Operational funding is obtained from private grants.
All fees collected from the annual writing contest are applied to funding the awards, with any excesses applied to defer operational costs. Founded in 1996, Serpentine is a quarterly publication, with headquarters located in the Santa Cruz mountains of northern California. Without exposure via the Internet, we very much doubt we would receive such geographically disperse variety. We believe it has been excellent for both writers and publishers. For instance, we conduct an annual short story contest where we publish and award cash prizes to the winning authors.