Jessica Eckerstorfer
In collaboration with Alyssa Bluhm
Paranoid Tree Press
Creative Writing
Project Statement
Paranoid Tree Press is a monthly, independent literary and artistic collaboration that fuses storytelling with illustration. Via a monthly subscription, we send our readers a one-page print zine, with a digital counterpart, that features an original micro-story accompanied by custom artwork that literally unfolds with the page. Beyond regular subscription programming, Paranoid Tree Press will build in-person and online communities with regular workshops, readings, and events. Our organization pushes diversity beyond the surface level by accepting free submissions and compensating all contributors, extending inclusivity to emerging artists whose work often goes unpaid. Our simultaneously innovative and time-tested format combats the paid-in-exposure attitude of failing literary institutions by setting a new standard of how work is recognized and valued.