Our next issue will be published on about October 1, 2022.

Liquid Imagination is closing its doors to submissions. Our last issue will be published on about Oct 1, 2022. It's been a great experience for all of us here at LI, but it is time to move on to new adventures. We greatly appreciate all our contributors and have enjoyed reading so many wonderful submission.

Rights and Royalties 

Liquid Imagination pays a flat fee of $8 for accepted short stories (1001 words up to 6000 words) and poems, and $3 for accepted flash stories (up to 1000 words). A $2 bonus will be added for authors who accept payment via Paypal (which shall be the assumed payment method unless you specifically state otherwise). Note: Only authors in the United States have the option of receiving a mailed echeck. Everyone else MUST use PayPal or forfeit payment.

In exchange, we require:

For previously unpublished WORK

The AUTHOR grants First World Rights to the PUBLISHER.

The AUTHOR grants Anthology Rights to the PUBLISHER.

The AUTHOR grants Archival Rights to the PUBLISHER

• Assurance that submitted work is not currently published elsewhere (including freely accessibly “public” Internet sites);
• Authors must warrant that they are the sole author of the work, that the work is original, and that no other entity has reserved the rights required by Silver Pen for publication;
• Authors must warrant that the work does not contain libelous material or material copyrighted by another party.