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Planning ahead ’
Jun 11th, 2012 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
There are eleven days left to our Kickstarter, and we’ve passed our original goal, saving CG! We ALSO passed our first stretch goal, resurrecting CG Magazine! Now, it’s time for stretch goal #2! We asked people to comment on what they thought the next stretch goal should be. The consensus was that we should aim […]
Tags: CG Magazine, kickstarter, magazine, Planning ahead, pro rate, professional rate, SFWA, stretch goal Posted in CG Blog |
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Jun 6th, 2012 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
Today is the halfway point of the Crossed Genres Kickstarter! As of this post, we’ve raised $6,693 for our $4,000 goal, or about 167%! We’ve successfully raised the funds to pay for all of CG’s titles through 2013, AND we reached our stretch goal which will enable us to resurrect Crossed Genres Magazine! We’ve been […]
Tags: CG Magazine, Future, kickstarter, Planning ahead, sustainability Posted in CG Blog |
Comments Off on A question for YOU about CG’s future!
Nov 1st, 2010 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
It’s been a little more than two years since crossedgenres.com went public and we started accepting submissions. We had no idea what we were doing and the learning curve was steep, but somehow, we didn’t screw up enough and now find ourselves here. As of this issue, we’ve published 137 stories from 118 authors; 41 […]
Tags: Editing, editorial, Editors, Jaym Gates, Natania Barron, New editors, Planning ahead Posted in CG Blog |
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Sep 8th, 2010 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: News & Announcements
September marks two years since we launched Crossed Genres. At that time it was just a concept, an idea. We spent three months pulling together the first issue, learning as we went, and Issue 1 was released on December 1. Crossed Genres is no longer only the magazine. In March we launched Science in My […]
Tags: Editors, Empire, Jaym Gates, Natania Barron, New editors, Organization, Planning ahead, Year 03 Posted in News & Announcements |
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May 12th, 2010 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
Here’s the Table of Contents for issue 19: GADGETS & ARTIFACTS! FICTION: “Last Tango in Gamma Sector” by Michael R. Underwood “Conflicts” by Timothy T. Murphy “The Crate” by Daniel José Older “Peace Signs” by Wendy N. Wagner “Combat Stress Reaction” by Don Pizarro ARTICLE: “Science Fiction, Fantasy, Artifacts & Gadgets: Just the Basics” by […]
Tags: contest, cover, Duotrope, Flash fiction, Issue 007, Issue 019, Julie Dillon, kickstarter, LGBTQ, Nathan Crowder, Planning ahead, Science in My Fiction, SiMF, TOC Posted in CG Blog |
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May 9th, 2010 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: News & Announcements
(Originally posted at Kickstarter) We’re thrilled to announce that artist Julie Dillon has agreed to create artwork for the cover of the print edition of the Science in My fiction contest winners! Julie provided the artwork for the cover of Crossed Genres’ special LGBTQ issue which was released in November: Julie’s done work for Wizards […]
Tags: contest, cover, Issue 012, Julie Dillon, LGBTQ, Planning ahead, Science in My Fiction, SiMF Posted in News & Announcements |
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Apr 29th, 2010 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
This will be a long post – brace yourselves! We’re getting down to the wire for submissions to the Gadgets & Artifacts issue. Tomorrow (Friday) is the deadline! We’ve got a fair number of submissions but we always want more! Saturday is the release of issue 18, the Eastern issue. We’re extremely pleased with how […]
Tags: A Festival of Skeletons, anthology, contest, cover, Issue 018, Issue 019, Issue 024, kickstarter, M-Brane SF, Planning ahead, proof, Science in My Fiction, SiMF Posted in CG Blog |
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Apr 20th, 2010 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
The Kickstarter drive to fund the Science in My Fiction contest surged over 50% today! We only need $324 more in the next 41 days! We’re very confident that we’ll get there. Remember, if you EVER want a print copy, you have to preorder with a pledge to Kickstarter – the contest winners will never […]
Tags: A Festival of Skeletons, contest, Issue 006, Issue 018, Issue 019, kickstarter, Planning ahead, Science in My Fiction, serial, Serials, SiMF Posted in CG Blog |
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Mar 12th, 2010 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
First, some sadness/frustration: Cheryl Morgan, three-time Hugo award winner, non-fiction editor for Clarkesworld magazine, and an all-around terrific person, was denied entry to the US yesterday and deported back to the UK. As she explains in her blog, it seems to have been the result of an idiotic bureaucratic snafu completely beyond her control – […]
Tags: Cheryl Morgan, Editors, Issue 017, Issue 018, Little Death, Planning ahead, publicity, quirky submissions, reviews, SiMF, Submissions Posted in CG Blog |
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Feb 27th, 2010 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: CG Blog
Tomorrow is your LAST CHANCE to send in your submissions for issue 17: ANTIHERO! On Monday we’ll begin accepting submissions for our Eastern issue. Read issue 4: CRIME before it’s gone forever! It disappears tomorrow night! It was a damned good issue, too! (You can also buy it – only $5, free shipping from Amazon!) […]
Tags: Issue 004, Issue 016, Issue 017, Planning ahead, Posting an issue, Print subscription, Submissions, website Posted in CG Blog |
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