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Interesting. Some thoughts:

Firstly, a reward for certain levels of donation could be effectively a subscription to a printed pulp magazine, quarterly or semi-annually, printing the winners, and consider also offering regularly printed anthologies of the top-tier canon published. Sale of various anthologies, particularly the entry-level "here's how it all began" books, can help fund the project.

Second, as part of the art stage later on, consider motion-picture and animated productions of favorite stories - if you have a fandom, why not fan films, considering how high-quality they can be now?

Third, it may be that you find the real pro writers are up for the challenge of writing to guidelines and within boundaries, if it's worth their time.

Fourth, this whole enterprise could be a publishing house with several settings for different tastes, supporting Gothic Sci-Fi, Space Opera, Fantasy worlds.

Fifth, there should be some rule against getting a place on the board by donating large amounts of money - if the board has the power to turn, say, 'Star Wars' into 'Last Jedi,' there needs to be some pretty strong guards against infiltration.

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I enjoy this article. A nitpick though: throughout the article, you kept talking about "cannon" when you ought to be talking about "canon." The latter is a collection of related works. The former is a large artillery weapon.

On a separate note, what do you think of projects like Vox Day's Arkhaven Comics/Arktoons (link: https://www.arkhaven.com)? Is it an exception to the rule of there not being any good right-wing creativity or are there some major problems with how it's set up?

Also, I'd like to be an in-depth writer for whatever project you happen to make, if you like. I'd prefer fantasy over science fiction, but I'm really up for any challenge.

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