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Sponsor The Wyrm Works — independent writing for curious people.
The Wyrm Works is an independent publication exploring technology, artificial intelligence, speculative fiction, politics, digital culture, and the increasingly strange business of living in the future.
We’re interested in how things work, why they fail, and what happens when someone decides to build something entirely different.
Our articles range from hands-on technical commentary and industry analysis to fiction, interviews, cultural criticism, and occasional excursions into subjects that probably shouldn’t be discussed before the second cup of coffee.
We’re building a place where thoughtful people can explore complicated ideas without being buried under clickbait, search-engine sludge, or intrusive advertising.
And we’d welcome the support of businesses, publishers, and creators who appreciate that approach.
Who Should Sponsor Us?
If you make something our readers might find genuinely interesting, we’d like to hear from you.
We’re particularly interested in working with independent publishers, speculative fiction authors, software developers, AI and technology companies, tabletop gaming creators, educators, and other businesses operating at the intersection of technology, creativity, and ideas.
You don’t need to be a giant corporation. In fact, some of the most interesting things come from small teams with ambitious ideas.
We’re especially enthusiastic about products and services that help people learn, create, communicate, build, or better understand the world around them.
Sponsorship and Advertising Opportunities
We favor advertising that complements the publication rather than interrupting it.
Depending on your goals, sponsorship opportunities may include:
- Sidebar advertising: Tasteful banners or text placements that introduce your product or project without getting in the reader’s way.
- Inline advertising: Unobtrusive ads within our editorial content.
- Direct sponsorships: Fixed-duration advertising arrangements, with clearly defined placements and terms.
- Content or series sponsorships: Support for a particular editorial project, interview series, or ongoing area of coverage, with appropriate acknowledgment.
- Reviews: If your product, service, or publication is relevant to our content – and you provide us with it – we would be pleased to review it. Please understand that we’ll give our honest impressions, both the good and what needs improvement, not a puff piece.
- Affiliate partnerships: Relevant product recommendations with clearly disclosed commissions.
We’re open to discussing creative arrangements that make sense for both parties.
Our Editorial Independence Is Not for Sale
Sponsorship buys visibility, not agreement.
We will identify paid sponsorships and commercial relationships clearly. We won’t disguise advertising as independent editorial opinion.
Likewise, sponsoring us doesn’t guarantee favorable coverage, editorial approval, or immunity from criticism. If your product is wonderful, we’ll be happy to say so when we’ve established that. If it catches fire during testing, we may have some questions.
We also reserve the right to decline advertising that is misleading, exploitative, deceptive, or fundamentally incompatible with the publication.
No pop-up ambushes, autoplaying audio, fake download buttons, or surveillance-heavy advertising schemes.
We want partnerships that respect the audience.
Let’s Talk
Interested in sponsoring The Wyrm Works?
Tell us about your company or project, what you’d like to promote, the audience you’re hoping to reach, and any particular timing or budget you have in mind.
We can discuss available placements, campaign duration, pricing, and ways to measure results.
We’d much rather build a good long-term relationship than sell you a banner and forget your name.
Help us keep independent ideas alive, interesting, and accessible.
The Wyrm Works is always under construction. The right sponsors can help us build something worth visiting.
Bring your ideas. We’ll bring the fire extinguisher.