lunarosity


Vol. 8, No. 4. June 2009 Features

  • Poetry by
      Gary Brower, Charles Frederickson, Ann Gleeson, Kathamann, Donald Levering, Joshua Meander, Joan McNerney, and Beatlick Joe Speer.

  • Young Adult Poetry
      Samantha Flattery, Dan Miller, and Alexander Pollak

  • Fiction by
      Noreen Lehmann.
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  • See current author index in the menu to the left for links to their work. Previous authors are also listed in the menu to your left, most recent authors appear at the end of each category unless they are repeating. Categories include archive of featured poets, young adult poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. The category, "all poets," is alphabetical.

  • "Echo Teaches Her Daughter to Sing" was originally published in Fickle Muses. Poem and reading by Wayne Crawford. Art by Louis Ocepek.

    To View more, go to Wayne Crawford's page.

  • Lunarosity, a bi-monthly publication, is currently seeking submissions for September-December 09. Lunarosity updates on the fifth of each month. See additional policies below.

  • Lunarosity is listed at Newspage.com (young author's guide), Best Ezines.com, Branigan Library's Pathfinders, Poetry Guide, Fiction Warehouse, Teejexposed.com, Santa Fe Broadsides, NewVerseNews.com, Toasted Cheese.com, Diotropes, among others.

  • Lunarosity, the name of this journal, derives from the desire to provide work that represents a generosity and luminosity of spirit. Also, many writers work all day and must compose at night when the moon, not the sun, inspires. Thus, Lunarosity (Since July 2001). In the logo is a design of three crosses. This does not represent Lunarosity in association with any religious establishment. Rather, this is the symbol of the city in which Lunarosity was founded, Las Cruces, NM.

    Submission Needs

    Poetry five poems maximum, 100 line limit, shorter preferred
    Fiction 1000 word maximum. Preference: flash fiction or flash/prose poetry
    Essay 300 word maximum

  • Lunarosity is interested in poetry that illuminates complex issues or informs our understanding of important relationships. We value authors who generously expose their emotions and visions and spare us their wordiness. Rhythm moves us, poetic language moves us, formal rhymes likely won't.

  • Lunarosity is also interested in short, shortprose fiction.

  • We will also consider personal essays that pull their punches and deliver their insights with humor and compassion.

  • Lunarosity offers no pay. We seek permission to publish your work on the web, and to publish selected work as hard copy in limited editions that may be offered online or off in the future, and all other rights to work remain with the author. Authors should be aware that acceptance of your work here constitutes a form of publication, and other publishing forums may not desire to present work that has already been published. Writing featured on this site may not be copied or printed elsewhere without the consent of the author.

  • Please include submissions in your email rather than as attachments. Also, include a statement verifying that all of the material you are submitting for consideration is your original material and that you own the right to submit it for publication. Without this statement, your work cannot be considered for publication. A brief author's bio should also be included.

    CURRENT MOON

  • We try to respond to you within 6-8 weeks. Please check back if we have not. Editor Wayne Crawford is occasionally limited in speed and stamina. Thanks for understanding. Assisting with 2009 selections of poetry is Joanne Townsend.

  • No subject is automatically taboo, although submissions will not be considered that marginalize or diminish others because of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, gender orientation, age, disability, language, class or illness.

  • We usually plan publications four-eight months in advance, and use submissions sooner than that according to these exceptions: if the work fits a particular need or is especially timely, has been invited, is the work of a young adult, or is in response to a call for a special theme. When we have selected all the work to be published in a given issue, we notify authors immediately.

    Submissions and correspondence to Editor Wayne Crawford

    Wayne Crawford's MySpace includes poetry videos, including Workers Work.

    His humor blog can be read at The Burning Man's Blog.

    WAYNE CRAWFORD: Oasis Bound