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Issue 11 Retrospective
Each Radon issue unfolds into a unique entity, like a family of half-siblings sharing slightly different DNA. The staff creating the journal changes from issue to issue, and the final creation is raised and put out into the world through differing environments and challenges.Issue 11 launched on October 1 and is our fi...
Issue 11 Cover Reveals
We are proud and excited to unveil our front and back covers for Radon Journal Issue 11.In conjunction with our Artist-in-Residence (AiR), Ninja Jo, please enjoy the world's first look at our print and online art.These pieces were chosen as continuing commentary on the world we live in today. But rather than a full...
Issue 10 Retrospective
Issue 10 launched one week ago and is perfect for your breezy summer reading—if you enjoy consuming words on stormy nights alone atop sand dunes, dejected about the increasing light pollution pushing the stars from view.Our team is proud to have made it to double digits. We first opened January 2, 2022, and we look f...
What Moving to Production Means
Around a month before an Issue you'll often hear us say "we're switching to production." But what does that mean, exactly? Here is a semi-detailed low-down on what occurs when we flip the switch:One month before launch:Internally close submissions for upcoming Issue. Anything past this is considered for...
Silo Poll (Your Reading Habits Question)
Do you prefer reading journals and magazines that keep fiction and poetry in separate sections (siloed) or that mix them together (de-siloed)?We would like to hear from you about how you best enjoy reading your content. RadonJournalcurrently uses a siloed format, with all fiction appearing first, followed by poetry. A ...
2024 Radon Retrospective
Since our launch on New Year's Day 2022, no year has brought more change than 2024. To say that we grew in 2024 is an understatement.While we said goodbye to five editors (Saga, Sol, Kelsey, Eden, Alecto), we said hello to a whopping thirteen editors and readers (Angelica, Blake, Francis, Kallie, Lucas, Maya, Myran...
Artist-In-Residence and Art Reveal
We are pleased to announce that our search for an Issue 9 artist is at an end. And that we have created a new yearly position titled Artist-In-Residence. For 2025 (Issues 9/10/11) this will be Ninja Jo, who is a freelance artist born in Ukraine. She works in digital and traditional materials such as watercolor, ink, an...
What We're Up To
Today's post will be an exclusive and hodge-podge list of everything our journal is currently up to. 2024 has been a year of immense growth for us as we expanded our team multiple times, introduced first readers, launched our first print version, and more.Two Newest TeammatesWe searched through CLMP and found and s...
2024 Annual Funding Report
As a not-for-profit journal, it is important to us that we share with the community what we are doing with their money, where Radonis funding-wise, and also have it be a resource for future editors considering starting a lit journal. Too many journals hide this information and we never felt that was right. This will be...
Issue 8 Retrospective & Journal Update
Radon Issue 8 released last month online and (for the first time) in print, embodying the massive growth and changes the journal is experiencing in 2024. This post serves both as a behind-the-scenes update and a moment for us to pause and reflect on how we are doing.A Whole New Team (Almost)May saw the departure or hia...
Update on Issue 8 Print Edition
The short version:The print version of Issue 8 is coming soon but will not be available on launch day. We sincerely and humbly apologize for this. We will send an email and alert everyone through all means possible as soon as the physical edition is ready.The long version:Our print and epub files are still processing a...
Issue 8 Cover Image + Updates
We're excited to bring you an exclusive preview of our back cover (left side) and front cover (right side) created by German artist Cornelius Dämmrich. The image is vibrant and alive in more ways than one and invites the eye to linger and uncover new details with each pass.September 1st we plan to unveil the front...
Issue 7 Retrospective & Journal Status
Issue 7 RetrospectiveWe are proud of how smoothly Issue 7 came about, and the high quality of the authors and cover art. Previous retrospectives have discussed our tribulations with acquiring work later in the submission window than we would prefer, leaving us scrambling at the final hour. This issue, we started out th...
Potential Genre Name Change Poll
We are mulling a potential change and would like your thoughts. Reasoning is below the question. Nothing has been decided yet and we have not made these thoughts public. We wanted our most dedicated and supportive audience to weigh in.Should we change one of our four genre labels from"dystopia" to "cyberpun...
Exclusive Cover Reveal and Journal Plans
Our post today reveals our issue 7 cover art to patrons, exciting website renovations, and more details on our journal's print plans.Our Issue 7 Cover!Created by the artist Yuumei, we hope you are as stunned by this magnificent art as we are. There are mesmerizing details to uncover even after staring at it for hal...
