Waiting Room Publishing

Waiting Room Publishing WRP makes bi-monthly magazines for the rooms where people wait—hospices, funeral homes, retirement communities, palliative clinics, and care offices.

Home to four magazines: Candlelight, The Grand Life, Gigi, and Vital Years.

07/14/2026

Loss by su***de carries a grief that needs gentle, expert handling. Candlelight meets it without flinching and without judgment.

Candlelight is the magazine WRP makes for the rooms where grief sits down. If you serve grieving families, this is the caliber of content you could be handing them.

07/01/2026

What makes a good fit for Candlelight?

Writing that’s honest about grief without dressing it up. We publish nonfiction, fiction, poetry, art, and photography about loss and what comes after — work that sits with the reader rather than hurrying them along.

Candlelight is the Waiting Room Publishing magazine placed where people are actually grieving, so your words land somewhere they’re needed.

📩 Send your work to [email protected] with “submission” in the subject line.

06/23/2026

Grief quietly reshapes a person’s whole social world. The families you serve are navigating this alone — Candlelight walks beside them.

Candlelight is the magazine WRP makes for the rooms where grief sits down. If you serve grieving families, this is the caliber of content you could be handing them.

06/16/2026

“Does it get easier?” is the question every grieving family asks. Candlelight answers it with care, not cliché.

Candlelight is the magazine WRP makes for the rooms where grief sits down. If you serve grieving families, this is the caliber of content you could be handing them.

06/09/2026

The days before a funeral are some of the hardest a family will face. This is the kind of steady, expert reassurance your families could be handed.

Candlelight is the magazine WRP makes for the rooms where grief sits down. If you serve grieving families, this is the caliber of content you could be handing them.

06/02/2026

When someone loses a parent, the people around them often go quiet. Candlelight gives grieving families language for the silences no one warned them about.

Candlelight is the magazine WRP makes for the rooms where grief sits down. If you serve grieving families, this is the caliber of content you could be handing them.

What's sitting on the table in your waiting room right now?For most facilities, it's whatever happened to be nearby. Can...
06/01/2026

What's sitting on the table in your waiting room right now?

For most facilities, it's whatever happened to be nearby. Candlelight is the alternative: a magazine made specifically for senior living, hospice, and end-of-life settings, written for the people who wait and the families beside them.

Issue 09 is now shipping: seven new pieces on grief, return, and starting again. It's the kind of small, human touch that tells families you thought about the hard moments, too.

Subscribe your facility: waitingroompublishing.com/collections/candlelight

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