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Fossombrone, Italy. Photo credits: Oana Maria Cercel.

Friday, January 30, 2026

Announcement: New Editorial Policy (2026)

Dear CMJ Community,

We have now spent a year working as editors here at Cold Moon Journal, having taken over from Robin who made the journal what it is today. We're going to make some changes: 

— We will now have six-week reading periods and six weeks of production of a volume. Why? Because it is challenging to be reading between 500—1000 poems every month and to make creative uses of your poems. 

— Every three months, we're going to make chapbooks of selected texts. These will exist as both (free) PDFs on the website, and a physical book that can be purchased via Amazon. No themes yet. There will be illustrations by Oana, and commentary by both of us. 


The submission windows are as follows:

Jan 1 — February 15 open. February 16 — March 31 closed.

April 1 — May 15 open. May 16 — June 30 closed.

July 1 — August 15 open. August 16 — September 30 closed.

October 1 — November 15 open. November 16 — December 31 closed.


Submissions are therefore open until Feb 15th (they were closed last week while we made these changes, so please re-send your texts!).

The first chapbook of texts from 2026 will be available on April 1st 2026. We are also planning a book of all of the work we chose in 2025, details to be confirmed.

Happy writing!

Best regards,

Oana & Timothy

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