17/03/2023
Dear Readers,
It has been silent at The Curator since the end of December. That’s because we’re on indefinite hiatus. That it’s taken this long to officially announce that fact is not ideal, but it’s been that kind of year.
The work The Curator has done for the past six years or so has all been completed by volunteers. We’ve been proud of the prose and poetry we’ve been able to share with our readers, even as we’ve felt overwhelmed, at times, by the responsibility of putting out two to three pieces of new writing every week while also balancing domestic life, work, and other responsibilities. In the end, we were reduced to just two volunteers from, at its peak, a team of eight. It became too much for us.
The money we earned from our Patreon account has been used to pay dozens and dozens of writers. We’ve been grateful that we’ve been able to do that. The money left over will be used to keep the domain name and WordPress account alive so that the thirteen+ years of writing The Curator has published will remain available to our readers. At least until that money runs out.
It may be that The Curator will rise again and publish beautifully crafted prose and poetry. We hope that’s the case. For now, we wish to thank anyone who has contributed work to the magazine and all who have read it.
Gratefully,
The Editors
