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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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Jul 20th, 2012 |
By Bart Leib |
Category: News & Announcements
The new pro-rate CG Magazine 2.0 will begin accepting submissions on August 1. Submission guidelines are now available on the website! The basics: Word count: 1000-6000 (FIRM) Pay rate: 5 cents per word Important: Must COMBINE the current month’s theme with some aspect of science fiction and/or fantasy For more details, including the themes for […]
Tags: pro rate, pro rates, professional rate, Submissions, Zine 2.0 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 […]
Tags: CG Magazine, kickstarter, pro rates, professional rate Posted in CG Blog |
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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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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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