10/06/2026
Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Why are we doing this? Almost everyone working in short fiction is underpaid for their work, particularly staff. It's an industry problem and we've been doing our part to clean up our own house. Celebrate our 20th anniversary by helping us do something for the team that made CW endure.
Ultimately, we're hoping to add a few hundred new paid subscribers. That will let us complete the current cycle of pay increases, including a bump to 15 cents/word for fiction. Our target is October, but it is not the end. We'll be working on this until the pay rates are where they should be.
A little extra is in this month's editorial:
clarkesworldmagazine.com/clarke_06_26/
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