Funders

Help Us Celebrate Mississippi’s Vibrant Literary Landscape! 

The Mississippi Book Festival is grateful for funders who are committed to helping us produce a high-quality event and making a positive and lasting difference in the cultural life of our state. 

Through the support of longtime donors, media partners, and friends of the festival, we can ensure that the festival is FREE and open to the public and that readers of all ages and backgrounds can connect with visiting authors and each other. 

Contact Jordan Perry (202-277-2339) to hear about the variety of funder opportunities and packages available this year, or click here to learn more. Download the 2022 Funder Opportunities, and 2022 Funder Pledge Form today!

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• National Book Foundation Literary Fund
• Mike McRee
• Carol Puckett & John Palmer
• The Eudora Welty Foundation
• Holly and Alan Lange

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• Rachel and Joel Bomgar Foundation
• Butler Snow
• Downtown Jackson Partners
• Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP
• Terry Hunt and Dick Molpus
• Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kime
• Entergy
• Jean and Kelley Williams Family Fund
• Mary and Alex Purvis
• Feild Co-Operative Association
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival

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• Nancy and Cecil Brown
• Mississippi Arts Commission
• Pass Books / Cat Island Coffeehouse
• Watkins & Eager
• de Grummond Collection at USM
• Jane Hiatt/Hiatt Fund of Community Foundation for Mississippi
• Cornerstone Government Affairs
• Betsy and Kane Ditto
• Capitol Resources, LLC
• Fair & Paul Hurst
• Communication Arts Company
• Moore Media Group

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• University Press of Mississippi
• Beard+Riser Architects
• BKD CPAs & Advisors
• BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP
• Louisa Dixon and Jerry Johnson
• Carroll, Warren & Parker
• Cathead Distillery
• ChemFirst / First Mississippi Corporation Charitable Endowment Fund
• Chism Strategies
• Cornerstone Consulting Group, Inc.
• H.T. White Family Fund
• Hederman Brothers
• First Commercial Bank
• Fischer Galleries
• Friends of Washington County Community Foundation
• Jackson State University, Margaret Walker Center and Division of Graduate Studies
• LGBTQ Fund of Mississippi
• Mississippi Library Commission
• Margaret and Bob Montgomery
• Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration
• Nautilus Publishing
• Janet and Luther Ott
• Carolyn and Chris Ray
• Sara and Bill Ray
• Roberts Wilson
• Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway

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• Jackie Bailey
• Matthew Bailey
• David McCarty
• Jean and Tim Medley
• Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
• Karen Redhead
• Laura Sparks
• Beau Wilson

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• The Clarion-Ledger
• The New York Review of Books
• Well-Being Magazine
• Y’all Politics
• Mississippi Magazine
• Mississippi Today
• Oxford American
• The Jackson Advocate
• The Northside Sun
• Delta Magazine
• The Mississippi Link
• JXN Transplants
• The Roguish Gent