to CALYX, you can use the donation form provided:

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2010 DONORS

In 2o1o, CALYX received generous grant support from the 100th monkey foundation, the Benton County Cultural Coalition funded by the Oregon Cultural Trust, The Kinsman Foundation, Spirit Mountain Community Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

We gratefully acknowledge support received from the following generous individuals, whose gifts have made this publication possible:

Gold Angel: Cheryl McLean

Silver Angel: Nancy S. Dennis, Nancy Lynn Newman in honor of the Amazing Women of CALYX, Nancy S. Nordhoff, Linda D. Ridlehuber

Heroine: AliceAnn Eberman & Michael Sherwin, Emily Heilbrun, Sara & James Ingle, Lori Katz, Kathleen A. Kelly in honor of Frances M. Kelly, Beverly & Floyd McFarland, Jo Anne Trow, Nancy Wakeman, Eleanor Wilner & Bob Weinberg

Matron: The Lynn Ahrens & Neil Costa Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey, Peggy Amster, Linda R. Besant, Karen Carissimo, Joan Demarest & Jon Pugsley, Nancy Cavers Dougherty, Jane & Howard Glazer, Mary Jane Gray, Jean A. Hegland, Linda Kattwinkel, Barbara Kingsolver & Steven Hopp, Betty LaDuke, Lin Max, Linda L. Modrell, Karuna Neustadt, Patty O’Connor, Blanche & Eugene Skurnick, Dessa Spidle, Maya Sonenberg & John C. Robinson, Corby Stonebraker-Soles, Ellen Tappon, Anne Thomas, Sharon Wood-Wortman;

Sister: Janet Aalfs, Joan Acker, Jayne A. Ackerman, Janet Albright, Anna Bálint, Eleen Baumann, Beverly Benjamin, Barbara Bruch, Virginia Corrie-Cozart, Jeanne & Richard Day, Mary D. Fillmore, Linda E. Foote, Cynthia Frank, Calandra Frederick, Patricia Fried, Randi C. Friedman (Little Star), Lois Green, Sally M. Green, Nancy Greenman, Gale Hazel, Dianna Hunter, Adriana Huyer, Richard Lewis, Jean C. Marvell, Carolyn Matthews, Kay Mullen, Alice Phalan in honor of Ellen Robinson, Sandra Polishuk, Loretta Rielly, Susan F. Roney-O’Brien, Elisabeth Z. Rothenberger, Grayce Scholt, Barbara Scot & Jim Trusky, Hollis Seamon, Dale Stamos, Anne Warren Smith, Cynthia Spencer & Patrick Hadlock, Sandra Stone

Girlfriend: Rebecca Baggett, Shauna Singh Baldwin in honor of CALYX & the work you do!, Patricia Cumming in honor of your wonderful journal, Sara Dinsdale, Mary Garrard, Carol L. Gloor, Patricia Grossman, Kitty & Nick Jospe, Kathy Karlson, Kristin King, Marilyn McDonald in honor of Tisa Tyree, Tanya McDonald, Traci Moore, Margaret Orsi, Jerri Otto, Debra K. Scobie, Shirley Sikes in honor of Stephanie Sikes, Marcia Slatkin, Martha Steger, Carol J. Sumner, Elizabeth T. Sunyer, Anne White

 

2009 DONORS

 

In 2009 CALYX has received generous grant support for our publications from the 100th Monkey Foundation, the Autzen Foundation, the Benton County Cultural Coalition with funds provided by the Oregon Cultural Trust, the Collins Foundation, the Kinsman Foundation, the Meyer Memorial Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Oregon Arts Commission & the NEA, Oregon Literary Arts, the PGE Foundation, the Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, and the U.S. Bancorp Foundation. We also thank the Siletz Charitable Contribution Fund for a grant to reprint Black Candle by Chitra Divakaruni.

