The Storytellers Foundation · Our vision
A place to write.
A platform to grow.
Storyrise is building a connected platform for authors and the professionals who help bring their stories to life—combining writing tools, community, business hubs, and a forthcoming creative marketplace.
Explore the opportunity ↗How the platform connects
Two sides.
A marketplace in the middle.
Author offering available
Authors
Plan, write, and connect through free access and a paid subscriber area. A community spanning genres and publishing paths.
Coming soon
The marketplace
A planned place for authors to discover and connect with illustrators, editors, beta readers, and other creative professionals.
Business side in development
Businesses & creatives
Company hubs and a developing professional side of Storyrise, designed around organizations and people who serve authors.
The opportunity: support authors as their needs evolve, while giving creative professionals a relevant place to connect with prospective clients.
Explore Storyrise ↗Why businesses & creatives would join
Connect with authors.
Build lasting working relationships.
We are developing company hubs and a professional marketplace around a shared purpose: helping organizations and creatives serve authors and connect with prospective clients.
Serve existing clients
A hub could give an organization a consistent place to connect its authors with relevant guidance, resources, and support. Development will help establish which activities belong in the hub and whether it makes the organization’s work easier.
Build community
A hub could help a company or editor maintain a useful community around the authors it already serves, supporting relationships beyond a single project.
Introduce services
The planned marketplace would help authors discover creative professionals and learn about their services. We are developing this around relevant connections and voluntary inquiries.
Our business model
An existing offering.
New opportunities taking shape.
Available today
Author subscriptions
Free access alongside a paid subscriber area gives authors a choice in how they use Storyrise.
In development
Company hubs
A business offering for organizations supporting their own author communities. Packages, pricing, and commercial terms are being shaped.
Proposed model · Coming soon
Professional memberships
A membership model is under consideration for the planned marketplace. Benefits and pricing are being developed for illustrators, editors, beta readers, and other creatives.
The wider company
More ways to connect with an author’s journey.
The Storyteller’s Shelf
Industry conversations that introduce authors to expertise and the wider company.
Educational programs
Practical learning that supports craft, publishing knowledge, and career development.
Storyrise
Writing tools and community with the potential to build an ongoing relationship with authors.
Our work began with a deep commitment to children’s literature. Today, that commitment is part of a broader mission: supporting authors across genres, experience levels, and publishing paths.
Investment in our next chapter
Help connect the next chapter of publishing.
We are seeking investment to support Storyrise and the wider company. Our proposed priorities are growing the author product, developing business hubs, and bringing the marketplace to life—supported by our media, education, and community.
Discuss the company’s next chapter ↗directors@thestorytellersshelfpodcast.com