Ways to donate: absolutely. In fact, donations might well make a difference in how many poems I will be able to accept, and whether there'll be an annual print anthology. I also have some very interesting ideas for reprints and additional features that can flourish with a bit of community help. I am, however, very reluctant to put up a donation button before the first issue has been published...

Now that the first issue has been published, and you can see for yourself what kind of work we are showcasing, I am less apprehensive about putting up a donation button.

Here's how our costs currently break up:

Current expenses:

1. Domains: stonetelling.com and stonetelling.net, 20$ per year
2. Web Hosting: 10$ a month (120$ per year)
3. Poets are paid 5$ a poem (60-70$ per issue) - this is funded by my meager (but so far sufficient) fiction sales.

What I'd like to afford, but cannot

1. Pay 15$ per non-fiction column
2. Discretionary funds to purchase original poetry by Fabulous Luminaries
3. Yearly ST anthology.

Putting the question of an anthology aside for now (we'll reexamine that next year), my most urgent need is to be able to pay the non-fiction columnists; the current issue contributors donated their work.  Though this is not a plea for donations, if some of you decide to throw some coins into the jar, it would be very welcome.