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    Keep Great Writing Free to Read

    Your gift helps us publish work outside the paywall, so a good story is never out of reach because of cost.

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    Support Independent Publishing

    We're reader-funded, not backed by a big publishing house, which means our editorial choices stay ours, not a shareholder's.

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    Back Human-Written Work

    With AI-generated content everywhere, your support helps us keep publishing stories written by real people, edited by real people, for real readers.


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    Help Us Print

    Contributions go toward printing our quarterly magazine and yearly anthology, so the work lives on paper, not just in a feed.

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    Grow a 28,000-Reader Community

    Since our first collection, Literally Literary has grown into a home for writers and readers alike. Your gift helps that home keep growing.

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    Inspire Others

    Your generosity can motivate friends, family, and colleagues to do the same.

Programs led by Literally Literary

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Yearly Print Anthology of Curated LL Writers

Young Writers Initiative: To Elevate Writers Ages 8-18

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Quarterly Print & Digital Journals for ALL voices of LL.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • We are currently working on our 501c3 status with the State of Ohio.

  • Directly into running Literally Literary — covering printing costs for our quarterly magazine and yearly anthology, and keeping the site running so readers can find work that doesn't have a paywall in front of it.


  • All Access membership gets you our full digital and print content as a subscriber benefit. Donating is a separate, direct gift to support the magazine — you can do one, both, or neither, and everyone still gets access to our free content either way.


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