Yeah, well, I can sure include the next issue for free for anyone that bought the first one. :/ Honestly I got some bidas though they are worthless without the content. The only one that step up for the challenge was kiba and got paid the BTC he asked for.
There is a new bid/article submission deadline for the next issue if anybody would be interested in a community driven magazine.
I think you should ditch the whole community driven idea altogether. If your editorship is any good, it will show in your magazine. Plus you don't have to keep score/keep track. You review article and send feedback to the writer.
One month is too long for the magazine. It should be more like 1 week between issues. Also, I don't think this is going to dilute the quality of articles at all as long as you make your decision based on merits, rather than deadline. If the article didn't get through, the writer can resubmit in the next cycle. There should be no artificial number of articles per issue limit. This is not paper.
You have reason, I am making the changes. I would really love to see more articles coming. Cmon if they get past the judges I can promise you some BTC + royalties. xD