from the editor
a forgotten estuary. fletchings piled on quarried stone. the tale of a tree, once woman. the coarse threads of myth strung like tapestry weave. the last breath of a ritual. the lost roots of a dance. this statue has no hands, no fingers to decide. the yew is no more. can you hear the moss motes singing? a whole sea of humans passed from memory. the coral knows their names. golden shadows across the unwritten page.
Thank you to all of our readers for being a part of this ever evolving newsletter. Our magazine The Winged Moon has come to take centre stage and we would love to invite our writers and artists to submit their work to us in the theme of ANCIENT.
We are opening up submissions for our second print issue! And importantly, we have made some changes to our submission and publishing process that you might like to read;
In addition to welcoming back art, photography, poetry, prose poetry and prose, we are also looking for micro-fiction with a maximum of three hundred words.
We will be accepting submissions from today until May 21st, however, we might close submissions early if we receive enough amazing work before then.
We will send a confirmation that we have received your work within seventy two hours of your submission. And, as the submission window is longer than usual. We aim to review submissions on a monthly basis and will let you know then if your piece has been successful.
You can send two pieces to us in total for us to take a look at your writing in any category, but we will likely only publish one.
We will then collate all successful submissions for our anticipated publication date at the end of June. With a release on Substack two weeks after print release. The substack issue will be split over two weeks due to the size of the magazine.
We look forward to reading your work!
And if you have not yet read our first print edition. It is now available to purchase on Amazon. And our online PORTRAIT issue published two weeks ago on Substack. We’d love to hear what you think of the magazine.
Until next time
Jai Michelle Louissen
Editor The Winged Moon
Very exciting news about " the Winged Moon "💖