you can help, too!

We invite all interested parties to consider sponsoring Geoconference 2. We aim to make this a special event that will give attendees something to talk about for years to come. We are creating a forum in the real world that mirrors the virtual venues we create online, where artists and the public can commune about issues that matter in literature and new media. The Geoconference is completely unique in Chicago's art landscape.

We offer the following rewards and incentives for Geoconference sponsors:

• Distinguished mention and acknowledgement in printed events programs for all contributors and sponsors, and spoken announcements in behalf of you or your sponsoring organization at all Geoconference events.

• Prominent banner placement on the Geoconference 2 site (what you're reading now) for all Day Sponsors (gifts of $200-US and up).

• Rotating banner placement on e-poets.net for all Conference Sponsors for no less than six months (gifts of $400-US and up). e-poets.net is the parent domain for this Geoconference website. Banners on the e-poets.net domain already make thousands of impressions each week among a very literate and cosmopolitan readership in a well-respected, non-commercial setting.

Further, we'll consider gifts of support through volunteering. Staff an event for us, and you'll get the inside track to the featured artists at each event while getting in for free. Simple, easy... no strings!

"What about gate receipts?" you ask. Well, we're dividing that money among the featured artists if and only if our sponsorship allows us to cover our bills and have anything left over. We are taking no profit from Geoconference 2, but will turn what monies we can to the artists who make this event possible. Gate receipts will cover any shortfall in sponsorship revenues for paid services that enable the Geoconference... room rental, utilities, promotion expenses, and so forth. As our guest artists come not just from Chicago but from the US and Canada, we'd like to send them home knowing that Chicago respects real artists by giving such artists real support... All the more incentive to sponsor the Geoconference and do it right! Please show that Chicago cares about its emerging, wired, and cosmopolitan literary culture. Support Geoconference 2!

To find out more about Geoconference 2 sponsorship opportunities, contact e-poets network founder Kurt Heintz by e-mail.

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