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Join us on our adventure creating, publishing, and distributing Archetype: A Literary Journal.

Donations directly support the creation of Archetype, helping to cover writers’ fees, design and editorial work, and operational expenses. We hope to one day be able to print and share our beautifully designed issues of Archetype with readers around the world, and your contribution will help us make meaningful strides toward that goal.

Join our mighty supporters on our hero’s journey by selecting a donation amount from one of the tiers below or giving any amount through our donation page. You can also choose to become a Monthly Donor and provide much needed ongoing support to our team. 

And once you donate, your name will forever be memorialized on our donor wall below.

Which character will you choose? Scroll over each card to learn more. 

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A Helping Hand - $10

A Helping Hand - $10

All donations help bring Archetype to life and allow us to pay our writers, design each new issue, and maintain our website. With your help, we can reach high and dream big!
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Guardian - $100

Guardian - $100

The guardian tests the hero before they face great challenges. They can appear at any stage of the story, but they often block an entrance or border of some kind.
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Herald - $25

Herald - $25

The herald appears near the beginning of the story to announce the need for change in the hero’s life. They are the catalyst that sets the whole adventure in motion.
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Ally - $250

Ally - $250

The hero will have some great challenges ahead—too great for one person to face them alone. They’ll need someone to distract the guards, hack into the mainframe, or edit their essay.
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Mentor - $50

Mentor - $50

The mentor appears to give the hero a fighting chance. They will describe how the new world operates, and instruct the hero on how to use the innate abilities they possess.
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Hero - $500

Hero - $500

During their journey, the hero will leave the world they are familiar with and enter a new one. Whatever they knew before will no longer suffice, so they will have to master the rules of the new world and save the day!
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DONOR WALL

Herald

Mohammed Taha

Cesar Lozano

Mentor

Ahamed Taha

Kevan Henshaw

Alicia Wilson

Guardian

Sonia Romero Johnson

Tamara Carter

Ally

Hero