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Lilomul<\/h2>\n

Website<\/h3>\n

https:\/\/lilomuljournal.wixsite.com\/home<\/a><\/p>\n

From the Editor<\/h3>\n

Lilomul is a literary and art journal born from fracture. It exists for those who feel too disjointed, too quiet, too angry, or too strange to fit into traditional literary spaces. Built by one person, independent of institutions and rooted in radical softness, Lilomul functions as both a wandering and a home. It is for the ones discarded by systems, especially those navigating trauma, isolation, gender displacement, grief, and bodily transformation. Lilomul is not polished or performative. It is honest, fragmentary, and emotionally raw. It does not prioritise “literary prestige” or academic voice. Instead, it archives what it means to be changing in a world that demands stagnation. We are interested in experimental form, hybrid work, and art that doesn’t apologise for taking up space. Each issue centres around a themed emotional or existential axis. Alongside issues, we also run monthly archival themes that allow for quicker, themed publication outside the formal editorial calendar. We welcome writers and artists of all ages and experiences, especially emerging creators, queer folks, disabled writers, survivors, and people of colour. We encourage unusual structures, uncomfortable topics, poetic prose, haunting visuals, diaristic modes, and all things in between. Above all, we believe in the necessity of making a space– not by asking for it, but by taking it. Lilomul is community-led and ever-evolving. We publish online plans to branch into multimedia storytelling, limited zines, and collaborative workshops. This is not just a journal; it’s a living archive of becoming.<\/p>\n

Submission<\/h3>\n

Lilomul seeks writing and art that resists clean edges. We are drawn to experimental poetry, lyric essays, fragmented fiction, diaristic work, photo essays, hybrid forms, and pieces that sit uncomfortably in genre. We gravitate towards themes of transformation, decay, displacement, intimacy, silence, and rebirth. We prioritise marginalised voices– particularly queer, trans, neurodivergent, disabled, working-class, and survivors of abuse. If your piece carries emotional urgency– if it lives in tension or unease– we want it. We don’t care about your publishing history. We care about whether your work moves. We publish work that would be deemed “too much” or “not enough” elsewhere. Formal grammar, standard narrative structure, or resolution is not required. Be vulnerable, be unafraid, be undone.<\/p>\n

Upcoming<\/h3>\n

Our debut issue, Act 1: She and I, Together We Shall, is currently accepting submissions. This issue explores psychic merging, identity loss, and feminine metamorphosis. We are also open for General Submissions under the May monthly theme, Rebirths, No Birth. This archive accepts faster publications outside our issue structure. We do not currently run paid contests, but we plan to host free-entry micro issues, workshops, and possibly collaborative zines in 2026.<\/p>\n

Information<\/h3>\n

Editors Name Tendai Nombulelo Mushaike
\nPrint publication? No
\nCirculation
\nDo you take online submissions? Yes
\nSubmission Guidelines URL https:\/\/lilomuljournal.wixsite.com\/home\/guidelines<\/a>
\nApprox. Response Time? 14 days
\nHow often do you publish? Monthly
\nYear Founded? 2025
\nDo you pay? No
\nTwitter
\nMailing Address:
\nEmail lilomuljournal@gmail.com
\nFacebook https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61576334217977<\/a><\/p>\n

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