$48 a year keeps the magazine in print. Subscribers get all four printed issues, the two seasonal broadsides, the entire online archive, and a quarterly editor's letter. No advertising, no algorithm, no tracking pixels. Just paper.
The form on the right is the entire process. We don't keep credit card details on file, we don't auto-renew without writing to you first, and we don't share your address with anyone, ever.
If you'd rather pay by check or write us a letter, we are happy to set up either at subscribe@kindlingq.co. Several of our oldest subscribers prefer the postal route, and we love it.
Mailed in late March. 84 pages, saddle-stitched, on uncoated cream paper. The thaw issue this year — feature, four departments, twelve essays.
A folded letterpress recipe broadside, mailed in mid-July, suitable for tacking to a kitchen wall. This year: a blueberry galette in five stages.
Mailed in late September. The gathering issue — six longer features and a deeper-than-usual archive section. Always our heaviest issue.
Mailed in mid-December. The lengthening issue — the longest essays of the year and the warmest pieces, on purpose.
A folded letterpress broadside, mailed with the Winter issue. Henry Ashford's annual short list of the books most worth keeping close.
A short hand-written letter from the editor, mailed with your first issue. We have written every one of these by hand for twelve years.
One letter per year, sent four weeks before your subscription ends, asking if you'd like to keep going. Always opt-in. Always handwritten.
Plus, throughout the year, complete online access to two hundred and forty-seven essays — the entire archive, twelve volumes deep.
We ship to twelve countries. International postage adds $18 to the year, due to the regrettable physics of moving 84-page magazines across an ocean. Pricing for Canada, Europe, and Australia appears once you select a non-US country at checkout.
No. We mail you a hand-written renewal letter four weeks before your year is up, and you have to actively renew. Several other independent magazines auto-renew; we never have, and we don't intend to start.
Write us at subscribe@kindlingq.co and we'll mail a replacement, no questions asked. The U.S. Postal Service is occasionally chaotic, especially in December, and we account for it in the print run.
Volumes IX, X, XI, and XII are available as back issues at $14 apiece, postage included. Earlier volumes are sold out in print, but every essay is in the digital archive. Email subscribe@kindlingq.co to order back issues.
We don't. The subscription has been priced at $48 a year since 2014, and the way we keep that price stable is by not running discounts. We do offer a $24 digital tier for readers who can't afford the print rate.
Your name, email, and address sit in a small Postgres database hosted on a server in Spokane. We use them to mail you the magazine. We don't share, sell, rent, or trade them with anyone — ever, for any reason.