WOMEN DESTROY SCIENCE FICTION!
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Women Destroy Science Fiction! is a special issue of the Hugo Award-nominated magazine LIGHTSPEED entirely written—and edited—by women.
Backers: 2801
Average Pledge Per Backer: $19
Funded: $53,136 of $5,000
Dates: Jan 15th -> Feb 16th (32 days)
Project By: Lightspeed Magazine
Backers: 2801
Average Pledge Per Backer: $19
Funded: $53,136 of $5,000
Dates: Jan 15th -> Feb 16th (32 days)
Project By: Lightspeed Magazine
$53,136
current pledge level
Last Updated: February 16 @ 00:01 -0500 GMT
1062%
of goal
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Latest News
We've Reached ONE THOUSAND PERCENT FUNDING! Oh yeah and here's a subtle hint about FUTURE DESTRUCTION... 
February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
At about 5pm PT today, we cracked $50K / 1000% funding. Wow! Thanks again so much for all your support. It's really heartening to see! We're all just really excited about the project, and will probably need a day or two to come down off the high of... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "We Are the Fifty Percent" by Rachel Swirsky
February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "We Are the Army of Women Destroying SF" by Sandra Wickham
February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "An ABC of Kickass, or A Partial Exorcism of My TBR/TBRA* Pile" by Jude Griffin
February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Science Fiction: You’re Doin’ It Wrong" by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Final Stretch Goal UNLOCKED! Women will now destroy Science Fiction, Horror, AND Fantasy!
February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, talk about an appetite for destruction! Thanks so much to everyone for all your support. Because of you, we've reached our final stretch goal ($35K), which means that we will be publishing not one, not two, but THREE issues devoted to awesome... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Read SF and You've Got a Posse" by Gail Marsella
February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Women are the Future of Science Fiction" by Juliette Wade
February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative " by Kameron Hurley
February 11th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "The Wendybird " by Stina Leicht
February 11th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Women Destroy Science Fiction! Issue Contents (Update)
February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We've been really thrilled with the response to the Women Destroy Science Fiction! issue thus far (obviously!), and also really pleased at how much people have been appreciating the WDSF essays we've been posting here on Kickstarter during the... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "A Science-Fictional Woman" by Cheryl Morgan
February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Women Who Are More Than Strong" by Georgina Kamsika
February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Where Are My SF Books?" by DeAnn Knippling
February 8th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Never Think of Yourself as Less" by Helena Bell
February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Stocking Stuffers" by Anaea Lay
February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Stepping Through a Portal" by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
February 5th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Reading the Library Alphabetically" by Liz Argall
February 4th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Toward a Better Future" by Nancy Jane Moore
February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Women Destroy Horror special issue—UNLOCKED!
February 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
HUZZAH! We've reached out $25K stretch goal! Which means that in addition to the Women Destroy Science Fiction! issue, we'll also publish a Women Destroy Horror! special issue. Women Destroy Horror! will be published as a special issue of our... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Writing Among the Beginning of Women" by Amy Sterling Casil
January 31st - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Breaching the Gap" by Brooke Bolander
January 30th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Writing Stories, Wrinkling Time" by Kat Howard
January 29th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
$20K Stretch Goal—UNLOCKED! + TWO CONTRIBUTORS REVEALED!
January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
HUZZAH! We've reached out $20K stretch goal! Which means every SUBSCRIPTION and BUNDLE reward is now like 1000% MOAR AWESOME! Here are the details: Everyone who backs at any of the ONE-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION, TWO-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION, or THREE-YEAR... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Not a Spaceship, Robot, or Zombie in Sight" by Anne Charnock
January 28th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Are We There Yet?" by Sheila Finch
January 27th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "For the Trailblazers" by Kristi Charish
January 26th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Stomp All Over That" by O. J. Cade
January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "Stray Outside the Lines" by E. Catherine Tobler
January 24th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay: "I Wanted to be the First Woman on the Moon" by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
January 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Personal Essay by Pat Murphy: "Your Future is Out of Date"
January 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
New Stretch Goals & New Rewards: The Destruction of Fantasy and Horror is Imminent!
January 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Drunk with power after successfully raising the funds necessary to destroy science fiction in a mere seven hours, the Lightspeed team has put our heads together to try to figure out where we should aim our fury next. Thus: If We Reach $25,000: WOMEN... (Read More)
Progress Update, Stretch Goal Announcements, and The Mary Sue
January 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey, look at that: We've now raised more than 250% of our goal! Wow! In light of that, we just wanted to thank you all again for all your support, and we're really excited that folks have embraced this idea so enthusiastically. We've got some... (Read More)
Lightspeed Sci-Fi Magazine Woman-created Issue
January 19th - via: themarysue.com
In June 2014, Lightspeed magazine will be doing an oversized issue that’s entirely written and edited by women titled “Women Destroy Science Fiction!” They even have a Kickstarter campaign going to help fund the issue where you can get things like posters and subscriptions. (Read More)
Personal Essay: Marissa Lingen
January 17th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Stretch Goal Unlocked: We've Reached $10,000 of Funding!
January 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, you people really want to see women destroy science fiction! In less than 48 hours, we've managed to more than double our goal (or as Kickstarter would say, "achieved 200% funding). Thank you all so much for all your support! As it happens,... (Read More)
Personal Essay: Seanan McGuire
January 16th - via: kickstarter.com
When we set out to destroy science fiction with this Kickstarter, we didn't want it to be your ordinary, run-of-the-mill campaign. We wanted it to be full of smashing, crashing women's voices, telling what it really means to be a woman reading and... (Read More)
Stretch Goals!
January 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! We're doing really well so far. So much so that we thought it best to go ahead and add in some stretch goals right away. So, in the event we massively exceed our goal, we'd like to thank our backers by offering the following stretch goals: If... (Read More)
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