Contributors Guide - Content Prompts & Submission Needs

Welcome to The Pagan Chronicle Contributor’s Guide! Below, you’ll find detailed information about the types of content we’re looking for in each issue.

These are only suggestions, but not required. Let your creativity be your true guide.

Chronicle Sections

1.Headliners

Focus: Community current events and major news relevant to the pagan community.
Examples: Coverage of pagan festivals, community milestones, legal updates, significant cultural moments, and important discussions within modern paganism.

2. Community Perspectives

Focus: Artistic, poetic, or opinion-based reflections on the season and its spiritual significance.
Examples: Personal essays, poetry, short reflections, seasonal musings, and artistic expressions connected to the issue’s theme.

3. Ritual, Rites & Tradition

Focus: Educational pieces on historical or modern pagan practices, sabbats, deities, and traditions.
Examples: Deep dives into ancient rites, modern adaptations of seasonal rituals, deity spotlights, and guides for celebrating the wheel of the year.

4. Artist & Local Community Feature

Focus: Showcasing the creative and community-driven aspects of pagan culture.
Examples: Features on pagan musicians, album releases, concerts, festivals, local businesses, fictional short stories, artwork, and creative projects.

5. Connections to Self, Loved Ones & Nature

Focus: Healing, self-help, ancestor work, nature-based practices, and community well-being.
Examples: Articles on shadow work, ancestor veneration, herbal healing, gardening, pagan parenting, and fostering deeper relationships.

6. Magickal Workings & Divination

Focus: Practical guides and insights into spellwork and divination practices.
Examples: Step-by-step spell guides, divination techniques (tarot, runes, scrying, astrology), and personal experiences with magical practices.

Seasonal Issue Themes & Topic Inspiration

Springtide (April-May)

Themes: Awakening, renewal, fertility, connection, community.
Key Topics: Green Man, Beltane, planting season, foraging (morels & spring herbs), rites of passage, springtime magic.
Moral Focus: Personal growth, learning, connection, and community building.

Midsummer (June-July)

Themes: Light, nourishment, joy, expansion, gratitude.
Key Topics: Litha, summer solstice, sun magic, fae folklore, herbal healing, fire rituals.
Moral Focus: Gratitude, appreciation, generosity, and service to others.

Harvest (August-September)

Themes: Abundance, purpose, preparation, transition, prosperity.
Key Topics: Lughnasadh, Mabon, Fall Equinox, harvesting rituals, kitchen witchery, spellcraft for prosperity.
Moral Focus: Understanding purpose, finding meaning, and releasing what no longer serves us.

Samhain (October-November)

Themes: Ancestors, spirit realm, transformation, liminal realms, endings & beginnings.
Key Topics: Samhain, life/death cycles, mediumship, ancestral work, protection magic, divination.
Moral Focus: Integrity, kindness, and compassion.

Yule (December-January)

Themes: Rest, introspection, darkness, renewal, family.
Key Topics: Yule, Imbolc, winter solstice, shadow work, winter magic, hearth witchery.
Moral Focus: Authenticity and being present in the moment.

Lastfrost (February-March)

Themes: Rebirth, renewal, resilience, balance, strength.
Key Topics: Ostara, Spring Equinox, early spring foraging, egg magic, cleansing rituals, personal transformation.
Moral Focus: Resilience, endurance, adaptability, balance, and harmony.

Contributor’s Guide