Locus Magazine

<img src="https://subscribers.locusmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/759coverx650.jpg?itok=3JAdCumN" title="">Donate, subscribe, watch, read, and learn at <a href="http://linktr.ee/locusmagazine" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">linktr.ee/locusmagazine</a>You can keep us in print by: Buying books from our Bookshop: <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/locusmag" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://bookshop.org/shop/locusmag</a>Watching us on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJq-geoW2j1y0qdLcE8Kig" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJq-geoW2j1y0qdLcE8Kig</a> Donating: <a href="https://locusmag.com/donate/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://locusmag.com/donate/</a>Subscribing to the magazine: <a href="https://subscribers.locusmag.com/subscribe/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://subscribers.locusmag.com/subscribe/</a>or Following us on all platforms! We love science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction! You love science fiction, too, so we are turning to you for support! For a small pledge, you help keep Locus in print and allow us to maintain our website, indexes, and archives of science fiction, as well as continue to run the Locus Awards and Writers Workshop. Locus is a non-profit organization, run by six full-time staff out of a Victorian house in Oakland, California. We are reaching out with a variety of fundraising efforts to help sustain Locus without having to raise our subscription rates, fire staff, or compromise the quality of the magazine. It's a tough time, but you can help.<img src="https://subscribers.locusmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/762coverx650_0.jpg?itok=BFMiQqo0" title="">The costs of maintaining an extensive magazine like Locus go far beyond what our subscription and advertising revenue currently support. Since the last recession we've had a major loss of ad revenue, as spending on advertising has dropped over 65% in the last decade, industry-wide. Advertising used to support Locus, now we need your help to keep going! Locus is the widely recognized and acclaimed magazine of record for the speculative fiction fields. Each of our issues includes science fiction/fantasy/YA/horror news, book reviews, interviews with the field’s leading authors, and book listings. We also run <a href="http://www.locusmag.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">www.locusmag.com</a>, an online resource for news, information, and reviews of SF/F/H/YA. We run a quarterly Writers Workshop.<img src="https://subscribers.locusmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/755-766coverx650.jpg?itok=85V5t4ZX" title="">We’ve won the Hugo Award 30 times during our 50 years in print, and every year we hold the Locus Awards, which recognize excellence in science fiction and fantasy literature. We pay our reviewers and our contributors professional rates: Locus' quality content comes from a wide range of freelance and in-house writers, photographers, designers, editors, and reviewers. Our six full-time staff receive work benefits including health insurance, sick leave, and vacation pay. We hold strongly to the idea that science fiction enthusiasts and creators should be compensated for their work.<img src="https://subscribers.locusmag.com/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/765coverx650_0.jpg?itok=G9E4_-7Y" title="">Locus magazine is proud to serve the speculative fiction field, and to support this important genre of literature. Thank you for being a part of that work and our community! And thank you for your support!

Free

Moral Support! EVERY BIT HELPS us meet our goals to keep Locus in print, the website up and running, the Locus Awards happening, and the lights on. You get access to all of our posts except the $15 Secret History Posts and the Reading Series posts. Our endless thanks to you!

Moral Support! 

We'll thank you online, and annually in Locus Magazine! Your ongoing support for the magazine and the website deserves a thank you every month on our site, for as long as we have your support. And each December, all Patrons in good standing will be named in the issue on our annual Thank You page! Your name! In print!

Online Reader!

Be the first to see all the reviews and interviews in your Digital Issue of Locus! Your generous monthly support in keeping Locus alive and well gets you access to a digital edition of the award-winning magazine, plus previous tier rewards. On the first of every month, a new issue will be available at <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">subscribers.locusmag.com</a>. We have e-editions in EPUB for tablets or phones, mobi for kindles, and PDF with the exact magazine layout for bigger screens. Check out a sample issue <a href="http://subscribers.locusmag.com/sample-issue" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>!

Digital Issue Reader!

Everyone at this tier is entered into a monthly giveaway: books, ARCs, and more! We'll also thank you, online, for your ongoing support for Locus magazine and the website, updated monthly, for as long as we have your support, and patrons in good standing will be listed in our December Thank You Page. Yes, your name in the magazine! You get access to all of our posts except the $15 Secret History Posts and the Reading Series posts, and you receive the monthly digital issue of Locus!

I Love Books Reader!

Secret History Content Feed! 
You are keeping Locus going with your monthly patronage, and we'll show our appreciation by going through the Locus vaults looking for interesting tidbits for our exclusive content feed--get the first look at rare author photos, snippets of audio interviews, letters from the famous--as well as posts from contemporary authors and behind-the-scenes looks at the magazine. 
 
At this tier, you'll still get all previous tier rewards, including the digital edition of Locus each month.

Secret History Reader!

Promoted Patron: 300x50 Graphic Ad Help Locus stay afloat, and you'll get everything included in the Exclusive Patron Content tier, plus, after 6 months of support, our online thank-you will include a 300x50 graphic ad linked to your site or project from our award-winning site, www.locusmag.com, which receives over a million hits each month, for as long as you remain a patron at this level.

Boosted Reader!

Promoted Patron: 300x100 Graphic Ad You are one of our biggest supporters, and for your help in keeping Locus alive, we want to give back. After 6 months of support, our online thank-you will include a 300x100 graphic ad linked to your site or project from our award-winning website, www.locusmag.com, which receives over a million hits each month. Plus all earlier tiers except the Promoted Patron: 300x50, as long as you continue to be a patron at this level.

Promoted Reader!

Short Story Critiques! You are our hero! After six months at this level, we'll thank you for helping keep us going by offering you a personal, in-depth critique of one of your stories (up to 5,000 words) by one of the SF&amp;F field's established authors or editors. Awesome people such as:<ul><li>Daryl Gregory--award-winning writer</li><li>Laurel Amberdine--Lightspeed Magazine assistant editor, and novelist</li><li>Liza Groen Trombi--Editor-in-Chief of Locus</li></ul>You also get the previous tier rewards, which include the digital subscription and choice of one of the promoted patron graphic ad rewards. Future critiques will happen once every six months.

Read the Reader!

Come to our party! 
We want to say thank you in person for your generous support! We throw a big bash every December for staff, readers, and local SF luminaries in the Bay Area. Come and mingle with favorite local authors and Locus staff. Plus the other tier rewards like the digital subscription, and choice of one of the graphic ad rewards.

Can't imagine a world without Locus? And you're willing to show that here! Our undying thanks to you. We'll send you a VIP gift on the third month of your patronage, you get free tickets to the Locus Awards, and a standing invite to any Locus-run VIP events. You are simply the best.

Recent posts by Locus Magazine