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Colton Karpman (Founding Editor: ‘Editor’s Letter’)New Papers is a magazine of fiction and poetry. Issues are published monthly and are each forty-eight pages long. The first issue is two hundred and twenty millimetres high by one hundred and thirty millimetres wide. The inner forty pages, which contain the text, are digitally printed in black on Nautilus Classic White uncoated paper weighing ninety grams per square metre. These pages are saddle-stitched with two wires and a trim flush. The cover is eight pages and unfolds three times. The cover is digitally printed in colour on Nautilus Classic White uncoated paper weighing 120 grams per square metre. New Papers is typeset in Loiter (designed by Dilara Koz) and Garamond. The first issue is typeset by Dilara Koz.

The first issue contains six pieces. The first piece is a poem called ‘August Poem’ by Reid Williams. It is printed on pages two and three. Excluding the title, the poem is two hundred and three words arranged into thirty-three lines over eleven stanzas. Including spaces, it contains one thousand and sixty-two characters. The second piece is a story called ‘He Oils The Cogs’ by Gabrielle Sicam. It is printed on pages four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven. Excluding the title, the story is one thousand eight hundred and eighteen words arranged into twenty-seven paragraphs. A group of three paragraphs toward the end of the piece are set off with block indentation. Including spaces, it contains ten thousand two hundred and eighty characters. The third piece is a poem called ‘New Norwood Scale’ by Henry Woodland. It is printed on pages twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen. Excluding the title but including the section titles, the poem is two hundred and three words arranged into seventy-one lines over five sections. Including spaces, it contains three thousand seven hundred and nine characters. The fourth piece is a story called ‘Word Count’ by August Lamm. It is printed on pages sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, and twenty-one. Excluding the title, the story is one thousand two hundred and seventy-nine words arranged into thirty-four paragraphs. Including spaces, it contains six thousand six hundred and sixty-six characters. The fifth piece is a story called ‘Morality Story’ by Paris J.B. Reid. It is printed on pages twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, and twenty-five. Excluding the title, the story is five hundred and ninety-eight words arranged into seventeen paragraphs. Including spaces, it contains three thousand four hundred and forty characters. The final, sixth piece is a story called ‘One-Armed Bandit’ by T.C. Hell. It is printed on pages twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, and thirty-seven. Excluding the title, the story is three thousand and thirty-five words arranged into seventy-nine paragraphs. Including spaces, it contains seventeen thousand five hundred and fifty-eight characters. The note from the editor, which is on the cover of New Papers, is by Colton Karpman. Excluding the words ‘Note from the Editor’, the note is five hundred and six words over two paragraphs. Including spaces, it contains three thousand two hundred and sixty-one characters.

Dilara Koz (Art Director)
Em Bauer (Illustrator)
Harry Lowther (Prose Editor)
Isaac Zamet (Poetry Editor)