We will publish 11 poets each month, throughout the month.
Send submissions of up to 5 poems. Submit a third-person bio.
We love the experimental and hybrid, juicy prose-poetry, essays that read like poetry, & poetry that reads like lists. We are in the “anything can be a poem” camp. As ever, we are impartial to the delicious. Play. Wildness. We like the lush, ornate, gilded. Splendor, with teeth. Baroque, substantive, hungry. Thoughtful lineation gets us drunk.
Give us yearning, place, country, old rooms, mother tongue, worship, spaces you’ve left behind, obsessions, the subtly erotic, the seasons, nostalgia, putrid lemons, afternoon light, ruminations, fathomless desire, folklore and the spiritual, the dark edges of faith, & the body (particularly, we are interested in dialogic works between body and self). All that said, voice is more important than subject to us.
We welcome and encourage writers from all backgrounds to submit.
THIS FORM IS *ONLY* FOR CURRENT OR FORMER FOSTER YOUTH. Your submission will NOT be read and will be discarded if you are not.
In 2016, 437,465 kids were in foster care. In 2018, thousands of children were forcibly separated from their parents by the American government.
Were you, or are you, in foster care—or are you a foster care advocate? We want you to send us your work to publish: poetry, fiction, a letter to your local government, anything you'd like.
We want to hear your perspective and provide a platform for your voice.
Note: We cannot provide payment at this time, but we will provide support and educational resources.
Our editor Lisa Marie Basile, a former foster youth, will work with you.
We realize that many foster youth experience lasting trauma reactions: constant fight or flight mode, depression+anxiety, & physiological issues—and we want to recognize & give voice to that struggle.
We also recognize, more importantly, that foster youth are resilient, creative, kind, successful, and inspiring. At Luna Luna, we believe that encouragement, positive messaging, love, inclusion, and compassion is critical.
If you’re a foster parent, get in touch. If you’re a former youth, reach out.
We love you.