An interesting article about literary magazine The Four Faced Liar from Tripe and Drisheen. They note that Four Faced Liar were rejected for funding by the Arts Council. One must wonder why given they received 1,200 submissions.
It’s not about #SayWhatYouPay it’s about #SayWhomYouChooseAndWhy

https://tripeanddrisheen.substack.com/p/with-the-four-faced-liar-cork-has

Returning to the corporate world in March 2020 (my timing perfect as usual) I realised that no matter how much the #SayWhatYouPay crowd boasted about paying, it would never make any financial sense for me to rely on any of it, ever again.

And knowing I was very pointedly *not* #WhomDoYouChoose meant that I withdrew my efforts accordingly.

The issue is, I’m not alone. We’re haemorrhaging talent and this is why. The people who matter think we’re not worth keeping.

Meanwhile, in Irish Writer Land, a well-intentioned organisation called Match in the Dark has started a #SayWhatYouPay hashtag in which publishers and lit mags are invited to openly list their advances and pay rates.

But IMO the hashtag they should *really* be using is #WhomDoYouChoose, because that’s the real source of corrosion in this culture. Whom, and why?

Pay transparency for artists is key to creating an arts sector that is fair and equitable to all.

We have published our fee structure for artists on the Words Ireland website for many years.

Today, as part of the #SayWhatYouPay initiative launched by Match in the Dark, we are happy to display this information at the link below.

➡️ https://childrensbooksireland.ie/saywhatyoupay

#IrishWriters #PayTheArtist #MatchInTheDark #ChildrensBook #IrishChildrensBooks #MastoDaoine #Author #Illustrator