THIS ISN'T ADVERTISING. IT'S UNDERWRITING.
TELL IS PRINTING ITS FIRST ISSUE. WE WANT YOUR SUPPORT.
TELL doesn't sell ads. It doesn't run promotions and it doesn't manufacture hype.. It asks one question and prints the answer.
It moves the way influence actually moves...slowly, person to person, through the rooms where cultural producers happen to be. You cannot buy that. You can, however, help pay for the paper it's printed on. Underwriters fund the print run and put copies directly into the hands of the region. 1000 copies. Printed. Kept. 12,000 more reading online, in Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, and the wider Midwestern diaspora — New York to Berlin.
They are not consumers of culture. They are the producers of it. An Underwriter's tile puts you in the room with them.
WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY FUNDING
Your name. Your URL. One line of your own words.Designed by Michael Cina's hand...The same typography that runs through the rest of TELL.
It costs less than dinner for two at the restaurants our readers frequent. It lives on a shelf for as long as that shelf exists. You're also a distribution partner. 10 printed copies, yours to sell or give away at your discretion through your shop, your studio, your own room.
THE QUESTION
TELL asks you one question. You get 250 characters to answer it. That's it. That's the underwriting. No pitch. No tagline. No "shop now." Just what you say when someone finally asks. $250. One question. One answer. One tile. One issue.
Spots are limited. Applications are reviewed. TELL is small by design — the Underwriters section stays that way on purpose.
SO. WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER?
Send your name, your URL, and the line you want on record.
[BECOME AN UNDERWRITER →]
Questions before you commit? Mathew Swenson is listening.
swenson@tell-world.com — 323-356-4741
[BECOME AN UNDERWRITER →]
SO. WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER?
Send your name, your Email, and Phone number. In the message box answer this question:
WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE? and include your URL.
Questions before you commit? Mathew Swenson is listening. swenson@tell-world.com — 323-356-4741
TELL is an independent publishing project based in the Midwest.