Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Poetry & Arts Magazine accepts English language submissions from writers all over the world, publishing quarterly in print and on-line. Publication dates are 15 January, 15 April, 15 July, and 15 October 2011. Submissions must be received one month prior to publication date to be considered for the next issue. And because of the format limitations, following are the types of admissions that Voices de la Luna can accept.
Prose
Short fiction pieces of up to 1200 words. Please submit fiction to Debra Pena at debra.pena@utsa.edu
Poetry
Up to 3 original poems per month per writer, 28 (or fewer) lines of no more than 60 characters each.
We believe it is up to the poet to break longer lines in the way that s/he sees fit. Please submit poetry to Joan Seifert at Joans@voicesdelaluna.com
Youth Prose and Poetry
Youth submissions must include the writer’s name, age, name of school, and grade level. The consent form on the website must be sent with your submission. Please note that youth writers must not yet have graduated high school and be no more than 18 years old. Please submit to voicesyoutheditor@gmail.com.
General Submissions Guidelines:
1. Submissions are accepted only by e-mail attachment in Microsoft Word or similar format for Mac users.
2. Include your name, e-mail address, mailing address, and telephone number on each poem submitted, and on the first page of each prose manuscript.
3. Brief biographical notes help us understand who we are reaching. However, contributors’ notes will not be published. Work will be selected for publication based solely on literary quality and the way each individual piece of writing meets our current needs.
4. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as we are informed by e-mail immediately (with title and submission date) if you need to withdraw the work from our consideration.
5. Submissions may have been previously published, as long as the writer provides that information and currently holds the rights. If work has been translated, include the translator’s name for credit. In some cases, we may publish short poems in both languages side-by-side.
6. We do not pay contributors. We contact writers only if work has been accepted, letting them know that their piece will appear in the up-coming issue. This notification will come immediately before an issue goes to print, not sooner.