The second Pitch Jam is underway, and I’ve previously written advice on how to craft a great pitch. Of course, we’ve all heard the advice “show, don’t tell” – and so I thought it best to reprint some of the…
We need your pet pictures
In the next issue of Five out of Ten, we're running a feature on pets in games – and we need your help! We want to make a montage of our readers' pets from your photos to celebrate our companion…
Posted in News
Escape to Na Pali now available as print-on-demand
We are really excited to announce that you can now buy print-on-demand copies of Escape to Na Pali through the Five out of Ten store on Blurb: Print on Demand: paperback edition (black and white pages) Print on Demand: hardcover…
Posted in News
Escape to Na Pali: print on demand, and more!
Last week, we launched Escape to Na Pali: A Journey to the Unreal, the new book from Kaitlin Tremblay and Alan Williamson. Thanks to everyone who has picked up a copy so far – your feedback has been great! If…
Posted in News
Introducing Escape to Na Pali, and our new editor!
Today, I am delighted to make two huge announcements about the future of Five out of Ten. We’re adding a new member to the team: Kaitlin Tremblay is joining us as our new Managing Editor, along with current staff members…
Posted in News
Introducing Five out of Ten #8: ‘Space’
We’re delighted to announce our eighth issue, ‘Space’. ‘Space’ features writing from Grant Howitt, Patrick Lindsey, Tauriq Moosa, Zoya Street and Megan Townsend, as well as artwork by Christos Reid. Read about a fourteen year quest to complete Commandos, the symbolic…
Posted in News
Winnable
“I don’t pretend to claim that every story on Unwinnable illuminates or enlightens. Perhaps none of them truly do. But that doesn’t stop us from trying. I’d rather publish stories that have the potential to be great, that only a…
Posted in News
Write for Us
Join us. Update 14.4.14: We are no longer accepting pitches. Sorry! Five out of Ten publishes the best independent games writing in the world. We offer our writers a blank canvas: we want your essays, experiences, hopes and dreams. We…
Posted in News
The Lost World of Magazines
Alan gave a talk-by-proxy at the Critical Proximity conference in San Francisco today about why magazines like Five out of Ten have a vital role to play in our culture. You can watch the full video right here.
Time For A Change
Five out of Ten was founded to improve people’s lives. That might sound pretentious, but it’s true: our founding aims were to get decent wages for our writers, by producing a magazine that was worth the money. We are still…
Posted in News
