All paid tiers, from Bronze to Diamond come with the following benefits:

  • Your support helps keep "the lights on"
  • Your support ensures we can pay our $30-per-hour-written rate to our contributors.
  • Your support is deeply valued by The Needle
  • You are providing general support.
  • You will be added to our weekly and monthly email newsletters.

Silver tier members and up get exclusive access to the following:

  • Long-form interviews and Q&A articles.

Gold tier members and up get exclusive access to the following:

  • Everything published in our "creative" vertical. These are stories, articles, and other short works published by guest contributors- they could be fiction or non-fiction.

For the highest two tiers, both Platinum and Diamond, there is the following additional benefit:

For those who commit to the Diamond tier, you will be invited to an exclusive thank you call for 5-15 minutes with one or both of our co-founders, one-time.