Kian West

We are making a Special Calendar in celebration of continuing past the 2 year hurdle and reward subscribers, with the added bonus of helping us to keep creating Mirage well into the future. It's Win Win Win!!!



What exactly are we making and where does your $7 for a calendar go?
Up to $5 per unit will be spent on printing a gloriously awesome quality A5 Horizontal Calendar (Just like Mirage is except turned on its side) conveniently small enough that you can slip it in a bag, but big enough that it beautifully hangs on a wall.
If all goes according to plan it'll be slightly cheaper to print and we will have some money to invest back into photographers to say thank you to some of the amazing talent that is snapping up Newcastle. What about my other $2? Postage & Handling.

Yes May 2015 is our 24th issue and June 2015 will mark our 2nd Birthday so it's a big time for us and we want everyone to be a part of this amazing adventure. Selecting a REWARD will give you an awesome gift, whichever you decide, but it is so much bigger than that. Each and every person that selects a REWARD is going a long way to making the task of keeping Newcastle Mirage going 10x easier. We want to focus on the interviews, the stories, the celebrations of Newcastle and Novocastrians and to do that we need a little assistance. So pick something that sounds awesome to you and THANKS for making our DREAM a reality.



Mirage has been a labour of love since our first print edition back in May 2013. A vehicle to inspire those around us, for to long Newcastle has been a vibrant city but seems to push one another down rather than celebrating the collective wins of those around us. Mirage lives by this ethos: Support and Celebrate Novocastrians only - Every article we produce is on a local and regional person creativing some form of art. Maybe they run events, maybe their paint pictures, or make leather goods, or music, or cook or bake... or so many different creative things. The point is, We want to celebrate their wins and thus ours as a community. That is what makes our city the best place in the world. Secondary and very much important to this, all our pieces are positive and supportive of those that are making an effort to make the community a better place.
That's why we are raising these funds, so Mirage can continue to assist the 100s of people in this city striving to add value.




Newcastle Mirage considers itself unique in that we aren't owned or a subsidiary of another bigger print/media company, we didn't create this project to make loads selling advertising, Newcastle Mirage is made month after month because everyone at Mirage loves Newcastle and the people in it. Every available piece of space (and energy) is spent highlighting how amazing the community is. It would be a shame for this to change, but it ain't cheap, so we need a little help.

When this campaign is successful, not only will all pledgers score a sweet reward, but it will go a long way to keeping us afloat for several years to come... maybe forever... If things go crazy good we already have a plan for excess funds and you might enjoy them too.

Lets be real clear for a second, We (Newcastle Mirage) aren't really interested in selling advertising, it isn't what we want Mirage to be all about, we don't think it is what you want to see unless it is from a handful of supportive and engaging Newcastle based business/professionals. We want to create a magazine that is full of incredible content and makes you want to pick us up month after month. So we really want you to pick one of the rewards that include a subscription and that's why pretty much every option comes with one.

THANKS FOR SUPPORTING FROM THE WHOLE TEAM AT NEWCASTLE MIRAGE!!!

SUPPORTERS

Who Newcastle Mirage has supported

Funds will be used to create a 2016 calendar for all supporters. Funds will be used to keep printing Mirage throughout 2016.
Plus additional funds will be used as follows...
+ $1000 - Newcastle Mirage will invest in equipment and licensing to supply a monthly podcast - FREE
+ $3000 - Newcastle Mirage will implement a paid Internship program for 1 Designer & 1 Journalist
+ $5000 - Newcastle Mirage will purchase Screen-printing gear to support our limited T-Shirt range
+ Newcastle Mirage will throw a wicked party

Raising enough funds for the campaign to be a success.
Newcastle Mirage has been creating our zine every month on time without delay so we have no concerns regarding timelines.
Ensuring that details of the 2016 Calendar are 100% correct are of the utmost importance and we have arranged several external parties to quadruple check it is all ship-shape before sending to print and the delivering to your door.