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SUPPORTER TOOLS

Tools for writing, publishing, recording, and presenting your work.

Build books and chapbooks. Preserve poetry formatting and export clean files. Dictate or transcribe drafts and readings. Prepare work for publication, recording, and presentation—with more creative tools added over time.

Access: Supporter Tools are included with OAF Supporter membership for $10/month or $100/year. OAF membership and submissions remain free.

DICTATION & TRANSCRIPTION
Voice to text

Capture spoken work, transcribe recordings and readings, and move the text directly into your creative workflow.

FORMATTING & EXPORT
Publication-ready files

Preserve poetry formatting, clean up manuscripts, and prepare practical files for sharing, submission, and publication.

OAF SUPPORTER

Add supporter tools to your free membership.

OAF participation and ordinary member resources remain free. Supporter membership helps sustain the site and adds access to supporter tools while your supporter membership is active.

WHAT SUPPORTER MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES

Support the site. Use the tools.

OAF Supporter membership gives you the supporter tools while helping sustain Open Arts Forum.

  • Publishing Studio for books, chapbooks, collections, art books, and photography books
  • Dictation and transcription for drafts, readings, and recorded work
  • Formatting and export tools for manuscripts and publication-ready files
  • New supporter tools as they become available
  • Optional public Supporter recognition

Editorial independence: supporter status never affects selection, publication, moderation, or editorial decisions.

OAF SUPPORTER

$10 / month

$100/year · save $20
Turn off renewal anytime; access to supporter tools continues through the paid term.

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SUPPORTER TOOLS

Creative tools included with supporter membership.

Supporter Tools bring the practical work around writing, art, recording, and publishing into one place—so you can move from draft or source material to a finished, usable file without assembling a stack of separate services.

SUPPORTER TOOL

Publishing Studio

Build books, chapbooks, art and photography books, and digital collections from your own work. Arrange, design, preflight, and export from one place.

Included with OAF Supporter

SUPPORTER TOOL

Dictation & Transcription

Capture spoken work, convert recordings to text, and move material into your OAF creative workflow without relying on a separate transcription service.

Included with OAF Supporter

SUPPORTER TOOL

Formatting & Export

Clean and prepare creative work for publication, preserve poetry formatting, and export to practical formats without rebuilding the same document repeatedly.

Included with OAF Supporter

OAF SUPPORTER
$10/month or $100/year

Both plans include supporter tools, with more added over time.

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MORE SUPPORTER TOOLS

More tools are on the way.

These are planned additions to the supporter suite. They will appear here as they become available.

COMING

Submission Packager & Tracker

Prepare submission files, reuse bios and cover-letter material, and keep track of where work has been sent.

COMING

Revision Compare & Critique Notebook

Keep versions together, compare drafts, preserve notes, and collect critique without losing the history of a piece.

COMING

Publication & Rights Record

Track publication history, acknowledgments, permissions, and rights information for individual works.

COMING

Cover & Promo Studio

Create publication covers and reusable promotional graphics from the same project materials.

COMING

Artist Image Prep

Resize, crop, convert, check resolution, and prepare artwork or photography for submissions and publication.

COMING

Creative Profile & Media Kit

Turn your OAF profile, publications, credits, images, and links into a shareable professional media kit.

COMING

Reading Recorder

Record, review, and prepare audio readings directly from your member workspace.

COMING

Member Amplifier

Share books, readings, interviews, events, and other creative news through OAF’s member-promotion channels.

MEMBERSHIP & SUPPORT

Free membership first. Supporter tools when you want them.

Participation, submissions, the member Library shelf, and ordinary member resources do not require payment. Supporter invitations are specifically about access to supporter tools; contributions are simply voluntary support.

OAF SUPPORTER

Add supporter tools to your free membership.

Choose $10/month or $100/year. Both plans support OAF and add access to the supporter tools.

Become a Supporter

OAF SUPPORTER

Want the creative tools?

Become an OAF Supporter for access to supporter tools. Paying never affects publication or editorial standing.

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CONTRIBUTION

Want simply to help?

Make a voluntary contribution of any amount. Contributions do not change membership access or editorial treatment.

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Thank you for being part of Open Arts Forum.

OAF membership is free. If you would like the supporter tools, OAF Supporter membership is $10/month or $100/year. You may also contribute without changing your membership.

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QUESTIONS

Membership, Supporter access, and contributions.

Is OAF membership free?Yes. Free members can submit work, participate in the forum, use ordinary member resources and the member Library shelf, and manage their OAF creator page.
What does Supporter cost?$10/month or $100/year. Annual billing saves $20. You can turn off renewal at any time; access to supporter tools continues through the paid term.
What does Supporter add?Tools for book building, dictation and transcription, formatting and export, recording, image preparation, and other creative-production work as those tools become available.
Does paying affect publication?No. Payment never affects selection, publication, moderation, nominations, or editorial decisions.
Can I just make a contribution?Yes. Voluntary contributions are separate from both free membership and Supporter membership.
What happens if I cancel Supporter?Access to supporter tools ends when the paid supporter term ends. Your free OAF membership continues, and files you already exported remain yours.