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:
- You are credited in our work, publicly, on our Supporters Credits page.
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.