The Strange Horizons fund drive is upon us!
As most of you know, SH is entirely funded by our family of supporters, either through volunteer work or through financial contributions. We have stood as a community magazine since 2000, with a commitment to speculative fiction from around the world, to new authors and wide representation.
Our proudest achievement is how many writers count us as their first sale.
To help Strange Horizons move into 2024, we need to raise a base amount of $10,000. This will bring you more wonderful and wonderfully irreverent fiction such as R.S.A. Garcia's "12 Things A Trini Should Know Before Travelling To A Back In Times Fete™," vivid poetry such as Sharang Biswas' "What is a Monster?," thoughtful reviews such as S. Qiouyi Lu on "Everything Everywhere All At Once," in-depth articles such as Ng Yi-Sheng's "A Spicepunk Manifesto," and art all the year round!
If you'd like to help us meet those goals, please go to our Kickstarter page and donate.
As the Strange Horizons rocket gains funding fuel, we’ll release bonus content as a reward to all and sundry:
At $1,000: A story by Aimee Ogden.
At $2,500: A poem by G.E. Woods.
At $5,000: An essay by Kai Wilson.
At $6,500: A review by Paul Kincaid.
At $8,000: A poem by Mary Soon Lee.
At $9,500: A review by Phoenix Scholz.
At $10,000: A (surprise!) story by A.T. Greenblatt.
At $11,000: A poem by J.L. Jones.
At $12,500: A special round-table on Tochi Onyebuchi's Goliath
At $14,000: A poem by Theo Nicole Lorenz.
Let’s talk stretch goals. Last year, your funding helped us bring you our just-released special issue on Wuxia and Xianxia, and our forthcoming special issue on Caribbean SFF, among others!
This year:
At $12,500, we will publish a special issue on Japanese Speculative Fiction, guest-edited by Terrie Hashimoto, the managing editor of Rikka Zine.
At $15,000, we will raise our column rates to $75 per column.
At $17,000, we will publish a special issue on SFF and Neurodiversity.
At $18,500, we will publish a special issue themed on Body Horror.
At $20,000 we will raise rates for reviews to $60 per review.
At $24,000 we'll host a virtual panel with Strange Horizons editors and contributors. All backers will be invited to attend and submit questions for the Q&A!
At $30,000 we will commission additional pieces of artwork in 2024.
For twenty-three years, Strange Horizons has brought you challenging, beautiful work from new and diverse voices. It is the community’s zine, and always will be. Let’s shine together for another year. Help us by donating today.