Kickstarter Pick: The NewerYork Lit Mag

Anyone brave enough to start a literary magazine--especially an experimental one--knows it's a labor of love, not money. Most "established" lit mags don't even turn a profit. That's what makes the editors of The NewerYork literary magazine so deserving of our support: Because even though they've just reached their $7,000 goal, that only covers the bare minimum of printing and distribution--not the long, hard, unpaid hours of work it takes to actually put the thing together (and what makes it into something wonderful.)

NewerYork is an experiment in process. It publishes "lists, fictional glossaries, Internet forums, classified ads, post cards, love letters, aphorisms, fragments, punctuationless stories, upside down stories and other absurdities." The first issue, which was also funded on Kickstarter, made an impressive debut with distribution in Los Angeles, New York and Paris. For the next issue they promise "higher quality writing, higher quality art and twice the number of narratives."

They have some fun incentives, too. For $3,000 a minimum of two contributors will come to your house and "read from the mag/entertain you and your friends for a night with literary delights (Only US/Canada/Mexico). Flip through an excerpt from the first issue online or pledge $35 for a print copy of issues one and two.

-- Perrin Drumm