Sponsorship Opportunities PRESENTING SESTINA SONNET HAIKU $10,000 $5,000 $2,500 $1,000

TABLE OF 10 TABLE OF 10 5 TICKETS 2 TICKETS

Opportunity to speak for two minutes from stage •

Opportunity for marketing materials & giveaways at event • Two invitations to SAL's exclusive Season Reveal Party • l Sponsor recognition & logo on event page on SAL website • • Logo recognition in event invitation, program, & slideshow • • Recognition in select event publicity: E-news (19,800+ subscribers), Facebook (12,500+ followers), Instagram (3025+ followers), or Twitter (3,600+ followers) • • • Acknowledgement from the stage • • • • Sponsor recognition with link on event page on SAL website, in event invitation, program, & slideshow • • • • Recognition at SAL literary events programs & on sponsor poster • • • •

Recognition in SAL Annual Report • • • •

Seattle Arts & Lectures’ 2020 Words Matter Gala April 3, 2020 Four Seasons Hotel, Seattle

“SAL is one of the most intellectually engaging and vibrant institutions in Seattle.” -SAL Patron

community support—over 65% of our annual revenue comes from charitable contributions. This gala alone will raise over $350,000.

As a Words Matter sponsor, you will enjoy visibility with SAL’s 34,000 patrons—including 300+ Seattle business and philanthropic leaders at Words Matter. A sponsorship provides you with the unique opportunity to connect with the Puget Sound community, one of the top literary and most well-read areas in the country, according to multiple national rankings, and to show your support for the literary arts and youth literacy.

that they themselves are better at teaching writing after working with a WITS writer-in-residence.

As a 2017 WITS Luncheon sponsor, you will enjoy visibility with both event attendees and SAL’s nearly 30,000 patrons and program participants. Seattle is one of the top literary and most well-read cities in the country, according to multiple national rankings. A 2018 Words Matter sponsorship provides you the unique opportunity to connect with the greater Puget Sound community and show your support for the literary arts and youth literacy.

For over 30 years, Seattle Arts & Lectures (SAL) has been the leading champion of the literary arts in the greater Puget Sound region. We bring the best writers and thinkers of our time to engage and inspire readers and writers of all generations.

Passionate about making outstanding events and programs accessible to all, we bring national and local writers to public schools to inspire more than 6,700 K-12 students to become authors of their own lives, offer free and very low-cost tickets to underserved communities, and stage literary events that bring forward compelling voices. To do this, we rely on

that they themselves are better at teaching writing after working with a WITS writer-in-residence.

As a 2017 WITS Luncheon sponsor, you will enjoy visibility with both event attendees and SAL’s nearly 30,000 patrons and program participants. Seattle is one of the top literary and most well-read cities in the country, according to multiple national rankings. A 2018 Words Matter sponsorship provides you the unique opportunity to connect with the greater Puget Sound community and show your support for the literary arts and youth literacy.

CONTACT Sarah Burns, Event & Corporate Giving Manager; 206-621-2230, x25; sburns@lectures.org

YES! We would like to join with Seattle Arts & Lectures to inspire and engage readers and writers of all generations in our community. CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY NAME ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONTACT NAME & TITLE _____________________________________________________________________________________________ CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS ___________________________________________ CONTACT PHONE _____________________________ MAILING ADDRESS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES*

____ $10,000 Presenting Sponsor (Fair Market Value: $740; donation $9,260) ____ $5,000 Sestina Sponsor (Fair Market Value: $740; donation $4,260) ____ $2,500 Sonnet Sponsor (Fair Market Value: $370; donation $2,130) ____ $1,000 Haiku Sponsor (Fair Market Value: $148; donation $852) PAYMENT INFORMATION

____ Please send me an invoice ____ A check is enclosed payable to SEATTLE ARTS & LECTURES ____ Please charge my credit card NAME ON CARD _______________________________________________________________________

CARD NUMBER ________________________________________________________________________

EXPIRATION DATE ___________________________ BILLING ZIP __________________________

TOTAL SPONSORSHIP COST ________________________________________________________

SIGNATURE ___________________________________________________________________________

DATE ____________________________________________________________________________________

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! *Sponsorship agreement form and artwork due by January 10, 2020, to be included on invitation

and by March 6, 2020, to be included in event program.

Seattle Arts & Lectures w 340 15th Avenue East #301 w Seattle, WA 98112 w (206) 621-2330 w lectures.org

2020 Sponsorship Form