LUCENT
A magazine for those who tend the inner life
Volume I · Winter 2026/2027 · In print December 14
Advertise in Volume IMount Washington · Photograph by Christina Alexa
About Lucent
Lucent is a quarterly wellness magazine aligned with growth through the seasons, on all levels - arriving in New Hampshire this December.
Together we explore resources for practical wellness, seasonal routines, local culture, and inspired, meaningful reflection. Community members and leaders right here in New Hampshire populate our features, telling us how they are making a difference and inviting us to do the same.
Articles on philosophy, personal evolution, and what it means to live well are written by people with lived experience, not just conceptual understanding. And while we aim to be uplifting, Lucent is grounded and real, like you.
Our Mission
Lucent is a keepsake practice of illumination, season by season, rooted in the wisdom of the natural year.
Together, we honor the rhythms and truths earned through lived experience, in service of inner authority, agency, dignity, and hope.
We believe in inclusivity and in guidance from the inside-out, always grounded, always honest.
Through thoughtful stories, articles, art and culture, reflection, and seasonal wisdom, we invite readers to experience a renewed sense of community belonging and momentum for what comes next.
What We Publish
Work that was lived before it was written.
Lucent is a quarterly for those who tend the inner life. That inner life is not separate from the world; it is shaped by the people around us, the place we live, and the work we do. We publish writing that reflects luminosity from the inside out.
The Columns
- IlluminationsArt & culture
- SightlinesPhilosophy made practical
- Moon MattersRhythms we live by
- Clay & StarsAstrology for the grounded practitioner
- Tending the FireFor the unstruck heart
- Sap & SaltWellness, New Hampshire style
- LuminariesWhen practice becomes service
- The CirclePeople and organizations doing good in the world
- The InnerDescent as discovery
- Shore & FathomThe lakes, and the lives around them
- Coming ThroughOur state of mental health
- SurfacingAddiction and recovery
- Ancestral LightWisdom of the unwavering
- TreelineHigh country and the ones who walk it
- The ThresholdRitual and ceremony, for the living and the dying
- Root & RafterThe work of hands and time
Every volume draws from these. If you would like to write for Lucent, the guidelines are under Contribute.
Distribution
- 3,200Print Run
- 211+Locations
- 39Communities
- 12,000+Readers Per Issue
Advertise in Volume I
Advertising occupies about 20% of the space in each issue, well below what most publications carry. Your message is seen, not buried.
Charter Rates · Volumes I & II
Founding advertisers are named in the masthead through Volume IV and hold first right of renewal at Charter rates. Artwork is due November 13, with Volume I on stands December 14. If Volume I is where you'd like to be, the coming weeks are the moment to talk.
Rates are current for Volumes I and II and subject to change in later volumes. Questions, artwork and reservations: advertising@lucentnh.com
Contribute
Pitches for Volume II are open. Tell us about the piece, and about you.
The Work We Look For
Human interest & community stories
Honest, carefully told accounts of people and places in our region. These stories should leave a reader knowing something they did not know before, and knowing where to stand if they want to help. Where a story names a need, we name the door.
Philosophical writing, grounded in lived experience
Essays that think seriously, about attention, grief, practice, belonging, the body, time - and that earn what they claim. Name your sources, name your teachers, and let a fact be a fact. But the authority we trust most comes from having been there. Tell us what it cost you to learn it.
Art, music & culture in our region
Features on the makers, players and keepers of culture from the Seacoast to the White Mountains; from southern New Hampshire to the Canadian border and all communities between. Profiles, studio visits, the story behind a single piece of work, the history behind a song. Less verdict, more attention.
Poetry, photography & short reflections
Short work that holds its own on the page: a single poem, a reflection of four hundred words, a photograph with a paragraph beneath it. Some of the best things we can run might be the smallest.
A simple test before you send: could only you have written this?
If the answer is yes, we want to see it.
Contact
We would love to hear from you. Write to whichever address fits, or find us in Littleton, NH.
111 Main Street
Littleton, New Hampshire 03561