about Luna Luna

Luna Luna is a literary journal that publishes lush and vulnerable works. We embrace liminalities and multitudes in writing; we adore the shadowlands of poetry, as well as the surfaced truths found in personal essays.

We primarily publish literature (poetry, essay, fiction) and interviews with writers and creators on the “light” side of our sight.

We publish works of a more occult nature—such as rituals or explorations of folk magic—on the “shadow” side of our site. We are not a literary journal solely focused on magic. This is but one element we make space for, and it is contained on this side of our site.

Light and shadow are not binary, and not to be mistaken as good or bad. Rather, they encompass all of who we are: our hungers, our loves, our secrets, our prayers, our songs, our poems, our spells, our inner worlds.

We reject the notion of “established” versus “emerging” writers. We welcome all. We are an intersectional, inclusive, and compassionate space.

We welcome hybrid works and writers who collapse and blend genres.

No, we are not a literary journal about the moon. (Yes, this has to be said).

Luna Luna was founded by Lisa Marie Basile in 2013.

On magic
It's important that we make something clear: We think of any spells, rituals, and practices we’ve published as tools, not solutions for mental health issues. Please see our page of resources for mental health if you are in need of support.

Our editorial process
In the interest of complete transparency, our site is entirely volunteer-run and currently tended to by only one or two people. This is a passion project made from love and magic. We do not run on any particular schedule. Due to a lack of bandwidth, we may go on hiatus from time to time. We aim to be honest and communicative during those times.

Inquiries can be directed to lisambasile @ gmail dot com.

Images on our site:
We use Unsplash as our go-to image source unless otherwise noted.

Fun stuff: Entropy listed us in their Best of 2018: Presses, Magazines, Publishers & Journals roundup. BuzzFeed called us a "girl squad you need to know," while Elle Australia mentioned us in their Season of the Witch feature.