Welcome to

1000 FANS BOOTCAMP

for writers on the internet

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After hosting various writing contests for over a year, we’ve helped 5000+ writers reignite their passion and connect with fellow creators. Now, we’re expanding our support to help you build and nurture thriving communities, and generate sustainable income.
Join the two-month program for writers on the internet. Let’s crack the code of the Creator Economy 4.0 together! You will explore a brand new approach to creation, distribution, and monetization. You will also win from our $5,000 prize pool during the Territory Race!

Bootcamp overview

Preparation: 1-30 October

Kickstart the program by diving into Creator Economy 4.0, unlocking your true writing purpose, and mastering powerful strategies to create a digital home for your community!
Creator Community Cohort: 1-31 September
Community vision-creation
t2 and web3 tool hacks
Win $100 Growth Grant

The Race to 1,000 Fans: 1-31 November

Supercharge your Territory by teaming up with readers and writers to expand your audience and gain Time Points. The journey wraps up with a thrilling celebration on 12 December — plus, amazing prizes are up for grabs!
Win $300 Growth Grant
The top three Territories with the most Time Points will receive:
First Place: $1,500
Second Place: $1000
Third Place: $500

Growing the Community: 16 Nov - 15 Dec

You’ll learn about in 2 workshops:
Sustainable subscriber growth
Foster a collaborative community
Win $1,000 Growth Grant

Registration is open!

Join the 1,000 Fans Bootcamp today and take the next step in your community’s creative journey. Participation in the programme is free.

Upcoming Events

Thursday, September 26
4:00PM - 5:00PM GMT+1
X Spaces

Pre-Bootcamp Q&A

Discuss the Bootcamp experience with us and get answers to all your pressing questions.
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Thursday, October 3
4:00PM - 6:00PM GMT+1
Google Meets

Community Manifesto Workshop

As part of the launch of the 1,000 Fans Bootcamp, t2 are inviting you to create manifestos for your proposed communities. These will consist of you writing an article that outlines your community’s goals, challenges, and ethos. Manifestoes will then be used to call other readers and writers to join your community.

Led by writer and poet Annie Hayter, this workshop will give you the opportunity to consider what sort of a writing community you would like to be part of, and to reflect on the different ways that you might approach crafting your own manifesto. It will be a welcoming environment, where we will contemplate our own personal relationships to writing, figuring out what we might wish to find in a chosen community of writers and kindred spirits.

This workshop is open to people of all levels of experience with writing and is aimed at anyone who is interested in being part of a writing community. At the end of our workshop, there will be an opportunity to share extracts from the work created, if any participants feel inclined to.

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Thursday, October 10
4:00PM - 6:00PM GMT+1
Google Meet

Publication-Market Fit Workshop

Discover how to identify your ideal readers and gauge whether you’ve found the right community. Gain insights from writers who’ve successfully navigated this path.
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Thursday, October 17
4:00PM - 6:00PM GMT
Google Meet

Sustainable Community Growth Workshop

Explore how your readers can help you grow and understand the power of the 1,000 True Fans theory. Learn strategies for building a loyal, engaged community.
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Thursday, October 24
4:00PM - 6:00PM GMT+1
Google Meets

Web3 Tooling Workshop

Get a step-by-step guide to the new tools designed to help you launch and grow your community. Learn about additional tools to reach your audience more effectively.
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Thursday, October 31
4:00PM - 6:00PM GMT
Google Meet

Bootcamp Townhall and Q&A

Join fellow writers to share experiences, ask questions, and get ready for the Territory Race. It’s your chance to connect and get last-minute guidance.
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Thursday, December 12
4:00PM - 6:00PM GMT
Google Meet

Bootcamp Celebration

Celebrate the progress you’ve made over the past two months. We’ll also recognize and congratulate those who’ve hit major milestones in building their writing community.
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*Events and dates are subject to changes

Who & Why

The future of writing will thrive on small, niche communities that support and uplift one another. This is why we designed t2, a community-centric publishing platform with tools for collaboration, monetisation, and distribution. The 1,000 Fans Bootcamp is our way of helping you make the most out of this toolkit.

Wanshu & Julia, two of our teammates, are here to help everyone throughout the Bootcamp.

Wanshu

Head of Growth
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Julia

Marketing Associate
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Past Events

Winner of
Impact Prize!

Friends Who Write

Winner of Consistency Prize

FWW is a month-long writing movement. Alongside your pals, you submit one article to a Territory each week on t2 and support each other to the very end. It’s a writing contest with prizes worth over $13,000 together! Season 3 is just around the corner - stay tuned!

Winner of
Impact Prize!

Summer Writing Grant

Winner of Consistency Prize

Summer is a time for adventure, socialising, and drawing inspiration from new experiences. And, of course, writing together would be one of them!

To support writer communities, we granted $250 for eligible community projects. See what our summer was like here!

Winner of
Impact Prize!

"In the Green" Writing Challenge

Winner of Consistency Prize

We collaborated with Bonsai and invited our users to participate in a writing challenge exploring the “In the Green” theme. They delved into the multifaceted significance of the colour green in your story. Among submissions, we received fantasy stories, suspenseful thrillers, and reflective essays. Read all of them here.

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