Take home a one-of-a-kind work of art and a piece of history. This photograph was taken by the evening’s featured speaker, Elizabeth Rush, author of Rising and The Quickening, during the first human expedition to the Thwaites “Doomsday” Glacier. It will be printed to your preferred size, up to 36 by 54 inches, and custom framed.

Travel to Missoula, Montana to meet up with renowned fly-fishing guide Chris Dombrowski, author of Body of Water and The River You Touch for a day trip for two people on the Clark Fork, Blackfoot, or Bitterroot Rivers. Chris has been a fishing guide for 25 seasons, was named by the Missoula Independent as the area’s best fly-fishing guide in 2017, and was featured in the Washington Post.

Spend an unforgettable evening in New York City with award-winning playwright and author Sarah Ruhl, whose plays include the Pulitzer Prize finalist In the Next Room: or the vibrator play and Letters from Max—a ritual, a recent adaptation of the 2018 book by Sarah and Max Ritvo. This one-of-a-kind theater package for up to four people includes pre-show drinks with Sarah and tickets to see her stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando at the Signature Theatre on West 42nd Street (approximate run dates April 2–May 12, 2024).

Host a dinner for up to ten people in your home, prepared by Beth Dooley, author of In Winter’s Kitchen and a dozen beloved cookbooks. You and your guests will be joined by Will Steger, Arctic explorer, environmental activist, and co-author with Beth of The Steger Homestead Kitchen.

Join Milkweed Editions Publisher and CEO Daniel Slager for the release of US Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s anthology, You Are Here, at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, on April 4, 2024. This trip, for up to four people, is a unique opportunity to see one of our country’s most celebrated writers and dynamic speakers launch a part of her signature project as poet laureate. In addition to attending the official launch, your group will join Daniel for dinner and drinks that evening.

Win a private bird watching expedition for two with MacArthur “Genius” Fellow J. Drew Lanham, author of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, in his home state of South Carolina. After a morning of hiking, observation, and insight in Congaree National Park, join Drew for lunch back in Columbia to discuss the morning’s sightings.