What is Worldsmyths, and Why Should You Care?

I'm Elizabeth Hodgson, co-founder of Worldsmyths Publishing, and it is my pleasure to introduce our new short story anthology, Seasons Unceasing!

We are a Canada-based indie publishing company based out of Edmonton, Canada, though the authors in our books are international. We started as an online writing community, and as we grew, we wanted to help our members get their works out into the world, and Worldsmyths Publishing was born!

As a non-profit, our goal is to help the new and upcoming writers navigate the intimidating world of publishing by guiding them through the process in a friendly, low pressure way. Our short story anthologies expose new writers to the submission and editing process, and our Discord community provides support and feedback to help them grow their potential.

By supporting this campaign, you support not only a woman-owned independent business, but you help get really great stories out into the world! We use these funds to pay our authors, editor, and cover artist, and couldn't do this without you!

How it Works

We will use the funds raised to pay the following costs:

Basic Necessities to Fund the Campaign

• Volunteer Editor Pay - $500usd
• Author Pay - 0.005/word (estimated to need ~$600usd)
• Cover Art - $150usd
• IngramSpark Upload Costs - $49usd
• Annual fees - banking, etc - $175usd
• Paypal fees 15@ 2.99/transaction - $45usd
• Cost to print and ship backer rewards (based on previous anthologies) ~$1000usd

Total: $2500usd

Stretch Goals

Author Copies of the Anthology - Unlocked at $3000

Editor Pay Increase - Unlocked at $3500

Increase pay for authors to $0.01/word - Unlocked at $4000

Editor Pay Increase - Unlocked at $4500

This book will be published regardless of how much we raise.

If this campaign is unsuccessful in raising the amount we are asking for, we will still publish, and our author, editor, and designer will still get paid for all the hard work they've already done, it will simply come out of my pocket.

If we are lucky enough to get more than we are asking? Well, it goes right back to our authors and editor, to thank them for all their hard work!

The Rewards

We are pleased to offer copies of the anthology in both digital, paperback, and hardcover editions. You can also get our previous anthologies in a discounted bundle! We also much ceramic mugs, so that you may enjoy the beverage of your choice while you read :)

Risks & Challenges

This is our third indiegogo campaign, and we are confident that we will be able to fulfill out goal. There is minimal risk in backing, as This book will be published regardless of how much we raise.

Should we fail to raise the amount we need, the founders of Worldsmyths Publishing will cover the balance, and be paid back by book sale proceeds down the line.

Other Ways You Can Help

There are other ways you can contribute! Sharing our posts and using the Indiegogo share tools goes a long way in helping us reach our goal.

Want to submit to the next anthology? We have several members-only anthologies open to our Discord server, which anyone can join. For more information on our upcoming publishing opportunities, visit https://www.worldsmyths.com/welcome/submissions/