Aloha High School's literary magazine, Aeternum, has been a labor of love for several years now. As a collaboration of writers, artists and young designer/publishers, Aeternum publishes student writers and artists in a meaningful and beautiful professional publication.

We sell the magazine to students and staff at $10 each which is a loss on each book in just printing costs. We do this, not to make money, but to make sure families and students can afford to have a copy of their published work. For many of our families, even $10 is a big cost and we do not want to increase that cost for any reason. We fund raise throughout the year to supplement the cost and with what was made on sales last year, we have around $1,500 raised already. We have also been trying to develop a relationship with Adobe (two of us went and presented at their headquarters about lit mag and graphic design). We have one more fundraiser this year to help get a little more raised but printing costs will still run about $2500. 

This is why we are seeking community support for publishing, to keep it affordable and keep the quality these students deserve.