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Yay!

Thanks to you our 2014 fundraiser was a success! We raised $510 which will all go directly to paying our writers and artist. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Over the next couple weeks I will be busy getting in touch with each donor about their perks and sorting out all that fun stuff, and then we’ll dive right into producing the June issue of Niteblade (which is going to be awesome!).

Thank you again for all your support, you are amazing!

It’s that time again! Our third annual fundraiser for Niteblade is currently up and running on IndieGoGo! We have got some amazing perks this year too, check this out:

• Submission feedback on your next Niteblade submission
• Interior art from our past issues
• Critiques by fabulous Niteblade authors and editors
  • Aaron Polson
  • Damien Angelica Walters
  • Alexandra Seidel
  • Rhonda Parrish
  • Suzanne van Rooyen
  • Pete Aldin
  • Sara Cleto
• Survival Colony Nine by Joshua David Bellin
• Hysteria by Stephanie M. Wytovich
• Handmade bookmarks from Beth Cato
• Yoga cookies from Anna Sykora
• Cover Art
• Bill Ratner will record your outgoing voice mail message as Flint from GI Joe
• Pick the theme for our March 2015 issue
• And more!

Plus, our fundraisers are the only time you can purchase subscriptions and have the next four issues arrive in your inbox upon release (and at a discounted rate)!

Check out our IndieGoGo campaign, see how you can claim some of these fantastic rewards for yourself, or help us spread the word to all your friends — whatever you can do to help support Niteblade’s efforts in the coming year we greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

It’s that time of year again. Our second annual fundraiser 🙂 This year we’re doing things a little differently and running the fundraiser on IndieGoGo:

Click here to check out our fundraising campaign!

One thing that is the same as last year is that our writers have been extremely generous in donating amazing things for us to use as perks. We have everything from art to cookies, handicrafts to critiques. We’ve raised $50 and a couple perks have already been claimed so be sure and hop on over and pick out what your dream perk is. And even if you can’t support us financially, pop over anyway. There are loads of sharing tools on our campaign page that will help you spread the word about our fundraiser, which is an awesome way to help without spending a dime 🙂

One perk that everyone gets to take advantage of is that since we’ve raised $50 already, we also released the web version of issue #23 today. Yay! Check that out… after the fundraiser 😉

Our first ever fundraiser is now over and I’m calling it a success 🙂

Together we raised $108.78!

I would like to thank everyone who helped make this possible. The people who donated prizes, everyone who helped spread the word, and especially the following supporters who donated cold hard cash toward our cause:

BD Wilson
Beth Cato
Suzanne Sykora
Amber Stults
Michael Haynes
Anonymous
Paul Walther
Anonymous
Christopher Hivner

Thank you, everyone. You’re awesome!

This is re-blogged from my personal blog. I was going to write a more official-type blog here, but then realised I’d mostly be repeating myself. After the re-blogged post below I will be providing links to other people who’ve blogged about our fundraiser, so if I haven’t convinced you to help out, maybe they can.

But, uh… no pressure… 😉

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*sang Batman-style* Na na na na na na na na na Niteblade! Niteblade!

I freaking love Niteblade. Love it. I have a fierce pride and an overwhelming affection for the publication and everyone who helps make it happen that I could do a whole Blogging from A to Z challenge with ‘Niteblade’ as my theme and still have blog topics left over at the end of the month. Truly. In fact, maybe I’ll do that next year. For this year, however, I only have one blog day to dedicate to it in this challenge. Today.

Niteblade, for anyone who is new to my blog and my life, is a fantasy and horror magazine I founded nearly five years ago (that’s like a billion years in internet time!). Since that day when it was me doing everything but the .pdf layout (which has always been Jo’s responsibility) Niteblade has grown to have several great people working behind the scenes.

We publish high-quality fiction and poetry and our pages are illustrated by original art.

Put simply, Niteblade rocks.

Unfortunately, it also costs money, and money is short these days. I’ve always hated asking anyone for help, for, um, anything, but Niteblade is something that means enough to me I decided I was willing to break that pattern and have a fundraiser. It was with more than a little trepidation that I put the call out ‘Niteblade could use your support, can you help?’ but the response I received was fabulous.

People donated loads of awesome stuff to our first (hopefully annual) fundraiser. Lots of stuff. Amazing stuff. I’m talking about critiques, handicrafts, signed books, food, art… the list goes on and on. People who couldn’t afford to donate *things* donated links. They donated time. They told their friends, and their friends told friends.

Our fundraiser starts today, April 16th and will be running through until the end of the day on April 20th. Check it out, we really do need your support:

Niteblade 2012 Fundraiser

This fundraiser will be the biggest single factor when it comes to determining our budget for next year. That means it directly effects how many stories and poems we can include in each issue and potentitally how many issues we put out. Every dollar makes a difference. Every one. Seriously. And if you can’t afford to donate cash, you can show your support by sharing the news of our fundraiser. The more people who know about it the better and we’re giving away a great collection of goodies to one lucky person just for telling people about our fundraiser. It could be you.

And thank you. Thank you so much.

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As I mentioned above, I’m not the only person who has been blogging about this fundraiser, check out what the following (super awesome) people have to say about it:

~ Damien Walters Grintalis ~ Brenda Stokes Barron ~ James Dorr ~ TJ Tranchell ~ Amber Stults ~