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Bring an RPG zine to life
Our annual Zine Quest prompt is back to bestow creators with a valiant mission: Bring your RPG to life with maps, adventures, monsters, comics, articles, and interviews! To participate, creators must launch a project for an unbound, folded, stapled, or saddle-stitched RPG zine.
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Forward Funds
Get access to funds from nonprofits and foundations that back Kickstarter campaigns related to their visions for a more creative and equitable world.
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Magic & Divination
From terrific tarot decks and wizarding wands to arcane accessories, eldritch electronics, sorcerous stationery, and so much more, you can now find all the most spellbinding projects here in one place.
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The Future of Crowdfunding Creative Projects
To truly serve our mission to help bring creative projects to life, we need to build on what made Kickstarter so innovative in the first place: the power of a large network of people working together towards a common goal.
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Author Ocean Vuong on being generous in your work
Musician and writer Michelle Zauner on finding ways to keep going
Visual artist Tschabalala Self on not being afraid of hard work
Composer Danny Elfman on not being afraid of failure
How Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter Project Broke the Bookish Internet
Here's why the author's record-smashing Kickstarter campaign was so successful.
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Uusi's Secrets for Kickstarter Success
Linnea Gits of the Uusi design studio shares her Kickstarter story and pays it forward with tips for aspiring creators.
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Composer Christopher Tin wants to create an album to commemorate extinct birds
The Grammy-winning artist is back with a requiem that offers some hope—and a warning—for the planet’s future.
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9 creators share advice from their journeys to help guide yours
Over the last several weeks, we hosted a series of small workshops for creators of color and marginalized genders in the UK, in collaboration with gal-dem magazine. Here, we open up some of the insights and advice from those sessions to all.
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Focusing on the artist behind the comics sensation
Filmmakers Jim Demonakos and Kevin Hanna are making a documentary about Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.
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How to Create a Great Kickstarter Publishing Project Page
Discover tips and tricks for each element of your campaign, from choosing your funding goal to lining up creative rewards.
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Reviving ‘Wax Poetics,’ the cult magazine for long-form music journalism and vinyl culture
After the magazine closed down, longtime readers Alex Bruh and David Holt launched a campaign to rally an existing and expanding community.
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How tarot creator Krystal Banner strengthens her intuition—and business—on Kickstarter
The all-or-nothing crowdfunding model can serve as a poll on what projects are worth her time.
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Creators: Plan what you can, but prepare for twists and turns
This poet and printer wanted to engage the communities along the Columbia River. It didn’t go exactly as planned, but their go-with-the-flow attitude brought them through.
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Craighton Berman's advice for simple creative campaigns
This designer relies on big campaigns to build his independent practice. But here’s how he gives himself a break—and new opportunities—with smaller campaigns.
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Kickstarter Creator Resources
Our definitive roundup of everything from planning shipping to communicating with backers.
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How to tell the story of your creative work
Tips for uncovering the best story you can tell to press, funders, followers, and everybody else.
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How to talk about your project honestly and clearly
Our advice for crafting a project page that’s honest, open, and transparent in both text and visuals.
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Fulfillment from A to Z
A list of services that can help you with prototyping, manufacturing, packaging, shipping, and more.
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Kickstarter’s 2021 Public Benefit Statement
Nearly 3.2 million people pledged more than $800 million to Kickstarter creators in 2021. Our latest annual Public Benefit Statement reports on how well we lived up to our commitments as a Public Benefit Corporation and fulfilled our mission to bring creative projects to life.
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