Website Refresh and More
Today we'd like to come to you with a short peek behind the scenes of what we've been up to.Radon WebsiteWe have officially begun what we are terming our "website refresh." Split into two phases, we are improving our site's responsiveness and overall visual feel.Lessons have been learned in design s...
Issue 6 Retrospective and Looking Ahead
Production of Issue 6Our January issues remain our most difficult. Their release date is only two weeks following a lengthy holiday season that sees most of our editors sprawled across multiple continents. Each year we find ourselves returning home the first week of January and playing frantic catch-up. In the end, eve...
Issue 6 Sneak Peek
In exactly one week our sixth issue will release into the world. All our editors are locked in production mode and furiously editing, preparing the website, creating marketing copy, and coding the Epub. Due to the holidays, we locked in our issue stories later than we would have liked. But we made it in the end. We are...
On the Radar for Radon Journal
The image you see above is a teaser taken directly from our upcoming issue 6 cover art. The digital art piece is quite large and required cropping, so the image here is from the portion of the art we are not using. But it does give a tantalizing peek into what you can expect. What could this machine part be yelling abo...
Issue 5 Retrospective
Issue 5 is arriving inside your inbox as you read this. We truly hope that you enjoy it.Today we have 1,100 words of journal thoughts and details you won’t find anywhere else.Audio CollaborationFor the first time, select Radon stories appeared in audio form alongside our issue release. This wonderful happenstance was...
Under the Editor's Pen
Issue 5 releases in fewer than four weeks now, with a fantastic new slate of anarchist sci-fi poetry and prose. Mark your calendar: the new issue will go live Friday, September 15! And you'll find a little extra something in your inboxes and audio streaming services that day. We can't give all of the details ye...
Seize the Press July Issue Status
We know everyone is excited to receive the upcoming StP issue this month. But their EIC has informed us that there will be a slight delay. A few issues have cropped up and it may be a couple of weeks to sort them all out. Rest assured, as soon as the files are ready, we will send them in .PDF and . Epub directly to you...
Read On About Radon
Today we'll chat about a slew of journal-related happenings and behind-the-scenes deliberations. Also attached is the world's tiniest teaser for the issue 5 cover art.There's a lot to get into, and no set path for this post. So let's start with the good news:1) Seize the Press (StP) has their next issue...
Behind the Radon Curtain
Issue four's launch was decidedly our largest yet. We are catching chatter of the issue in a growing number of online corners, and everything we hear is positive. For a DIY effort with no money put into paid advertising and views coming solely from our own effort, the posts of our authors, and word of mouth, we are...
Radon Sneak Peek
Today we are giving you the exclusive chance to see our issue four cover art!For this issue we have partnered with a known Swedish artist who we’ll unveil next month.We will not be sharing this art with the world until around April 23rd and so we ask that you help us keep this under wraps for the time being.Please se...
Behind-the-scenes distribution method
This past year we have placed our behind-the-scenes posts directly here on Patreon. Though it has occurred to us not all of our Patrons may be notified or choose to read content on this site. We are gearing up for an extensive post for you all, but want to ask you first how you'd like to receive it. Please vote for...
One Year Reflection and Forward Gaze
Allow me (Aimer) to wax sentimental and reflect on Radon Journal's first year and what's to come.First I would like to thank all twelve of you who currently support us monetarily. Together you pledge $78 each month, bringing us to 72% of our funding goal. Thousands visit our site, but you select few have gone a...
End of the Year Insights
Though Radon went public on January 2nd, 2022, we began laying the groundwork much earlier. In many regards we already passed our one-year anniversary. It took multiple lifetimes of learning and growing until the three of us who began Radon were in a place to make it a reality. From the beginning of 2022 through to the...
Behind-the-scenes
Thank you to each of you for continuing your support through these months as Radon Journal continues to grow. This patron newsletter will not be formally structured, but contain the musings, thoughts, workings, and machinations from Radon editors that we do not share elsewhere. Call us a literary onion, as there are ma...
August Radon Roundup
Patrons are the lifeblood of our journal. So today we're creating an intimate update--just for you. Below will be a snapshot of where we are, what we're doing, and what's coming.A huge amount goes on behind the scenes. Even if you closely follow us on our Twitter and Discord there there's more to tell.I...