We gratefully acknowledge support received from the following generous individuals, whose gifts have made this publication possible:

Goddess: Angelique & Bob Irvin/Clear Align

Demigoddess: Sabrina Temple & Michelle Wing/Tecumseh Foundation

Gold Angel: Mary Alice Seville

Silver Angel: Effie K. Ambler, The Franklin Conklin Foundation, Nancy S. Dennis, Nancy Greenman, Haunani-Kay Trask

Heroine: Sara Burant, Karyle Butcher, Ursula K. Le Guin, Deborah A. Light, Sick Town Derby Dames/Lindsay Tokuda, Birdessia E. Spidle, Arlene C. Weintraub, Eleanor Wilner & Robert Weinberg

Matron: Anonymous, Francis Payne Adler, Kathleen Alcalá in honor of Margarita Donnelly, Rebecca Andros & Microsoft Matching Gifts Program, Marc Frederick Ayotte & Hewlett-Packard Matching Fund, Virginia G. Collins, Valerie J. DelMedico in honor of Susan J. McNamara, Mona C. Freeperson, Sharon L. Gordon, Dr. Mary Jane Gray, Sidney & Ruth Greenman, Lynn Grube, Patricia Hale, Emily Heilbrun, Susan & W. Curtis Johnson, Dina Lindquist & Hewlett-Packard Matching Fund, Jane Lubchenco & Bruce Menge, Susan Mackey, Gwendolyn J. Morgan, Nancy Lynn Newman in honor of Jody Schweyen and CALYX’s awesome women, Carol Pennock, Susan Platt in honor of Selma Waldman & women writers, Gladys Preuss, Margaret Rosenthal & Sarah Jessup, Barbara Ross, Donna M. Sanders, Lili Schad, Penelope Scambly Schott, Ann Staley in honor of Joan Hoffman, Louise Steuben in honor of Marieke Steuben, Linda Strever in memory of Lois Rivard, Anne Thomas in honor of creativity from the depths of the soul, JoAnne & Cliff Trow, Claudia Van Gerven, Sandra Verhoogen, Beth Walukas, Kathleen Walzer, Harriet Ziskin; Sister: Joan Acker, Janet K. Albright, Julia Alvarez, Bonnie Avery, Anne Batzer, N. Berkheiser, Barbara Bruch, Brenda Buttner, Kay Ann Cassell & Marina Mercado, Carol Collins, Pamela Crow, Sara Dier, Chitralekha Divakaruni, Lisa Domitrovich, Margarita Donnelly in memory of Sarah Lantz, Barbara Drageaux, Lisa Ede, Linda Foote, Patricia Forsberg, Wendell Hawkin, Catherine Hazen, Jean Hegland, Donna Henderson, Anneliese Hummel, Adriana Huyer, Linda Kattwinkel, Claudia Keith & Marilyn Walker, Claire Keyes, Kristin King, Lauren Lawson, Richard Lewis, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Jennifer Lindsey, Terri Lovins in honor of Chloe Lovins, Margaret M. Lynch, Marilyn MacLean, Lois Malango, Marie Martin, Lin Max, Debbie Bird McCubbin, Carter Wills McKenzie, Margaret E. Meehan, Linda Modrell, Gail Oberst in honor of Ursula K. Le Guin, Nancy Patchen, Peregrine Writers of Salem & Lois Rosen in honor of Diane Hamm, Mary Petrosky, Lynn Plath, Gwen L. Purdy in memory of Don D. Purdy, M.D., Tisha Reichle, Dr. Laura Rice, Elisabeth Zinck Rothenberger, Judith Rudolph, Grayce Scholt, Cynthia Spencer, Judith Stitzel, Janet M. Throop, Saundra C. Timberlake, Renee Weitzner in honor of women writers everywhere, Ingrid Wendt, Louise Young

