Strange Horizons 2020

A project in Baltimore, MD by Strange Horizons
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A free weekly speculative fiction magazine with a global perspective.
Backers: 649
Average Pledge Per Backer: $33

Funded: $21,530 of $13,000
Dates: Jun 28th -> Jul 31st (33 days)
Project By: Strange Horizons
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Latest News

Looking Forward to 2020

July 31st - via: kickstarter.com
The Strange Horizons fund drive has concluded for another year, and you have made it one of our most successful. In 2020, we will have a fully funded Strange Horizons and Samovar, special issues on Mexican SFF and climate change, and a podcast... (Read More)

Poetry Rate Increase!

July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Incredibly, you have brought us up enough to give POETRY a rate raise, too! Poetry will now pay $50 per poem in 2020.   (Read More)

Raising the Rates!

July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, folks. You've blown us away this evening. We are currently at $12,530, which means our fiction rates will go up for Strange Horizons 2020 to ten cents per word, and our essay payments will go up to $90.  If we get to $20,750 we will raise our... (Read More)

Almost to 20k! Podcast Interview! New Stretch Goals!

July 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We are a mere $870 away from raising our fiction rate to 10 cents per word. The momentum has been incredible--thank you so much, community! For more fun things to share, the Skiffy and Fanty Show featured Strange Horizons on its Signal Boost. AND... (Read More)

Backer #500

July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
We've reached our 500th backer! We are now only $2800 away from 10 cents per word. With only 67 hours to go. Eeeep!  (Read More)

Stretch Goal Time

July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to YOU, wonderful backers, we have reached our fund drive goal and unlocked two of our stretch goals: a Strange Horizons podcast by Be the Serpent and a special issue on Mexican speculative fiction.  What's next?  We have until July 31st,... (Read More)

$12,000!

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
You have unlocked the last fund drive content! Enjoy "when my father reprograms my mother {" by Caroline Mao:  http://strangehorizons.com/poetry/when-my-father-reprograms-my-mother/  Only 1,000 to go to reach our basic funding for next year! Thank... (Read More)

$11,000! It's generation ship time!

July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
$11k and 85% funded! You have unlocked "So You Want to Build a Generation Ship?" by Paul Jessup.   (Read More)

$10,000 and 75% funded!

July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We have reached 75% of our basic funding! Thank you so much, especially to the folks who helped boost us yesterday--it was the most successful day in the fund drive since opening weekend. Y'all have unlocked  Wrap Me in Oceans Wide, by Marissa... (Read More)

$9000!

July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
$9000 reached! You've unlocked "Pineapple Bedposts," by Sarah Gittens. We are 16 days away from the end of our fund drive, which means to make our goal of 10 cents per word, we need about $700 per day in pledges. We can do this! Help us continue the... (Read More)

$8000!

July 14th - via: kickstarter.com
$8000! Enjoy Samira Nadkarni's review of The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas:... (Read More)

$7000! We're over 50% funded!

July 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We've reached $7000! Enjoy "The Danger of Self Love" by Deborah Wong! http://strangehorizons.com/poetry/the-danger-of-self-love/  (Read More)

$6000!

July 8th - via: kickstarter.com
$6000! You've unlocked "Post" for Whom? Examining the Socioeconomics of a Post-Apocalypse, by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. Thank you, SFF family! http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/post-for-whom-examining-the-socioeconomics-of-a-post-apocalypse/    (Read More)

$5000!

July 8th - via: kickstarter.com
We've reached the $5000 mark! Enjoy "Cassandra Draws the Four of Cups," by Ruthanna Emrys (@r_emrys): http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/cassandra-draws-the-four-of-cups/   (Read More)

$4000!

July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We've made it over the $4000 mark! You've unlocked the next bonus piece: Mazin Saleem reviews The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Thank you so much!   http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/reviews/the-man-who-killed-don-quixote/   (Read More)

$3000!

July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We are $3000 funded! Thank you so much! Our first fund drive issue content is unlocked: enjoy Crane Husband, by Mary Alexandra Agner: http://strangehorizons.com/poetry/crane-husband/   (Read More)

50th Backer

June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We have reached our 50th backer, and are just about $1,000 shy of publishing our first bonus content. The positive responses and support have been wonderful. Thank you for the boosts, the messages, and the love, community. <3   (Read More)

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