sponsoring the festival
Major contributors: $2,001+
- Oscar Moreno de Ayala
- Seiun Thomas Henderson
Patrons: $501 – 2,000
- Jion Ned Shepard
- Lynn Povich and Stephen Shepard
Sponsors: $101 – 500
- The Byrne family
- Pina Kamolnick
- Patty Montpellier
Friends: $50 – 100
- Wendy Allen
- Al Black
- Jim Cant and Mary Sullivan
- Heather Gibb
- Dena Godfrey
- Jan Kubanek
- Thomas Manson
- Astrid Pregel
- Chase Twichell
Partners
- Au Papier Japonais
- Organism.ca
- Matrix Magazine
- POPMontreal
- McGill University Chaplaincy
- Concordia University Multi-faith Chaplaincy
- McGill University Centre for East Asian Research
- Meg Taylor
- Linda Gustafson/Counterpunch
- CKUT
Enpuku-ji/Centre Zen de la Main wishes to collaborate with individuals, community organizations and businesses to build mutually rewarding, long-term relationships. We depend on your sponsorship in order to host the poets and events, as well as to ensure the festival’s success for years to come. The following sponsorship packages can be tailored to individual interests.
sponsorship levels
Major contributors: $2,001+
- Logo on all publicity materials: programmes (500) and flyers (1000)
- Logo included in all print advertisements
- Logo on all on-site signage
- Logo on website homepage footer; name, hyperlink, short profile in Sponsors list
- Two VIP invitations to all events, including private Poet Reception
- Two copies of the 2009 collection, forget the words!
Patrons: $501 – 2,000
- Logo on all publicity materials: flyers and programmes
- Logo included in all print advertisements
- Logo on all on-site signage
- Name, logo, and hyperlink featured on festival website
- Two festival passports
- One copy of the 2009 collection, forget the words!
Sponsors: $101 – 500
- Logo on programmes, festival website
- Two passes to one of the evening events
Friends: $50 – 100
- Name listed on website and programmes
Poet and Event Sponsors:
Sponsors may also support the festival by providing the funds to host one of our featured poets or co-host one of our events at the Montreal Zen Poetry Festival. Poet sponsors will be invited to a private reception with the poets and will receive a signed copy of the poet’s latest book. Event sponsors will be represented in the festival publicity materials as well as on the website. If you are interested in sponsoring one of our poets or events, please contact Myokyo or Ned Shepard, festival coordinators, at sponsor@montrealzenpoetryfestival.ca.
In-kind donations:
As well as financial contributions to the festival, we welcome your in-kind donations to assist in our efforts to provide an outstanding event for the community. In-kind donations may include accommodation, meals and transportation (including air miles) for our participants. All of our in-kind donors will be listed on the website and in programmes.
Deadline for publicity materials
Please respond by February 15 in order to be included in our publicity and event materials.
Enpuku-ji Zen Centre/Centre Zen de la Main is a charitable organization (#89594 6978 RR0001) and is able to issue tax receipts for those who choose simply to be listed as donors on the website and in the programmes.
Volunteers:
We are also seeking volunteers for pre-festival, during-the-festival, and post-festival work.
Contact:
Coordinators: Myokyo, Ned Shepard
sponsor@montrealzenpoetryfestival.ca