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Oct 28th, 2013 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: News & Announcements
Crossed Genres is thrilled to release our new anthology, Oomph: A Little Super Goes a Long Way! Cover art by Megan Rose Gedris It’s easy to save the day when you’re invulnerable, can fly, or can punch through steel. But what if you’re just… really calloused? Or can hover for three seconds? Or can only […]
Tags: anthology, kickstarter, Oomph, release day Posted in News & Announcements |
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Oct 1st, 2013 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
Issue 10 of CG Magazine came out today: the STRANGER issue, with compelling stories from Priya Chand, Rachel Udin and Memory Scarlett. The issue is free to read on the website. As we close in on the end of CG Magazine’s first year, we’ve worked very hard to deliver quality, diverse stories from established and […]
Tags: CG Magazine, kickstarter, Subscriptions Posted in CG Blog |
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Mar 30th, 2013 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
The Kickstarter for Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction From the Margins of History is almost over! Long Hidden has passed the second stretch goal: we’re adding ~10 stories/~50,000 words to the anthology! Now Long Hidden will be huge, ~30 stories/~150,000 words! There are ONLY 36 HOURS left to the Kickstarter (it ends on Sunday at 11:59pm […]
Tags: An Owomoyela, Andrea Hairston, anthology, Daniel José Older, deadlines, James Tiptree Jr., kickstarter, Kiini Ibura Salaam, layout, Long Hidden, Nisi Shawl, Rose Fox, Victor LaValle, Workshop Posted in CG Blog |
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Mar 1st, 2013 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: News & Announcements
CGP is proud to announce the launch of our newest project: Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction From the Margins of History! Most written chronicles of history, and most speculative stories, put rulers, conquerors, and invaders front and center. People with less power, money, or status–enslaved people, indigenous people, people of color, queer people, laborers, women, people […]
Tags: anthology, Daniel José Older, kickstarter, Long Hidden, Marginalized, Rose Fox Posted in News & Announcements |
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Sep 17th, 2012 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
“Why is Crossed Genres paying SFWA-level rates for the resurrected magazine, but not for any of their other projects?” It’s a question that’s come up, and it’s fair to wonder. The short answer is: The Kickstarter didn’t raise enough funds to pay pro rates for everything we publish. “But you raised over $15,600!” Yes, we […]
Tags: anthology, kickstarter, Menial: Skilled Labor in SF, Oomph, professional rate, SFWA, Winter Well, Zine 2.0 Posted in CG Blog |
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Sep 14th, 2012 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: News & Announcements
Crossed Genres Publications is now accepting submissions for a new anthology, to be released in the second half of 2013: OOMPH A little super goes a long way It’s easy to save the day when you’re invulnerable, can fly, or can punch through steel. But what if you’re just… really calloused? Or can hover for […]
Tags: anthology, kickstarter, Oomph, Submissions Posted in News & Announcements |
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Jun 22nd, 2012 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
Our amazingly successful Kickstarter ends at 5PM EDT TODAY, Friday, June 22! That means there are just 3 hours remaining to take advantage of the bargains you can get from pledging! ANY pledge of $25 or more gets a FREE YEAR of ebooks of CG Magazine, to be resurrected in 2013 paying pro rates! $25: […]
Tags: CG Magazine, Daniel José Older, kickstarter, pro rate, pro rates, professional rate, Sabrina Vourvoulias Posted in CG Blog |
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Jun 22nd, 2012 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
At about 2:30am, the Kickstarter crossed the $14,000 line! WE DID IT! CG Magazine will pay pro rates in 2013!!! WOO! *Freaking Out* Thank you all SO MUCH for all the support – backers, cheerleaders, contributors: so many people helped make this happen! We’ll use posts to keep everyone informed as to how things are […]
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Jun 21st, 2012 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
(Originally posted by CG Editor Bart Leib on his personal blog.) “A chance to pay pro rates means more to me than I thought it did before it looked like it might happen.” -@metafrantic kck.st/O4nEV2 — Crossed Genres (@crossedgenres) June 21, 2012 I realized after posting this that it probably didn’t make a whole lot […]
Tags: Editing, kickstarter, pro rate, professional rate, publishing, Success, writing Posted in CG Blog |
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Jun 18th, 2012 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
Thanks to some generous new pledges and pledge increases over the weekend, the CG Kickstarter jumped up more than $1000! We’re now at $9,820: Just $180 shy of 5 digits and OVER 70% OF THE WAY to our stretch goal so CG Magazine can pay pro rates! We still need another $4,180 to reach the […]
Tags: deadlines, kickstarter, Neil Gaiman, pro rate, professional rate, Samuel "Chip" Delaney, stretch goal, Ursula LeGuin, word of mouth Posted in CG Blog |
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