Bards and Sages sponsors a variety of charity initiatives each year.  We feel the best way to thank those who have supported us over the years is to give back to the community.  We are always interested in doing what we can to help non-profits.  Our desire is to help you raise awareness for your organization.  We do this by integrating your organization into our marketing programs to help you reach our customers.
Annual Bards and Sages Writing Competition
Each year, Bards and Sages sponsors a writing contest.  This contest is heavily promoted on writer forums, websites, and to media outlets.  Each contest promotes a different charity.   The nature of the prizes awarded to winners is determined by the charity.  For example, for charities that solicit memberships, we may give prize winners a free one year membership to your organization.  There is no cost to the charity for participating, however we do ask that you announce the contest to your memberships and media lists.
American Red Cross (2005 writing contest portion of reading fees donated)
DonorsChoose.org (2007 writing contest promotion)
The International Women's Writing Guild (2003 contest winners given one year membership)
Operation Backback (proceeds from sales donated-August 2007)
Speculative Literature Foundation (2006 contest winners given one year membership)
Toys for Tots (proceeds from sales donated-November 2006)
Charity of Note
Bards and Sages will strive to promote a new charity each month.  The charity will be listed on the front page of our website, mentioned in our free monthly newsletter to subscribers, and promoted to our Gather group.  A portion of all profits generated in that month will be donated to the charity.  There is no cost to the charity.  You will receive our award gif that you can add to your website if you wish.
Customized Programs
We donate a limited amount of books and swag for charity events.  Non-profits can also purchase special editions of any of our print books for use in fund raisers, as door prizes, or as "thank yous" to donors at reduced prices.  Because our books are printed with print on demand technology, we can provide custom orders regardless of the order size.  Please contact us to see how we can customize a program for your event.