✦ LAST UPDATED: October 2026
Where every pound goes
This page sets out what WÆSTM costs to make, where the money comes from and what happens to the price of every copy.
Honorarium per piece
£20
Offered to every published contributor
Paid to contributors
£120
Issue 01, in total
Cost to make
£550
Issue 01, all costs
Print run
500
450 for sale, 50 for contributors and archive
✦ Per copy
What happens to your £12
Issue 01 cost £970 to make: £1.94 a copy across all 500. Postage is charged separately, so it isn’t in this £12.
- £0.24Contributor fees
- £1.10Printing
- £0.40Editors (Catherine & Kate)
- £0.20Website & platform
- £0.38Card payment fee
- £9.68Into Issue 02
At every price
| Supported £8 | Standard £10 | Solidarity £12 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to make | £1.94 | £1.94 | £1.94 |
| Card fee | £0.32 | £0.35 | £0.38 |
| Into Issue 02 | £5.74 | £7.71 | £9.68 |
These figures share costs across all 500 copies. In practice, the first sales pay off the £970 (about 101 copies at £10), and everything after that goes straight into Issue 02.
Anything left over goes into Issue 02. If we make a loss, ReGrowth Learning covers it.
Who runs it
WÆSTM is published by ReGrowth Learning and edited by Catherine Doubell and Kate Asquith.
Meet the teamHow we pay contributors
Every published contributor is offered the same £20 honorarium, whatever the format. It’s optional, and it’s what we can afford right now.
Write for usHow we price
A standard price that covers costs, a lower supported price, and a solidarity price that funds free copies for people who ask.
Support WÆSTMWhen we report
We update this page after each issue’s sales close, around 6 months after launch.
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