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Personal narratives are powerful. Help us support writers and artists who have these stories to tell.

There’s a direct link between our readers’ commitment to Longreads and our ability to commit your favorite writers.

Longreads is pushing to achieve long-term sustainability, and reader support is more critical than ever.

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our readers, we received $30,391 in contributions and membership subscriptions.

Today we’re launching the 2018 Longreads Member Drive with the goal of raising $50,000 from readers by November 2.

Thanks to all of our generous readers and supporters, who helped us raise more than $140,000 for our story fund.

Longreads’ Essays Editor on the importance of budgeting for personal narratives.

“The reasons people migrate and the violence they suffer are the stories of our time.”

Today we’re launching the 2017 Longreads Member Drive with the goal of raising $25,000 from readers by November 16.

“I just renewed my subscription, because Mark Armstrong does EVERYTHING he can to support the best work of writers and publishers. Longreads is my favorite magazine and it must succeed. $30 a year is a bargain. Pony up!” -Paul Ford, writer We need your help to get to 5,000 Longreads Members. Join Longreads now and […]

Yesterday, we asked for your help, and you responded. Thanks to you, we welcomed 400 new Longreads Members. We’re now at 1,400 members—that’s great progress, but we’re still less than halfway to our goal of 5,000 Longreads Members. We need your help to keep spreading the word. You can share your support on Twitter here. […]

My name is Mark Armstrong, and four and a half years ago, I created Longreads. What started as an afternoon project has now grown into something much bigger—a global community of readers, sharing what they love, across both nonfiction and fiction. Along the way we’ve built Longreads into a trusted service that recommends the best […]