Girlfriend: Lois Baker, Leslie Ball-Martin, Myra Beals & Ira Metson, Beverly P. Benjamin in honor of her mother Ola, Carol Bosworth & Patricia Mathews, Lynn Christopher, Linda J. Clifton in honor of Margarita Donnelly, Catherine Emerson Cottles, Kristina Daniels, Jeanne M. Day, Jane Donovan, Gayle Eleanor, Robert Fessenden, Mary Finnegan, Marie Flamme, Mary Wills Fulton, Cindy Williams Gutiérrez in memory of Sarah Lantz Woodside, Quinton Hallett in honor of CALYX’s 33rd, Susan Kenyon, Lenore Kester, Barbara Leedy & Betty Anderson, Barbara Lemiesz, Nancy K. Lennstrom, Margaret Loring, Betty M. McCauley, Pat Newport & Buzz Berra, Rachel A. Ozretich, Sylvia Bortin Patience, Sandy Polishuk in honor of Manya Shapiro’s birthday, Nancy Rosenberger & Clint Merrison, Peter Sears, Shirley Sikes in honor of Grace Dickman, Maurya Simon, Anne Warren Smith, Judith Steinbergh, Sandra Stone, J.C. Todd, Nancy Vanderpool, Joan C. Walson, Melissa Weintraub, Jamie Woelfel.

Special thanks to the businesses and artists that made CALYX’s 33rd Anniversary Glitterati, October 9, 2009, a great success—especially the major event sponsor Valley Catering and sponsors Barker Uerlings Insurance, Citizens Bank, Kay Dee Cole/Edward Jones, and Sibling Revelry. And our thanks to the artists and businesses that donated items for the silent auction: C. Lill Ahrens, Bad Cupcake!/Amanda Bonn, Mary Braun, Zel Brook, Benton SWCD/Michael Cairns, Clint Brown & Cheryl McLean, Beviamo Wine Tours, Browsers Bookstore, Burst’s Chocolates, Chamber Music Corvallis, Laurie Childers, Chintimini Chamber Music Festival, Diana Cone & Julie Powell, Dr. Martha Cone, Corvallis Fall Festival, Corvallis Knights, Corvallis Repertory Singers, Darkside Cinema, Da Vinci Days Film Festival, Designs by Dru/Dru Marchbanks, Margarita Donnelly, Double Check/Melissa Weintraub, Elsinore Theatre, Eola Hills Wine Cellar, Eugene Opera, Evergreen Indian Restaurant, FireWorks Restaurant and Bar/Ocean & Intaba, First Alternative Co-op, Marie Flame, Great Harvest Bread Co., Grass Roots Books & Music, Nancy Hagood, Jim Hall, Oni Holub, Susan Johnson, Betty LaDuke, Ursula K. Le Guin, Many Hands Trading, Michelle Marie, Catherine McGuire, Dr. Randy Moore, Nichols Garden Nursery, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, OSU Athletics Department, Pentacle Theater, Portland Classical Chinese Gardens, Portland Opera, River Jewelry, Rumbanana Salsa Group/Simona Boucek, Marybetts Sinclair, April Spehar, Cynthia Spencer, M. Frances Stilwell, Sunnyside-Up Café, The Clothes Tree, Ingrid Wendt & Ralph Salisbury, and Wendy Yoder-Holub. Thank you to the great entertainers at the CALYX Glitterati: Rueda de Casino Cuban Salsa Dancing by Rumbanana Salsa Group, Music by Ala Nar, and readings by CALYX authors C. Lill Ahrens, Jennifer Richter, Kelly Terwilliger, and Mary Zelinka.

Special thanks to the many loyal volunteers who perform myriad tasks for CALYX throughout the year and help out with the Glitterati, including Linda Varsell Smith and Joan Hoffman, and 2009 student interns Laura Admire, Shayna England, Elise Filka, Kathleen Hurst, and Kelly Murphy.

Thanks also to CALYX staff: Margarita Donnelly, Beverly McFarland, Catherine McGuire, Rebecca Olson, and Karen Tokuda, as well as the many other volunteers who

 

help make CALYX’s publications possible throughout the year, especially to Cheryl McLean & Imprint Services! Special thanks are also due to the CALYX Board: Elle Bublitz, Margarita Donnelly, Nancy Greenman, Michelle Marie, Gail Oberst, Julie Schwartz, Cynthia Spencer, and Jenny Woodson.