Spark‘s production costs are covered, and contributing writers are paid, in part through sales of the anthology and in part by generous donations from people like you. Funds for all remaining expenses are donated by Brian Lewis, Spark‘s Editor-in-Chief.

We’ve been delighted and overwhelmed by the response from supporters who are disappointed that our Kickstarter project did not fund successfully. It’s okay! There are other ways to support Spark: A Creative Anthology! Check back often as we add great new thank-you gifts.

Spark: A Creative Anthology is administered and published by the Empire & Great Jones Creative Arts Foundation, a registered non-profit corporation with pending 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.

$45.00 – eBook subscription (Full Year) plus Duotrope Gift Subscription Back by popular request! As our “Thank You” for your donation, you will receive a 1-year gift subscription to Duotrope.com—normally $50.00 by itself. You will also receive priority delivery of one eBook copy each of Volume I through Volume IV as soon as it becomes available. You will be able to choose Kindle, EPUB, or DRM-free PDF format. Total thank-you gift value is $65.00.

As a “Thank You” for your donation, you can receive personalized professional critique and line-edit feedback on your fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The goal of this feedback is to help prepare your work for publication. Critiques are provided by one or more of the following editors:

• Brian Lewis, Editor-in-Chief, is a fiction writer, alumnus of the California State Summer School for the Arts and member of the Editorial Freelancers Association.
• James Lewis, Associate Editor, is a published poet and previous Assistant Managing Editor at The Cortland Review. His poetry is published under the name j. lewis.
• Lauren I. Ruiz, Associate Editor, is the founder of Pure Text Editing and a member of the American Copy Editors Society.

$40.00 – Author: Personal Critique (up to 2500 Words) As our “Thank You” for your donation, you are entitled to a personal critique on one fiction or creative non-fiction piece up to 2500 words (or the first 2500 words of a longer work). Turnaround time on each piece is approximately 2 weeks. You will also receive a 2-month gift subscription to Duotrope.com. You will also receive priority delivery of one eBook copy of Volume I as soon as it becomes available. You will be able to choose Kindle, EPUB, or DRM-free PDF format.
$40.00 – Poet: Personal Critique (up to 150 lines) As our “Thank You” for your donation, you are entitled to a personal critique on one poem of any style up to 150 lines (or the first 150 lines of a longer work). Turnaround time on each piece is approximately 2 weeks. You will also receive a 2-month gift subscription to Duotrope.com. You will also receive priority delivery of one eBook copy of Volume I as soon as it becomes available. You will be able to choose Kindle, EPUB, or DRM-free PDF format.
$70.00 – Author: Proofread & Edit + Personal Critique (up to 2500 Words) As our “Thank You” for your donation, you are entitled to an in-depth personal critique plus proofreading and line-edits (spelling & grammar, punctuation, etc.) on one fiction or creative non-fiction piece up to 2500 words (or the first 2500 words of a longer work). Turnaround time on each piece is approximately 2 weeks. You will also receive a 6-month gift subscription to Duotrope.com. You will also receive priority delivery of one eBook copy of Volume I as soon as it becomes available. You will be able to choose Kindle, EPUB, or DRM-free PDF format.
$70.00 – Author: Personal Critique (up to 6000 Words) As our “Thank You” for your donation, you are entitled to a personal critique on one fiction or creative non-fiction piece up to 6000 words (or the first 6000 words of a longer work). Turnaround time on each piece is approximately 2 weeks. You will also receive a 6-month gift subscription to Duotrope.com. You will also receive priority delivery of one eBook copy of Volume I as soon as it becomes available. You will be able to choose Kindle, EPUB, or DRM-free PDF format.
$70.00 – Poet: Proofread & Edit + Personal Critique (up to 100 lines) As our “Thank You” for your donation, you are entitled to a personal critique plus line-edits (word choice, meter [if applicable], line breaks, spelling & grammar, punctuation) on one poem of any style up to 100 lines (or the first 100 lines of a longer work). Turnaround time on each piece is approximately 2 weeks. You will also receive a 6-month gift subscription to Duotrope.com. You will also receive priority delivery of one eBook copy of Volume I as soon as it becomes available. You will be able to choose Kindle, EPUB, or DRM-free PDF format.
$140.00 – Author: Proofread & Edit + Personal Critique (up to 6000 Words) As our “Thank You” for your donation, you are entitled to an in-depth personal critique plus proofreading and line-edits (spelling & grammar, punctuation, etc.) on one fiction or creative non-fiction piece up to 6000 words (or the first 6000 words of a longer work). Turnaround time on each piece is 2-4 weeks. You will also receive a 1-year gift subscription to Duotrope.com. You will also receive priority delivery of one eBook copy each of Volume I through Volume IV as soon as it becomes available. You will be able to choose Kindle, EPUB, or DRM-free PDF format.
$375.00 – Author: Novelette Proofread & Edit + Personal Critique As our “Thank You” for your donation, you are entitled to an in-depth personal critique plus proofreading and line-edits (spelling & grammar, punctuation, etc.) on one fiction or creative non-fiction piece up to 12,000 words (or the first 12,000 words of a longer work). Turnaround time on each piece is approximately 4 weeks. You will also receive a 2-year gift subscription to Duotrope.com. You will also receive priority delivery of one eBook copy of Volume I as soon as it becomes available. You will be able to choose Kindle, EPUB, or DRM-free PDF format.
$3500.00 – Author: Novel Proofread & Edit + Personal Critique As our “Thank You” for your donation, you are entitled to an in-depth personal critique plus proofreading and line-edits (spelling & grammar, punctuation, etc.) on one fiction or creative non-fiction piece up to 180,000 words. Turnaround time on each piece is approximately 10-12 weeks, with regular communication throughout the process. You will also receive a 2-year gift subscription to Duotrope.com. You will also receive priority delivery of one eBook copy each of Volume I through Volume IV as soon as it becomes available. You will be able to choose Kindle, EPUB, or DRM-free PDF format.