Iowa Author Fest joins A Community Thrives, part of the USA NETWORK powered by Crowdrise By Gofundme.

Donors can help Iowa Author Fest win up to $25,000 in grant money to fund community building initiatives.

Des Moines, Iowa, Monday 18^th ,2019 – Iowa Author Fest is now competing in A Community Thrives, part of the USA TODAY Network, a fundraising program on Crowdrise by GoFundMe, the most trusted social fundraising platform. A Community thrives is a nationwide program that is focused on helping organizations by shining a national spotlight on their community building initiatives. Iowa Author Fest has the opportunity to be awarded up to $1 million in available project-based grants to help fund 2019/2020 High School Short Story Contest. https://www.crowgrise.com/acommunitythrives