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SQF: Why did you start this magazine?
Nadia Gerassimenko: When I founded my online publication, Moonchild Magazine, I was already editing for Luna Luna Magazine. I loved the themes and subjects and content we explored, how light or dark or nuanced they could be, but I wanted something for myself, my own vision if you will. So I created Moonchild Magazine in the hopes of publishing experiential, dreamy works of art, connecting with other moonchildren like myself, and nurturing a safe and supportive community.
SQF: What are the top three things you look for in a submission and why?
NG: I love works that are experiential in nature, i.e.: they stimulate not only your five but six senses. I love works that are dreamy, that make you feel like you're up on the moon, dreaming, yourself. I love works that are hybrids and in the same vein experiment with language not only linguistically but also visually. I believe in the evolution and revolution of language, that it's always changing, transforming, touching lives, moving communities, that it's never the same, that it's never stagnating. I hope to evoke that with everything I publish.
SQF: What most often turns you off to a submission?
NG: I'm not a fan of rhyming poetry unless it's well-crafted and doesn't have any cheesy and cliche rhymes, that it's an upgrade on classical poetry. I don't like it when people submit half-assed writing with way too many grammatical errors.
SQF: What magazines/zines do you read on a “regular” basis?
NG: All my beloveds can be found here at https://www.moonchildmag.net/links.html. And beloveds keep on accumulating.
SQF: If Moonchild Magazine had a theme song, what would it be and why?
NG: This may be corny, but only the Sailor Moon theme song comes to mind.
SQF: What one question on this topic do you wish I'd asked that I didn't? And how would you answer it?
NG: Do you solicit other people's work? That's one question I asked the community once. I think most editors are used to submissions coming to them, but I have been soliciting work I think would be perfect for a certain issue since founding Moonchild Magazine and even well before that with Luna Luna Magazine. If someone impassions me, I want others to know about them.
Thank you, Nadia. We all appreciate you taking time from your busy schedule to participate in this project.
SQF: Why did you start this magazine?
Nadia Gerassimenko: When I founded my online publication, Moonchild Magazine, I was already editing for Luna Luna Magazine. I loved the themes and subjects and content we explored, how light or dark or nuanced they could be, but I wanted something for myself, my own vision if you will. So I created Moonchild Magazine in the hopes of publishing experiential, dreamy works of art, connecting with other moonchildren like myself, and nurturing a safe and supportive community.
SQF: What are the top three things you look for in a submission and why?
NG: I love works that are experiential in nature, i.e.: they stimulate not only your five but six senses. I love works that are dreamy, that make you feel like you're up on the moon, dreaming, yourself. I love works that are hybrids and in the same vein experiment with language not only linguistically but also visually. I believe in the evolution and revolution of language, that it's always changing, transforming, touching lives, moving communities, that it's never the same, that it's never stagnating. I hope to evoke that with everything I publish.
SQF: What most often turns you off to a submission?
NG: I'm not a fan of rhyming poetry unless it's well-crafted and doesn't have any cheesy and cliche rhymes, that it's an upgrade on classical poetry. I don't like it when people submit half-assed writing with way too many grammatical errors.
SQF: What magazines/zines do you read on a “regular” basis?
NG: All my beloveds can be found here at https://www.moonchildmag.net/links.html. And beloveds keep on accumulating.
SQF: If Moonchild Magazine had a theme song, what would it be and why?
NG: This may be corny, but only the Sailor Moon theme song comes to mind.
SQF: What one question on this topic do you wish I'd asked that I didn't? And how would you answer it?
NG: Do you solicit other people's work? That's one question I asked the community once. I think most editors are used to submissions coming to them, but I have been soliciting work I think would be perfect for a certain issue since founding Moonchild Magazine and even well before that with Luna Luna Magazine. If someone impassions me, I want others to know about them.
Thank you, Nadia. We all appreciate you taking time from your busy schedule to participate in this project.
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