Short Summary
Niteblade Magazine has been publishing fantasy and horror stories and poetry since 2007. With every issue we put out we grow and improve and we are asking for your help in continuing that trend.
This annual fundraiser is the single biggest factor in determining what our operating budget will be for the upcoming year. That means it directly effects how many stories and poems we publish.
Your donation will help us pay our writers, artists and web hosts.
What We Need & What You Get
We had our first fundraiser last year to help cover the costs of running Niteblade because, up until then, everything was coming out of my pocket and it was becoming something I couldn't afford to continue.
We've set our fundraising goal at $500 largely because that is just about enough to make Niteblade break even for the year. In truth, every single dollar matters.
Even if we don't meet our fundraising goal we will still put all the money we do raise right back into paying to keep Niteblade up and running.
We're not just asking for you to support us because we're awesome (though we are ;) ) we've also got a load of great perks as incentives. All these things (handicrafts, books, art) were donated by our generous authors.
We're offering:
Perhaps best of all? We're going to have a theme issue in December and one of the perks will let you to pick the theme.
But wait! There's more!
Every single person who supports this campaign will have their name entered into a draw to win a collection of
Linda Addison's books. That lucky winner will receive signed copies of her four collections of poetry and fiction: Animated Objects; Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes; Being Full of Light, Insubstantial; How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend.
The Impact
Last year our fundraiser made just over $100 and because so many of our staff are volunteers that made a huge impact on our budget and planning for the year that followed. We're looking to do even better this year.
Supporting Niteblade means supporting a small press magazine that offers high quality fantasy and horror stories and poems to our readers at reasonable prices. We are author friendly and, though we have published our fair share of experienced writers, we've also been the first paid publishing credit for many writers who have gone on to exciting careers in the industry. We play an important role for them as the bridge between for-the-love and professional markets. Your support will help that continue.
Other Ways You Can Help
If you can't afford to contribute financially that doesn't mean you can't help. Please help us spread the word about this campaign by telling your friends about it and/or using the Indiegogo sharing tools. The more people that know about this the greater our chance of success.
Whatever you can do to help, Thank you very much, we truly appreciate it. Truly.
Stretch Goals
We did it! We reached our goal of $500, and since we have two weeks to spare we've added a few stretch goals with kick-ass rewards. Check this out:
At 20 Funders: A draw will be held and one lucky finder will receive:
*** This goal has been reached and the prize awarded to kschneyer ***
- A first page or query critique from Aubrie Dionne (fully transferable)
- Your choice of any three issues of Niteblade)
At 25 Funders: A draw will be held and one lucky funder will receive:
*** This goal has been reached and the prize awarded to julia.jreynolds ***
- A Niteblade library. That is an electronic copy of every issue we’ve ever released
- A copy of our special poetry issue, autographed by both Rhonda and Alexa.
- M.B. Ryther will format/convert your manuscript for uploading to KDP or PubIt! (fully transferable)
At $600 Raised: A draw will be held and one lucky funder will receive:
*** This goal has been reached and the prize awarded to hardaker ***
- A full edit up to 20,000 words by Carrie Cuinn (fully transferable in the event you are not a writer)
- Marge Simon will model one of the people on our next appropriate cover (ie: one with a humanoid on it) after you.
At $650 Raised:
The September 2013 issue of Niteblade will be offered as a free download for the first week after its release and all Niteblade subscribers will have their subscription increased by one issue.
At $700 Raised:
We will make our special upcoming theme issue a print issue and double our author payment rates for it.
