Aims to shine a light on writers who have—or have had—to wear many different hats to support their art. We are interested in bringing the “behind the scenes” of a writer’s life to the surface by making space for the ways writers keep themselves afloat. 

What do you have to do to facilitate your writing? Work terrible jobs. Endure depleted bank accounts. Get tangled in favors with a million strings attached. Take care of family. Sign up for writing-but-not-quite-writing work.
MOONLIGHTING by Lit Pub aims to shine a light on writers who have—or have had—to wear many different hats to support their art. We are interested in bringing the “behind the scenes” of a writer’s life to the surface by making space for the ways writers keep themselves afloat. We want to bring awareness to frustrations that range from the funny to the furious, as well as the successes we experience as writers.


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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
MOONLIGHTING accepts work through Submittable on a rolling basis in three genres: fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Your submission does not have to include content about your working life or “moonlighting jobs.” Standard font for prose submissions is Times New Roman, 12 pt., with 1-inch margins, double-spaced.

Creative Nonfiction: Send us your memoir, personal essay, lyric, hermit crab, flash, braided—any writing that is true. We’re not a place for journalism, academic writing, or craft essays. We prioritize storytelling. Ideal submissions will be 500-3000 words, although we will consider work outside this parameter.

Fiction: Looking for fiction preferably between 250 and 3000 words. Do you have writing that is meaningful? Compelling? Thrilling? Funny? Experimental? Then send it.  

Poetry: Submit up to 5 pages of poetry. When starting a new poem, please begin on a new page. If your work has special format requirements, make sure to submit a PDF. In general, PDFs are great practice for poems and highly encouraged. Standard font is Times New Roman, 12 pt.

DON’T FORGET YOUR BIOS!
All submissions must include a Moonlight bio in the cover letter. All acceptances will be published on our website along with your MOONLIGHT bio, and optional SPOTLIGHT bio. 

Moonlight Bio: We want to know what you are doing or have done to make your writing life possible. In a traditional bio, you might include awards and publications. In a Moonlight Bio, we want to flip this practice. What is not in your traditional bio? The Moonlighting Bio is your chance to share the unflattering, frustrating, or amusing ways you’re able to support your art. Examples could include freelance gigs, teaching jobs, raising a family, working in the service industry. Moonlight Bio samples can be found under our Masthead.

Spotlight Bio: This is the traditional bio where you can list your publications, websites, and social media.


*We do not oppose creative uses of A.I. generated writing, but we do expect you to disclose which portions of your submission have been auto-generated. Disclosing the use of A.I. does not exclude your submission for consideration.  We reserve the right to rescind acceptances from any work that doesn’t disclose AI-generated content.
*We reserve the right to rescind work by authors that disseminate racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, anti-LGBTQ+, or ableist content

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