Do I need to pay in order to participate in the Dargon Project?
Kinda sort-of, but not much. Let me explain… For the past dozen years, the editor handled all costs incurred in producing DargonZine. However, it now takes over $1500 to run DargonZine for a year. In order to relieve the editor of these costs and more fairly distribute the burden of our “vanity publishing”, the authors voted to institute what we think is a fair system of dues for writers. It works like this: The only people who *have* to pay dues are those who have been with the project for more than a year, and who have had at least one story printed in DargonZine. That way new writers have a “free trial” period to determine whether the group is of value to them. Furthermore, the fees are graduated. People who have full-time jobs are expected to contribute the full fee: $25 per year. But students, part-time workers, and other people who are cash-poor are only expected to contribute $12.50 per year. We hope that is a fair system. The intent is to try to offset some of the costs assoc
