A New Sensation

Announcing Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters

My friend Rachel Bunting and I met through poetry, though our friendship extends well beyond the literary at this point. We have both, over the years, helped as readers and editors for other journals, and we have both run a reading series. So when she said, “What do you think about starting a new journal?” I didn’t hesitate. I said YES.

Will it be a lot of work? YES. Will it be just the two of us on the masthead to keep the process streamlined? YES. Will it help us shine a spotlight on writers and artists whose work we enjoy? YES. Is the first issue coming in January…

Right now, the website is live at asteralesjournal.com. You can find a list of Issue One contributors as well as sub guidelines (which will open in January) and a little about each of us as editors.

We will be posting updates and teasers for Issue One between now and January on the Instagram (at) asteralesjournal and on X (at)asteralesj41416 (Sorry I had to write out the (at) - Substack keeps trying to find them on this platform!)

We’d love for you to follow our journey there. And I’m sure I will have stories about this process here. But for now, just pure excitement!