Life in Limbo A Mental Health Literary Magazine

This project is believed to be defunct. (August 2026)

About

Life in Limbo is a magazine dedicated to chronicling the experience of mental illness and trauma, more interested in truth and raw emotion than literary verbiage.

Country of Publication & Year Established

United States

Established in 2025

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 4 x per year

AI Policy

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Collapse section Fiction Believed Defunct

Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People living with mental health conditions.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: No specific word count limits known (our definition: up to 1000 words).
Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Health/Medicine: Mental health, See guidelines.
Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People living with mental health conditions.

Lengths:

Essay: No specific word count limits known.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Health/Medicine: Mental health, See guidelines.
Memoir.
Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Believed Defunct

Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People living with mental health conditions.

Genres:

General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Health/Medicine: Mental health, See guidelines.
Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: People living with mental health conditions.

Lengths:

Artwork:

Art Media:

Open to all/most Art Media.

Art Styles:

Open to all/most Art Styles.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics including...
Health/Medicine: Mental health, See guidelines.
Other: See guidelines.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Image.

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Life in Limbo Submission Statistics

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We have received 3 reports from 3 different members within the past 12 months. The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

8 min | 204.3 mean avg | 290.0 median | 315 max days (170.5 std dev)

Other Information

Date compiled: 06 Oct 2026 10:29 UTC (6 hours, 33 minutes ago).

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Last Updated: 17 Aug 2026