New Moon Rising, A Journal of Pagan Thought & Magick

Submission Guidelines

New Moon Rising is a journal of pagan thought and magick, begun in 1989 and committed to being a vital international stimulus in the continuing Pagan & Magickal Renaissance as an intelligent forum on Magick, Pagan culture, history and practice.  NMR aligns with no particular school or tradition.  It seeks to explore all within their paradigms.  It is published in print 6 times a year.

Articles Actively Sought

We continue to explore and request articles and artwork in such varied subjects as: magickal theory and practice, grimoires, world  mystery traditions, pagan pantheons both western and eastern, book, media & product reviews, biographies, classical paganism, neo-paganism, ceremonial magick in all its aspects, chaos magic, druidry, shamanism, totems, folklore, voodoo, santeria, African Traditional Religions, alchemy, thelema, setianism, rituals, witchcraft, poetry, fiction and a variety of other mind-provoking and related subjects.

We welcome material never before published as well as previously published material.  We also welcome book extracts.

Length

Articles can be from 1000 – 7,500 words (give or take).  A regular series of articles on a theme to run through several editions will also be considered.

Editing

We reserve the right to edit your work for reasons of clarity, style, editorial policy, and sometimes (rarely) for space. You can avoid a lot of editing by following these suggestions:

• Break up long sentences (try reading your piece out loud to identify unwieldy sentences).
• Remove passive voice.
• Use standard grammar and formatting (refer to any book on style for the basics)
• Pass your piece by someone else (a bibliophile, perhaps) for comments before you submit it.
• Try to avoid against rants against living people, but we don't mind rattling some cages in a friendly way — there are no sacred cows.

If you're concerned about the editing we might do, please request a proof copy before printing. If this is the case, make sure your submission is turned in well before the deadline (above).

References

A bibliography is linked numerically to in text notes. When there are no in text notes you may supply several references for additional reading if the article lends itself to further reading. Citations should be as complete as possible and should include:

Author's Last Name, First Name, Title of Article or Book, Title of Periodical where applicable. Location of publisher, publisher, date of publication, volume, issue, and page numbers when the citation refers to an article within a larger work or periodical.  For internet references cited the complete url and the date accessed.

Callouts (Pull Quotes)

If you feel that one or two lines of the article might lend themselves to a "callout," you are welcome to indicate this by placing the appropriate sentences in quotation marks at the end of the text. The editor reserves the right to make final decisions regarding callouts.

Subheadings

We encourage the use of subheadings, especially for longer articles. Please make your subheads bold and capitalized.

Artwork

If you have specific ideas about art work to be used with your piece please be specific and we will consider your request.

Format and mechanics

For all pieces, submit via email to the editor as a MS Word or RTF file attachment.   Please be sure you name and address appear on all pages and in all files. Please start the file name with your last name in capital letters.

ARTIST GUIDELINES

Basic description

We'd like to see anything that relates to our interests as outlined above. We reserve the right to work with the art to incorporate it into an article by adding a background or some complementary design, but we will not alter your work.

Format

Please supply your artwork saved as a CMYK color format TIFF file 400 dpi and sent as an attachment to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Files larger than 2 on may be sent as zipped files.  Please make sure your last name is the first part of the file name.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Deadlines

We are somewhat flexable with  deadlines.  If you find that you are unable to meet a specific deadline contact the editor at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it    We will try to accomidate you.

Our current issue deadlines are:

October 15 for the December/January Issue

December 15 for the February/March Issue

February 15 for the April/May Issue

April 15 for the June/July Issue

June 15 for the August/September Issue

August 15 for the October/November Issue

Payment

We are not in a position to make currency payments for articles or artwork.  However we are quite generous with advertising space as a form of payment.  Narturally, we will send you a copy of the issue your piece appears in.

Copyright

As author of the submitted work you will retain copyright.  You grant New Moon Rising the right to publish your work in our print and our website (unless indicated otherwise)

Thank you very much for considering our publication. We hope you will help us build it into a positive force in the Magickal Pagan community

Tim Barker

Editor

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New Moon Rising

930 1/2 E Whitton Ave

Phoenix, AZ  85014

Phone 480.788.3498