You should pay writers . It ' s unreasonable to expect something for nothing . At semipro rates you can get a magazine ' s worth of stories for under $ 500 . Unless you ' re just printing chapbooks , a print run will cost you close to $ 2 k minimum . For a smaller run you ' re looking at POD or digital offset , which will push your unit costs into the stratosphere . I started a magazine this year . We pay pro rates and got 1030 submissions for our first reading period . It sounds like you ' re underestimating how much work this is . We had five people reading slush for three months . <| sep |> Nasa , FCC , EPA , are among a few getting massive cuts or being destroyed completely <| sep |> I add it to the post ! <| sep |> Graveyard 24 hour shifts ? This wouldn ' t have been a post at all if he just didn ' t have a job .