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Give us INTENSITY with high EMOTION in your writing and bring AWE to readers.
* Please - no simultaneous submissions.
* Please send submissions single-spaced, with one extra space between paragraphs. Those willing to workshop stories/poems will have greater chances of getting in. Potential contributors stating such will be examined closely.
* Please include your name, the title of the piece, and a brief bio (50-75 words) at the beginning of the document (story, poem or flash) that you are submitting.
Deadlines: we accept submission year round, and will publish four times a year, on the last day of the following months:
- May (reading period: Jan 16 - April 15)
- August (reading period: April 16 - July 15)
- November (reading period: July 16 - October 15)
- February (reading period: October 16 - Jan 15)
Payment and Rights: Liquid Imagination Online pays a flat fee of $5 per accepted item, except flash fiction, for which we pay $2. We do accept reprints.
For all works we require:
- Non-exclusive world electronic rights for use by Liquid Imagination Online for 12 months;
- Non-exclusive rights to indefinitely archive the work online or in an electronic downloadable version of the online magazine
- Warrant that he/she is the sole author of the work, that the work is original, and that no other entity has reserved the rights required by Liquid Imagination.
- Warrant that the work does not contain libelous material or material copyrighted by another party.
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Speculative Fiction
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Size limit: 5000
We are looking for great stories - modern fantasy, science fiction or horror. We want fantastical creatures and impossible worlds. We want awe and intensity. We're shooting for short stories up to 3,000 words (our number one preference), but will consider stories above 5,000 words if they knock our socks off.Submit only one (1) story per file, and upload only one file at a time. Anything other than the first story will be discarded unread. Do not submit another story until we have notified you regarding the acceptance status of your story.
We do accept reprints, but please include this information in your cover letter. Also let us know if it is a simultaneous submission.
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Literary Fiction
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Size limit: 3000
Liquid Imagination seeks intense, existential, quality stories of a literary nature above and beyond the speculative fiction we publish. It DOES NOT need fantasy or surrealistic themes. We want quality writing, and we want your story to mean something, to have a purpose.Submit only one (1) story per file, and upload only one file at a time. Anything other than the first story will be discarded unread. Do not submit another story until we have notified you regarding the acceptance status of your story.
We do accept reprints, but please include this information in your cover letter. Also let us know if it is a simultaneous submission.
For stories 800 words and less, please upload to the flash fiction category.
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Poetry
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Size limit: 1000
Your poetry can encompass an inanimate object, an animal, musical instrument, faerie, demon, alien world influencing our modern world, or the embodiment of intangible things such as Death or Time. We accept a wide variety of poetry - speculative, horror, modern fantasy, literary, slipstream.Submit no more than five (5) poems per file, and upload only one file per submission period. Anything other than the first 5 poems will be discarded unread.
We do accept reprints, but please include this information in your cover letter. Also let us know if it is a simultaneous submission.
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Flash Fiction
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Size limit: 300
We are looking for ultra-short fiction of all genres that engages the reader with a frugality of words. The objective is to achieve exceptional writing that is acutely focused, concise and conveys a strong sense of story.Free-form microfiction should be 50 words up to 300 words. These pieces will have the best chance of acceptance if they surprise us with fresh ideas and language.
"Trilogies” feature stories of precisely either 150 words or 300 words (does not include the words in the title).
The Microfiction Trilogy structure is as follows:
3 x 50-word sections = 150 words total
3 x 100-word sections = 300 words total
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Art and Illustrations
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Size limit: 1 MB file
Liquid Imagination would love to see your art. We are always on the look-out for illustrators and artists who would either like to work with us on an on-going basis, or would like to submit an individual piece for consideration.We are seeking illustrations and art with a clear fantasy element. The piece must not contain any gratuitous or explicit sexual content, but our magazine is for adults, so "R-rated" images would be fine.
Please contact use at liquidimaginationlit@gmail.com if you have questions.
We can only pay a token amount for each illustration, but we have over 5000 unique hits per month, and growing, and are very willing to promote and feature artists.
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