SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Thank you for considering publishing in the Fun Lovin’ Liminals, the edgy (as in tideline) new magazine for culture vultures. To be considered for publication in either the magazine or our website, you must follow these guidelines:

For submission in each publishing window, please send us your loveliest prose, poetry, artworks and links to your musical work.

Submitting to the Fun Lovin Liminals: Minimal Liminal

We would be delighted to read your submissions for short-form poetry or flash fiction, make it short and sweet!

For poetry, we will publish your best short-form poems, from the monostich of a single line, limericks, clerihew, rispetto, etc, as well as Japanese forms such as haiku, haibun or tanka.

For flash fiction prose, we are interested in prose of up to 200 words that offers concision combined with strong interest and careful word choice. Think about implying more than you say, and our wee eyes will light up! (hint: you are more likely to be published if your offering fits in with the theme of each issue of the magazine; for issue 1, the theme is Paradise).

Submitting to the Fun Lovin Liminals: Reviews and Letters

We would love to know what you are reading and why, whether it is a book review or recommendation of a new poetry or short story collection.

For letters, as a new (edgy) magazine, we would appreciate feedback on what you like or dislike about what we are doing, what you might like to see in the magazine, and your ideas on the power of the liminal creative mind.

Submitting to the Fun Lovin Liminals: Visual Arts

 Does your artwork/photograph relate and connect to the theme of this issue, and if so is this clearly communicated through the visual medium?

 Does your artwork/photograph feel unique, authentic and memorable, and engage emotionally?

 Is the use of tone and colour effective in enhancing the message/mood of the artwork/photograph?

 Is the artwork/photography well-composed, and does it effectively utilise elements such as balance, rhythm and focal point?

 Is the artwork/photograph likely to engage/connect with the readers of the magazine?

Note that submissions that are not accepted for the magazine will feature on our website unless you’d prefer they didn’t.

We don’t especially like rules, but thought it best to have some guidelines:

 ‘In the Liminal Light’: Prose – up to 2,000 words submitted as a PDF
 ‘In the Liminal Light’: Poetry – up to three poems of 40 lines or less submitted as a PDF

 ‘In the Liminal Light’: Essay – up to 2,000 words submitted as a PDF

 'Minimal Liminal': Flash fiction of no more than 200 words submitted as a PDF

 'Minimal Liminal': Short form poetry of no more than 100 words submitted as a PDF
 'Visual Liminal': Visual arts such as painting, collage, photography, graphic design submitted as a PDF
 Font – 12-point legible typeface (preferably Times New Roman or Arial)

 Artwork – colour or mono, submitted as a PDF
 Music links are accepted for inclusion for our website
 We also accept at any time – opinion pieces, interviews, book and magazine reviews
and recommendations, and creative prompts.

Your submission should be original and previously unpublished, either in print or online (including personal blogs). We do accept simultaneous submissions, but request that you to let us know immediately if your submission is accepted elsewhere.

If your submission is accepted for publication in the magazine or our website, we will let you know by the end of September 2025. If you have been selected for the latter, please let us know if this is not acceptable.

If you don’t hear back from us, then please assume it has not been selected on this occasion, but please consider us again in the future.

Here is a free PDF generator - use at your own discretion https://www.adobe.com/uk/acrobat/online/convert-pdf.html 

As we are a self-funded and volunteer-led collective and cannot pay for submissions, all authors retain copyright to their work, and only provide us with permission for  publication in the magazine, our website and in promoting the work in our social media channels. Please let us know on the submission form if you don't want us to use your work in this way.

We welcome and encourage submissions in English, Scots, and Gaelic. If you submit a piece in Gaelic, please also provide an English translation for review purposes. We also believe in inclusivity and welcome submissions from underrepresented voices. If you are submitting in a language other than the above,  please provide an English language translation. 

To help us continue to offer a forum for creative expression, please consider donating the price of a cup of coffee to help solely with associated direct print costs.