Rolling Submissions
Walk and Write Submissions
are open on an ongoing basis!
We welcome submissions in a variety of ways. Please read this page carefully and refer to the full submissions guidelines before sending your work.
You can submit directly via our simple submissions form but do read those guidelines first for formatting, file naming conventions and more.
Rolling Submissions - OPEN
Submissions remain open throughout the year for publication on the Liminal Press website. We publish new pieces every month and welcome short fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction as follows.
Don't forget our overall themes - though these are entirely open to your interpretation.
Short Fiction - no more than 2000 words not including the title.
Creative Nonfiction - no more than 2000 words not including the title.
Poetry - up to 3 poems of no more than 30 lines each not including the title.
Artwork and photography with subjects linked to our themes.
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Rolling submissions are free.
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Exceptional writing and artwork may be considered for the print journal.
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We are unable to pay for pieces published online (unless this changes) but we will publish, promote and celebrate your work. We may invite you to do a short interview or to supplement your work with some background or context.
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If your work is included in the print journal you will receive a free digital copy.
JOURNAL Submissions - opening April 2027 for Liminal #1 GLOAM
The submissions window for our print journal is open twice per year - throughout April and October.
Journal entries are now closed for our first ever issue - #Zero - HINTER.
Liminal #Zero HINTER will be our first edition, publishing in January 2027, and we are busy curating and collating, designing and editing. It is going to be something special!
Throughout April 2027, as per rolling submissions we will be looking for:
Short Fiction - no more than 2000 words not including the title.
Creative Nonfiction - no more than 2000 words not including the title.
Poetry - up to 3 poems of no more than 30 lines each not including the title.
Artwork and photography with subjects linked to our themes.
Submissions for the print journal are free.
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Exceptional entries are considered for publication both online and in the journal.
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We are unable to pay for pieces published (unless this changes) but we will publish, promote and celebrate your work. We may invite you to do a short interview or to supplement your work with some background or context.
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If your work is included in the print journal you will receive a free digital copy.
COMPETITION Submissions - opening January 2027
We run two competitions per year with submissions opening throughout January and June so competition entries are not open yet.
We offer cash prizes to a winner and two runners-up and acknowledge up to three honourable mentions per competition as follows.
Winner - £150
Runner up 1 - £50
Runner up 2 - £50
Honourable mentions
Competitions are set around a theme with all details being announced at the time of launch.
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The fee to enter competitions is £10.
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As well as this the winner and runners-up will be published online with exceptional writing considered for inclusion in the print journal.
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If your submission is included in the print journal you will also receive a free digital copy.
Liminal Press GLOBAL WALK AND WRITE - NOW OPEN
Liminal Press invites writers from all over the world to stop and notice, and to write about their surroundings.
The Liminal Press Global Walk and Write is a simple idea with a huge horizon.
Every day, people around the world step outside, walk through their local streets, markets, parks, fields, coastlines and corners. We would like writers everywhere to write about what they notice. The smells, the textures, the weather, the strangers, the sounds and the details that anchor them to place.
Walk or sit, take a breath, and just write. Edit, finalise and send up to 500 words to us! If you send it along with a photo of the place you are writing from we can publish the two things together.
Liminal Press gathers these pieces into a global snapshot: a map of sensory impressions, fragments of experience and glimpses into a world of everyday lives. A mosaic of voices, each one rooted in its own landscape, whether field, forest, town, street or city.
Whether you are walking in Cardiff or Kyoto, Nairobi or New York, Reykjavik or Rio, your piece becomes a dot in a growing constellation of human experience.
Interesting entries will be published online with the possibility of print publication. There is no fee to submit your piece and it is not a competition. Likewise, there is no fee offered to writers (unless this changes!) but we will publish and celebrate your work with each successful contributor receiving a free digital copy of the journal their work appears in.
Stop now! Write now! Send it to us using our submissions form! Done!
Get Feedback On Your Submissions
As mentioned above, rolling and journal submissions are free, as are walk and write submissions, whilst the fee for competition entries is just £10.
For £15 we can provide detailed feedback on any submission. Feedback provides substantial positive and constructive advice designed to encourage you to move forward. Sharing your work in this way is one of the most essential and rewarding aspects of the writer's journey. You can select and pay for this service on the submissions form at the time of sending your work.
We also offer peer reviews to small groups throughout the year which not only prepare the writer to expect and accept constructive feedback but also encourages writers to practice the skill of reviewing and editing the work of others.