Budget breakdown
Letters to Azan — Production & Launch Budget Breakdown. All amounts in USD. Estimated for
500-copy print run.
Item Estimated Cost (USD)
Printing & Production (500 copies) $19,075
Shipping $2,180
Wet Proof $1,010
Binding Dummy $570
PR Agent $2,500
Photo/Art Book Fair Fees & Staffing $2,000
Distribution & Warehousing $650
Estimated Total : $27,985
About the project
Letters to Azan is a monograph built from letters, photographs, and fragments—a quiet archive of motherhood, displacement, and love that endures across distance. Shaped by grief, and longing, it’s a deeply personal story of survival and resistance.
More than a book, it’s a space for the complexities of diasporic life and love stretched across distance, borders, and silence—persisting in the smallest, overlooked moments.
Your support will go directly toward the design, production, and shipping of Letters to Azan. Help bring this intimate work to life, making space for stories often left untold and honoring the power of witness and return.
I believe Letters to Azan needs to exist in the world—to amplify unspoken stories of motherhood, migration, and memory.
I’m excited to be creating this work in collaboration with Workshop Arts and the brilliant designer Caleb Cain Marcus. Together, we’re committed to producing a book of the highest quality—one that does justice to the depth and nuance of this story.
If this project resonates with you, I hope you’ll consider contributing or sharing it. Your support helps publish Letters to Azan not just as a printed object, but as a shared space for remembrance, care, and quiet revolution.
Thank you for believing in this project and helping bring it into the world.
With love and gratitude,
Lali Khalid.
Thank you to our supporters
Thank you to each and every person who’s stood behind this project. Your support truly makes a difference!!!
Ayesha Ali Ahmed
Omid Badr
Ayza Bukhari
Ayesha Ejaz
Sarah Hindeyeh
Joseph Hocker
Carly Hough
Kashaf Jamshed
Juniper Jensen
Saher Khalid
Melissa Kreider
Zohra Panjwani
Talha Riaz
Gabriela Roldan-Rodriguez
Yasmine Shihab
Jaspal Singh
Louise Terzia
Elena Volkova
Emily Wiethorn
Reward Tiers
I'm deeply grateful to everyone who chooses to support this project. Below are a few meaningful
ways I plan to recognize and thank contributors.
$15 — Community Supporter
Personalized shoutout on social media
Your name listed on the project website as a supporter
$45 — Keepsake Acknowledgment
One small signed 4x6" open-edition archival inkjet print
Your name listed on the project website as a supporter
$65 — Book Acknowledgment
One signed copy of Letters to Azan
Your name listed on the project website as a supporter
$100 — Book + Print Appreciation
One signed copy of Letters to Azan
One small signed 4x6" or 4x4" open-edition archival inkjet print
Your name listed on the project website as a supporter
$150 — Double Book + Medium Print
Two signed copies of Letters to Azan
One 8.5x11" (or 8x8") signed archival print
Your name listed on the project website as a supporter
$250 — Collector’s Acknowledgment
One 11x14" signed editioned archival inkjet print
One signed copy of Letters to Azan
One additional copy (for gifting or sharing)
Your name listed on the project website as a supporter
$500 — Double Print Bundle
One signed copy of Letters to Azan
Two 11x14" signed archival prints
Your name listed on the project website as a supporter
$1,000 — Legacy Print + Conversation
One 16x20" signed, editioned archival inkjet print
One signed limited-edition version of the book
A 30-minute personal Zoom conversation
Your name listed on the project website as a supporter
$1,500 — Patron Recognition
One signed copy of Letters to Azan
One 20x24" signed archival pigment print (edition of 5, choose from 2 options)
Your name listed prominently on the project website as a supporter
$2,500 — The Dedication Tier
Two signed copies of Letters to Azan
One 20x24" signed archival pigment print (edition of 5, choose from 2 options)
One-on-one creative session (via Zoom or in-person, if local)
Special dedication in the acknowledgments section of the book
Your name listed prominently on the project website as a supporter
