For Half Day Moon Journal, one hand is open, in the sense that unsolicited submissions are welcome from both seasoned and newer poets alike. Meanwhile, the other hand is closed as each issue's featured visual artist’s works are solicited by pre-arrangement. As of now, the journal is published annually in the second half of the year, and the reading window runs through the months of May and June. (Submissions for the journal sent outside of this reading window will not be considered.) Please peruse the previous two issues for some idea of what to submit. Send up to 10 poems to halfdaymoonpressinfo@gmail.com with "SUBMISSION" in the subject line. The press accepts Doc., Docx. and PDF formats. If you are submitting to HDMJ for the first time, your poems need to be pasted in the body of the email as well. For poems with special formatting, send an attached png or jpeg screenshot to show what was intended. Simultaneous submissions are strongly discouraged, and poems should not have been previously published. Allow up to three weeks for a response. As no rejection messages will be sent, you are free to send your work elsewhere if you are not contacted within three weeks. However, it is hoped that you will send new work in subsequent reading windows.
Copyright reverts to the creator after publication in an issue of Half Day Moon Journal. However, acceptance of material to the journal also includes giving its publisher the right to showcase sample work from an issue in blog or social media posts. The customary courtesy of citing Half Day Moon Journal as the first publisher of a work is expected if the work is republished elsewhere.
Note: For the time being, no manuscripts will be considered for the digital chapbook series due to a considerable backlog. Thank you for your understanding.
In lieu of contributor's compensation fees, tree saplings are planted in Anatolia for each journal issue and digital chapbook release by arrangement with the NGO TEMA, The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats.
Editor: Joseph S. Aversano
Menlo Park, CA / Ankara, TR