khōréō: a new magazine of speculative fiction

A project in New York, NY by khōréō magazine
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A quarterly magazine of speculative fiction by immigrant and diaspora writers, committed to paying pro rates from its first issue.
Backers: 351
Average Pledge Per Backer: $37

Funded: $13,114 of $7,000
Dates: Jan 5th -> Feb 4th (30 days)
Project By: khōréō magazine
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Latest News

And--we're done!

February 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you, everyone, for such a fantastically successful Kickstarter! We met three of our four stretch goals, which means you've paved the way for khōréō to evolve faster than we had dared to hope in our first year.  Volume 1 of khōréō... (Read More)

48 hours to go!

February 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you everyone for your support! With a sliver over 48 hours to go, we have about $1,300 left until we hit our third stretch goal: audio recordings for all of our stories. If you haven't yet had a chance to help publicize our campaign, here's a... (Read More)

Second Stretch Goal Reached!

January 26th - via: kickstarter.com
We didn't want to bombard you with too many messages yesterday, but shortly after our last update, we reached our SECOND stretch goal! At $10,000, we've unlocked: Audio recordings of one work of fiction per issue, making our stories more accessible... (Read More)

Featured Project in Publishing + Belated Non-Fiction Announcement

January 25th - via: kickstarter.com
All - we are thrilled to see khōréō as a featured project in publishing today! You can help us share this exciting news by retweeting or sharing the news. We have just a sliver over nine days left in our campaign and we're so close to our next... (Read More)

Our final fiction announcement!

January 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Today is a slightly late update given the excitement earlier. If you didn't catch the inauguration ceremony today, I can't recommend listening to Amanda Gorman's poem enough.  We're just two weeks away from the end of our campaign, and almost at the... (Read More)

One more story + just over two weeks left!

January 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, We're thrilled to share a new story with you today! We've just under sixteen days left to meet our stretch goals, which include: At $10,000, an increase in rates for our cover art + one story in audio format per issue! At $12,500, all... (Read More)

First Stretch Goal Met + New Story Announcement!

January 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear all, Very thrilled to note that we've met our first stretch goal! With $8,500, we are able to publish five works of fiction per issue and raise our payment to $200/original non-fiction essay. We have also just passed 200 backers today, which is... (Read More)

Story Announcement #2!

January 13th - via: kickstarter.com
We are thrilled to be announcing the second story in our issue today! Eli is—one hundred percent, without a doubt—vampiro, but he’s missing all the stereotypical traits. Is there room for him to exist in a world where everyone has already... (Read More)

We hit our base goal + story announcements!

January 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday morning, we hit our base goal of $7,000, less than a week after our campaign launched! This is truly fantastic news and we couldn't have done it without your support. From the bottom of our collective hearts: thank you. When I started this... (Read More)

We're a "Project We Love"!

January 8th - via: kickstarter.com
We got some fantastic news early yesterday evening: we're officially a Kickstarter "Project We Love"!  We couldn't have done it without your support: one of the criteria (at least, according to the internet) is how quickly we're able to raise a good... (Read More)

Over 60% there!

January 7th - via: kickstarter.com
All, We are so thrilled to see the excitement around khōréō -- we're less than 48 hours in and already at 60% of our base goal! Thank you so much for your support. We also have some amazing stretch goals, including increasing the number of stories... (Read More)

khōréō cover reveal!

January 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, We're so excited to share the cover of khōréō magazine's first ever issue with you! This message comes just a little after we hit the 24-hour mark of this campaign, by which we'd already achieved 50% of our initial goal. We couldn't... (Read More)

Thank you for the incredible start!

January 6th - via: kickstarter.com
In just over 12 hours from launch, we hit almost 50% of our initial goal -- thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your support from the entire khōréō team. We are grateful from the bottom of our hearts. We're busy reading submissions for... (Read More)

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