This Week in YA — Your Invitation
Dear This Week in YA writers and readers,
As you may remember, last week’s newsletter was the final issue before we launched our Patreon. We value our TWIYA family, and we hope to see you continue this voyage with us in a new format.
We at Voyage YA have been so thrilled to create space for the lit mag and YA community over the past two years. We started this venture with a passion for YA literature and a desire to see more work from deserving YA writers brought to the forefront. We’ve proudly put a lot of love, time, and effort into growing this space. Without a doubt, we feel humbled and fortunate to have the chance to serve the YA community. In the last two years, we have provided a home for over 100 stories, paying out over $100,000 dollars to emerging young adult authors, agents, and editors. And we can’t wait to do even more in 2023!
This year, we have big dreams! Our team has plans for two anthologies, a manuscript contest, community services, and more. We’re looking ahead to five years, ten years–but we know our success relies on a great partnership with you all, our writers and our readers. Your attention and submissions allow us to create a space dedicated to shining a light on YA authors and their amazing stories. Our dreams are your dreams. When we achieve our dreams, we’re able to make other writers’ dreams come true too.
Though we’re so proud of the past year and everything we’ve been able to accomplish, we’re writing today with a new and special request: direct support for our future. Last year was a tough year for so many, and we were no exception. It was a huge blow that we did not reach our goals and ultimately ended the year operating at a loss, in spite of our best efforts to balance quality with budget. We rely on our contest submission numbers to support the magazine’s operations: fair salaries for our editorial team, the very best judges, print products, overhead costs for the website and Submittable, admin costs like legal and insurance, and excellent pay and promotion for our published writers.
We’re asking you today to partner with us on Patreon to ensure the quality and future of Voyage YA and the This Week in YA newsletter.
We have designed Patreon tiers that are accessible in price and full of great resources plus exclusive perks that we are so excited to offer this community. Your subscription will have a make-or-break impact on the future of Voyage YA and our newsletter.
Every dollar you choose to share with Voyage will go to working writers, whether that’s our published contributors or our dedicated editorial team. We appreciate your kindness and consideration to make 2023 the best year yet, and we do not take your support for granted.
We believe that Voyage is truly doing something unique and special for the YA space and we hope that you’ll support us on this journey!
Love,
Kip, Racquel, & the Voyage YA Team
P.S. To join us in ensuring the future of Voyage click here: https://www.patreon.com/VoyageYA