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Call for Contributions, August 2026

05-08-2026

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Current Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026): The Lapidus International Research and Innovation Community  (LIRIC) Journal
The Lapidus International Research and Innovation Comunity   (LIRIC) Journal
Published: 04-05-2026

Articles

  • I Come to This New Place with Curiosity Writing, Reflecting, and Engaging with Conversations about Practitioners’ and Students’ Relationship with Research in the Field of Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes

    Sue Walters (Author)
    1-28
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  • Journey Of Reflection Girlhood, Migration, Grief, and Healing Through Soul Work

    Buki Akilapa (Author)
    29-50
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Call for Contributions 

Call for Contributions 

LIRIC is entering an exciting new chapter, and we're looking for voices shaping the future of writing and wellbeing. We encourage submissions that deepen contemporary understanding, challenge current assumptions and foster ongoing, meaningful dialogue, and we are particularly interested in work which bridges research and professional practice. 

We publish articles by researchers, educators, therapists, psychologists, nurses, medical practitioners and those working in other sectors to improve health outcomes, creative writers, those with lived experience, and interdisciplinary professionals from around the world. We value diversity and openness to cultural, methodological, philosophical, and theoretical perspectives. If your work explores the benefits that writing has for wellbeing, health or therapeutic practice, we’d love to hear from you. 

What can you submit? 

We welcome a range of contributions, including: 

● Original research articles 

● Reflective and practice-based papers 

● Creative and arts-informed research 

● Interdisciplinary scholarship 

● Essays and poetry

● Book reviews 

 

Submission deadline: 20 August 2026 

Please read our submission guidelines before submitting your work. 

If you're unsure whether your work is suitable, or if you have any questions about submitting, please just get in touch at liriceditor@lapidus.org.uk 

 

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LLRC link

Upcoming! September's LLRC, with Dr Kim Etherington 

The next LLRC event will be on Saturday 5th September 2026 at 10am and will be hosted by Dr Kim Etherington. This session offers a space for discussion and exploration of what encourages or stops people contributing their knowledge to the developing field of words and writing for wellbeing by sharing their work through publication. Kim will also provide practical guidance on how to use the knowledge gained from your research to create a journal article. For full details, follow LLRC on Facebook. 

 

Catch up on August's brilliant LLRC, with Dr Buki Akilapa and Sue Spencer!  

In this session the hosts held a conversation about Buki's recent LIRIC article, 'Journey of Reflection: Girlhood, Migration, Grief and Healing Through Soul Work'. Their dialogue explored the complex and important ideas in her writing, charting a journey from unnamed, inherited patterns to self-compassion and re-cognition; and the Lapidus members who joined Sue and Buki were given the opportunity to reflect, write, and share.

 

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Peer reviewers

Peer reviewers wanted! 

We're looking to grow our community of peer reviewers. 

If you have expertise in writing, creativity, health, wellbeing or a related discipline, we'd love to hear from you. LIRIC values thoughtful, constructive peer review that supports authors in developing their work while maintaining high scholarly standards. 

Whether you're an experienced reviewer or would like to become involved for the first time, we'd be delighted to hear from you. 

 

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Coming soon at LIRIC!

We believe publication should be the beginning of a conversation.

As our new editorial team develops the journal, we're excited to expand how we share and celebrate research. Alongside published articles, we're developing author interviews, featured conversations and other opportunities to connect research with practitioners, educators, clinicians and the wider writing for wellbeing community. Watch this space...! 

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