W&W

The editors of Waxing & Waning want whatever is deep and true. The moon represents this idea: what is dark, what is light, what is wild, what is crescent and changing. Work submitted to Waxing & Waning should be honest and well-executed. It should scream coherently, holler into the abyss, invite the dark or show the light, the places in between. It should rage in truths, wallow in the absurd, reach for the new, and give new meaning to the things of old. Work here should come to change literature & art.

The moon is dynamic, always moving forward, night after night, revitalizing life as it shifts through its phases, a vital piece of this evermoving universe. Work submitted here should represent this. It should move us. It should move us forward. It should balance the duality of this world and bathe in the light of the moon.

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All submissions are handled through Submittable.

  • Submissions open year-round
  • 1 online / 1 print release per year
  • Simultaneous submissions accepted (please let us know, however)
  • Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction,  & Short Films submissions $5
  • Screenplays/Plays submissions $7
  • Graphic Stories submissions $3
  • Art submissions FREE
  • All submissions must be in proper manuscript format

Submission Guidelines

  • Poetry: 1-5 poems, up to 3,000 words (spaced accurately)
  • Fiction / Creative Nonfiction: 100-5,000 words (if any longer, it should be good enough to merit the space it will take up)
  • Screenplays / Plays: Up to 25 pages (may be a part of a whole)
  • Art: Please submit 1-5 pieces of art to be considered for our journal, both online and print. (We accept .GIF, .JPEG, .PNG, .MOV, MP4, .AVI, .FLV, and .M4V.)
  • Graphic Stories: 3-5 pages, black-and-white or color
  • Short Films: Up to 15 minutes, if Submittable lets you attach it, we’ll look at it!

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The Academy

Waxing & Waning is proud to present The Academy—a place for scholarly articles published outside the ivory tower. We are looking for articles in Chicago standards under the broad subjects of Literature, Art, Philosophy, and Criticism, offering new perspectives, radical reinterpretations, deep investigations, and thorough analyses of  literature, art, and philosophical thought. We want articles that freshly engage current events, re-examine the aporias in critical dialogue, and propose new, well-researched revelations that expand and diversify our intellectual conversations. The Academy is a home for those who would like their work available to the general public, without a subscription to a database or a login from a university–academic contributions to reach the masses. We want articles that breathe fresh life into our intellectual conversations, helping to reimagine a world where intelligent thought can exist and engage beyond ivory towers.

Page count requirements: Up to 15 pages, though we prefer publishing articles under 10 pages.

Style requirement: Chicago

Note: We do not have the support staff to peer-review submissions. By submitting, you agree that all sources are cited correctly and that the article is free from plagiarism or Artificial Intelligence.

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ISSUE 12

“No Abandon”

Issue 12 is a print edition of Waxing & Waning. You can order it here.

Contributors

(_poetry_)

Craig Cotter, Meredith Davies Hadaway, Suzanne Honda, Mickie Kennedy, J. Parker Marvin, Stephen Massimilla, Taylor Mckinnon, Pamela Proietti, Michal Rubin, & Ken Taylor

(_fiction_)

David Chappell, Jordan Faber, Ananda Naima González, & Sarah Mortazavi-Brooks

(_cnf_)

Grace DePaull, Liza Potvin, & Edmond Stevens

(_art_)

Jeffrey Alfier, Ryota Matsumoto, Joseph A. Miller, Neonlumberjack, & Marsha Solomon

(_translation_)

Colette Rainville

(_editor’s note_)

Jamie A. M.