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The grown-up version of the magazines you loved as a kid—fun, fascinating, uncynical, and human. No ads. No A.I. PaperAirplane.pub

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Jun 24

#PaperAirplane is here!

It’s the grown-up version of the magazines you loved as a kid.

Writing, games, comics, photos, art, and activities by a dream team of contributors.

No cynicism.

No ads.

No A.I.

Available exclusively at PaperAirplane.pub by donating to support refugees and immigrants.

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · 8d

We're so close—help us get over the finish line!

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) @refugees.org · 8d

Support refugees. Get a magazine.

Nick Norlen’s Paper Airplane is raising $10K for USCRI—and we’re just $2,500 away.

Donate now and get the debut issue FREE: PaperAirplane.pub

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · 8d

I just nominated Paper Airplane’s lead article, “The Shape of Color” by @korystamper.bsky.social, for next year’s Best American Science & Nature Writing! Here’s a preview.

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · 13d

Microfiction? Too long. Six-word short stories? Hold our baby shoes. With the right context, you can conjure an entire saga with just a few words. It’s called Venmo Nanofiction, and it’s just one of the madcap amusements awaiting you in the debut issue of Paper Airplane magazine.

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Some of your friends have their Venmo feeds set to public. Every occasion to repay them for brunch is also an opportunity to generously increase their mystique among their peers. With just a few carefully chosen words, you can pack maximum narrative intrigue into every transaction note. Use these samples to start crafting your own entries in the genre I like to call Venmo Nanofiction. By Dave Shay

salmon cannon adapters
Bisquick for the bankruptcy tailgate
9V batteries and Sprite (cadaver prank)
gondola racing certification
Municipal hexagon audit
Rural Mailbox Magazine, 48-month subscription
borscht allergy alibi
legal fees for Tailgate-gate
mannequin removal
seawater

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · 27d

Wordy people are our people 💖 Thanks, Amy!

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · 29d

Oh good, crowdwork practice. And "bird" *is* the word, so by the commutative property, yes.

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · 29d

Guess I gotta brush up on my words now 😅

That Word Chat @thatwordchat.bsky.social · Sep 2

On Sept. 16, #ThatWordChat welcomes Nick Norlen, founder of “Paper Airplane,” a magazine that’s the grown-up version of the ones you loved as a kid—fun, fascinating, uncynical, and human.

Register to attend: ThatWordChat.com

#Publishing #WritersCommunity

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Alex Sujong Laughlin @alexlaughs.bsky.social · Aug 25

What it comes down to is: Should beautiful, interesting, entertaining things exist in the world, and should we spend our time making them?

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 5

We aspire to be on this list one day!

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 5

A magazine for magazine lovers. Fresh stuff from @boggessart.bsky.social (Guinness World Record holder), @korystamper.bsky.social (Book of the Year recipient), Alec Nevala-Lee (Hugo and Locus finalist), @jukeboxcomix.bsky.social (Eisner nominee), @maryroach.bsky.social (science goober), and more.

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 5

⭐ a Guinness World Record-holding mazemaker
⭐ an Amazon Book of the Year recipient
⭐ a Hugo and Locus Award finalist
⭐ an Eisner-nominated graphic novelist
⭐ multiple international award-winning photographers
⭐ a self-proclaimed “science goober”

Dream team lineup for Paper Airplane vol. 1.

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Carolina VonKampen 📚 Freelance Editor @carolinavonkampen.com · Sep 3

We desperately need more media that's "the opposite of doomscrolling." Love it! #ACESChat

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

A4: I want Paper Airplane to feel like the magazines you loved as a kid. Low-stakes but high-quality. Familiar but completely new. Something you can pick up and put down or pore over. Most importantly, I want you to feel better after spending time with it. The opposite of doomscrolling. 1/2

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

Thanks @acesediting.bsky.social and fellow editors! A heads-up that I’ll be appearing on That Word Chat on Sept. 16, so bring your magazine questions! In the meantime, enjoy the debut issue of Paper Airplane! I'd love to know what you think. #ACESChat

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

Thanks for all the good questions and the support! Really appreciate it.

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

A11: More generally: enjoy the process. Celebrate small wins. Don’t sweat rejections. Be persistent—no one responds to the first email (except when you get lucky and Mary Roach does, bless her). Above all, maintain the mindset that at least some people will be into what you’re doing. 2/2 #ACESChat

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

A11: Start by narrowly identifying your main goals, getting what you need to get started, and then just starting. Keep in mind that the needs of the publication will reveal themselves as you go along—you won’t know them all before you begin. The important part is to start. 1/2

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

Going digital for the debut was just the simplest, most feasible option. But I'm looking into the possibility of offering a print copy! (Along with continuing digital)

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

This is the number one question I get! No promises, but: I am looking into the possibility of offering a print version as part of the crowdfunding campaign. I'd love to do it!

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

Hello! Yes, still freelancing.

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

A10: Treat it as a sabbatical. Spend some time NOT searching for jobs. Reserve some time every day for low-stakes creativity, or just shame-free non-productivity. And if you decide to start your own thing, don’t worry about making it perfect. Put it out into the world and see what happens. #ACESChat

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

Q9: Crowdfunding campaign coming soon to fund it as a subscription quarterly! In the meantime, the best way you can support the magazine is by getting the debut issue at PaperAirplane.pub and then telling everyone you know about it. Or at least that one person who you KNOW will love it. #ACESChat

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

A8. Nah, we’ll never use A.I. The whole point of Paper Airplane is to enjoy natural beauty and human creativity—to revel in all the quirks and wonders and small moments that come from the inefficiency of real life. Like Vonnegut’s envelope story. We will, however, use a LOT of em dashes. #ACESChat

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

If I can't "learn while doing," it ain't for me.

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

A7: The best advice I got was to start by specifically identifying what my primary goals were. It may seem obvious, but actually listing them out made it much clearer what I needed. I try not to waste time on deciding which tool is “best.” I start a trial and if it works I keep using it. #ACESChat

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Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

Yes! It's a magazine for people who have always loved magazines.

Paper Airplane magazine @paperairplane.pub · Sep 3

A6. Slowly. The media landscape is oversaturated, but there are plenty of people out there like me who are craving this exact type of thing. When they find out about it, they’re excited to support it and to tell like-minded people about it. That’s the kind of audience I’m trying to build. #ACESChat

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