It's the final week of the
Strange Horizons Fund Drive, and there are lots of
fun prizes that have been donated by the various folks who support SH. But you shouldn't donate just to get a prize. You should donate because that's what keeps SH going, and has kept it going for 10 years now, long enough to make it
venerable. Their staff is all volunteer, but they pay their writers good rates (think of it as the opposite of the Huffington Post that way).
Here's some useful info:
Where does my money go?
Strange Horizons is staffed entirely by volunteers, so everything you donate goes towards the running of the magazine. At the moment, our costs break down something like this: Your
$5 donation will cover our administrative overhead costs for one weekYour
$20 donation pays for one poem or one reviewYour
$50 donation pays for one articleYour
$100 donation allows us to sponsor a convention eventYour
$250 donation is the average amount we pay for a new storyYour
$400 donation pays…
