Lilomul Journal

I want to share my inspirations behind the issue as we draw closer to the release date. This post is No. 1 of a new series I'll call " Editor Inspirations" If you have time, please look into the writing and art I reference, I promise you won't regret it.

Lilomul Journal and WATERED DISTRESS Press are looking for volunteers to help run the magazine. Application open to anyone over 13+. However, to be an editor, please be over 15 as you'll have to read submissions surrounding vulnerable topics.

Volunteers who stay on for at least one full issue cycle or 3+ months of active contribution will receive:

- A personalised Certificate of Volunteer Work

- A Letter of Recommendation ( upon request) detailing their contributions and skills developed

These can be used for your CVs, internships, university applications, or future creative opportunities.

Available Positions:

• Social Media Outreach (Create and schedule posts, grow reach)

• Graphic Design (Posters, promo images, visual branding)

• Editor (Review submissions, help with selection process)

• Design Layouts (Text and aesthetic layout for digital/print issues)

• Issue Layout Manager (Final formatting and assembly of magazine)

• Website Manager (Help maintain, update and redesign the site

• Discord Manager (Oversee server structure, updates, bots, events)

• Discord Moderator (Engage, monitor, and support community discussions)

Application form- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSco0HRbcX46p5P_v4wjxb6RcJTEChhLZkN-8758F0GhayLprA/viewform

Familiarise yourself with our work.

Lilomul Journal - https://lilomuljournal.wixsite.com/home

Link to Archive submissions in bio.

We've reached the capacity for writing submissions for our debut issue.

But we're still looking for visual art. If you're a photographer, collage artist, illustrator, or even someone who sketches in the margins of notebooks- send your work in.

We want to build a world that's not just read, but seen.

Archive Submissions (written and visual) are still open year-round. Issue submissions (visual only) close 1 July.

New in the Lilomul Archive:

a gentle piece on rediscovery, seeing, and the longing for movement, "I Want to Dance” is now live.

We're keeping this space safe, intentional, unfiltered but not reckless. If you're submitting to Lilomul Journal, read the room, read the guidelines, and read the world. We're not here for white fragility or shock-bait trauma.

We're here for rupture. Reclamation. Writing that stings for the right reasons.

Your old playlists, your old style, your old self - they've all died already.

May's Archive theme is "Rebirths, No Birth."

We're looking for art and writing that captures transformation without origin. Growth that feels like grief.

Change that no one asked permission for.

Send us your ghosts.

Guidelines - https://lilomuljournal.wixsite.com/home/guidelines

Lilomul invites submissions for our inaugural issue: she and i, together we shall.

We seek works that explore themes of identity, transformation, and the intertwining of selves. Accepting poetry, prose, visual art, and hybrid forms. Submit by 01 July 2025