Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on a startup. A magazine that is 100% crowd sourced. This is a labor of love, where the hours put in are after my work days of 8-6. I realize there is a lot of inherit risk with this attempt, yet this is where my heart is. I believe all writers and artists must follow their passions, sink or swim. If you would like to join in via feedback or submissions, please see below. Here’s what’s posted on the Facebook page dedicated to the magazine:
The core belief at One Crowd Magazine coincides with the basic human act of sharing. OC is the first ever, 100% crowd sourced magazine. In addition to being 100% reader submitted, OC will be a stand alone publication. There will be no digital content. OC’s dedication is to those who prefer print over digital and would like to have say in final proof.
Our goal is to give readers the opportunity to share their works, ideas, art, thoughts and opinions in a real and tangible way. No longer will you need to share a link on an illuminated screen hoping someone actually clicks the link. Here is your chance, to see your artwork in bold beautiful colors, a chance to see your writing in crisp black and white. When you want to share your published content with friends and family, you can physically give them your work and see their first response and reaction. OC believes that people still have emotional connections with printed material, that there is something special about picking up a copy of a magazine or book.
Our goal within the composition of the magazine, is to keep dedicated sections so that those who are photographers, writers, poets, painters etc will always be able to showcase their work. In hopes of sharing with others, there is one area that we would like to dedicate to suicide prevention and awareness. Through our initial start up, we hope to team up with a select organization to keep the stories of survivors alive. We want stories that touch lives, art that inspires and concepts that are new, to be present in our magazine.
This is where we need your help. We need your stories, poems, articles, writing or any art that you may want to submit. One Crowd will let each artist keep all the rights to their works and creations. We ask that every work submitted has a short paragraph explaining the piece to the readers. If you have a piece of self created art you would like to see in print, please submit to: joshuawright@onecrowd.co
Soon we will be making more announcements about partnering organizations, how to advertise and going green via recycling options.
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