Welcome, 2025! -

 Wishing everybody a very Happy New Year!!!

Independent Artists are the BEST! - - -

Greetings, all!

*** Autumn Brilliance magazine was created in 2019 with the intent to extend heartfelt honor, applause, support, bolster and love for original handmade Halloween artistry created by the magnificently talented Artists who make us all smile and gasp as we gaze upon their imaginative works.
*** These independent artists, who design and produce straight from the heart and soul, are forever worthy of high praise. The feeling you will get from holding a special one-of-a-kind original piece of art in your hands (and not a cheap, mass-produced object bought in a discount chain store that came from an anonymous, far-away factory) cannot be put into words because it is truly precious. These original works of art often become family heirlooms, handed down to the next generation.
*** Please consider buying from one of these Artists this holiday season! You will be helping them to put food on the table for their families, to pay rent, and to be able to buy more art supplies to create more unique art - - - and not into some anonymous, greedy corporation's hands.

 

Fall 2024 now available -

 Greetings to all!

We finally have a new shipment of our fabulous Fall 2024 issue now on hand. Follow the link on the left side of this page to order yours.

Call for Submissions for our Fall 2025 issue -

Hello to all!

We welcome all Halloween artists to send in your art submissions for our Fall 2025 issue.

Seeking original, one of a kind creations constructed from (but not limited to) the following mediums: clay, textiles, assemblage, paintings, culinary, bones, wood, metal, and more. Keep in mind that the more unique and unusual, the better chance of being published - and again, NO AI will be accepted. Submissions must be of your own handmade, original art.

Please refer to the information listed below on how to submit and, most notably, the deadline: MARCH 7, 2025

 

 

 

 

Why do we carve pumpkins on Halloween? -

On this Halloween Eve eve, we ask ourselves this very question. So where does this tradition stem from? 

For those who are curious, read about it in the Fall 2021 issue of Autumn Brilliance - learn about the ancient tale from Irish lore, that of old "Stingy Jack" who comes alive on All Hallow's Eve!

- Click on link on left to order your copy - 

* UPDATES *

  * Our Fall 2024 issue reprints have been delayed, due to problems at our printer. 

We apologize for the wait, and will let you all know ASAP when we get our shipment in *

Back in stock again, and just in time for Halloween! 
- Our highly-popular Fall 2021 issue, dubbed "Hag-A-Palooza!" consistently sells out, and no wonder. It's all about the wonderful, strong, resourceful Wise Woman, the witches of both Halloween and real life, from archaic times up to the present. 

- - - We proudly featured none other than the esteemed Marguerite Surich Noschese as our Spotlight Artist, whose hand-crafted witches and other colorful, eccentric personalities spring to life like none other! That's one of her marvelous creations gracing the front cover.

- - -We also presented the incredible Ray Villafane and his other-worldly carved pumpkins and creatures. 

 
- - - And of course, our very special guest, Dolly Parton, who shared a one-of-a-kind interview with us about what it was like growing up in the Smoky Mountains and what she loves best about Halloween. Dolly also shared one of her favorite songs, the bittersweet "These Old Bones," which tells the tale of a lone mountain woman who was considered a witch, from her childhood.

Order your copy by clicking the link to the left! 

 

SOLD OUT: Fall 2021 and Fall 2024 - - -