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L I M I N A L . S P A C E S . I S . A . M I N I M A L . S P A C E . F O R . T H E . D I S C U S S I O N . O F . A L L . T H I N G S . E N V I R O N M E N T . T H R O U G H . L I T E R A T U R E . A N D . A R T . O F . T H E . V I S U A L S

T H I N G S . A R E . L O O K I N G . A . B I T . O U T . O F BALANCE. Aren’t they? Or was it always this way? One thing dies, another finds a new niche. Plastic bags in the wind. Re-useable. No palm. It’s all ecological and sustainable and something-free. The vocabulary is new. It found a new niche. This is your platform for it.

W E . A R E . C O L L E C T I N G . F R O M . O U T E R . S P A C E . Y O U R . F I C T I O N . N O N F I C T I O N . P O E T R Y + A R T. We want a Flash Mad-Max. We want poetry that soothes. We want words that address the most pressing issues facing humans and planet earth and aliens and zombies. Words on climate change. Darkness and humor. Emotion but no mush. Sincerity. Words that address the pain of being human or alien or tree. The conflicts. The hypocrisy. The fundamentally flawed and imperfect. How to balance all of this Relativity? A thankless task? An impossible notion? Pure fancy and invention on the count of literary possibility?

M A S T H E A D : Ellis Cavalier and Kate William

A L L . S U B M I S S I O N . G U I D E L I N E S . C A N . B E . F O U N D . O N . S U B M I T T A B L E . P A G E S

L I M I N A L . V A U L T

You ended up here for a reason. This is no coincidence. This is the vault you’ve been looking for.

L I M I N A L . V A U L T is the private LMNL SPCS community, for all of us writers who navigate the same imbalance — in climate, hypocrisy, the pain of being human or alien or tree, the darkness, the humor and definitely no mush.

1st of every month we drop the resources. The community does the rest:

• One fiction, one nonfiction, one poem we love (with our short “why we like it” note)
• One fiction prompt, one nonfiction prompt, one poetry prompt

• One writing exercise
• Word banks

• Craft notes

• Alien-and-Tree perspectives

• Action Points

• Liminal Trivia and Liminal Jukebox

• And much more…

Applications to this private community are made by checking a box in the fee section at the final stage of your submission on Submittable. You don’t need to do anything else different with your submission. Your standard submission is the application. Not everyone gets it, but you do. If your application is successful, you will be sent a link to join. The vault is then $9.99 per month. You can cancel anytime without charge. See you in there for all things imbalanced.

LMNL SPCS . $ 1 0 0 0 . P R I Z E . T E R M S . A N D . C O N D I T I O N S

. The entry must be the entrant’s own original creation and must not infringe upon the right or copyright of any person or entity.

. Co-authored entries will not be accepted.

. The entry must be literature in the form of fiction, nonfiction or poetry.

. Multiple entries per person will be accepted.

. LMNL SPCS Editors will make final decisions on eligibility. Our decisions will be final and no communication will be entered into on the subject.

. Entries that are incomplete, are corrupted, and/or incite hate will not be considered.

. The prize will be open until June 10th 2026. LMNL SPCS reserves the right to extend the entry window.

. The Winner(s) will be announced within 14 days of the prize deadline date.

. LMNL SPCS will have the exclusive world rights to publish the winning piece(s) in online form and to represent foreign rights on the author’s behalf. The author will be contracted with a standard agreement.

. LMNL SPCS reserves the right not to award the prize, as well as to make multiple offers of publication.

. LMNL SPCS reserves the right to vary the rules and conditions of entry and to make any amendments to the published schedule as deemed necessary.