Our February 2025 edition of Now Playing features books to keep handy and what to watch while sweating it out from one of our contributors!

Jill Kitchen’s poem “in a parallel universe, there is nothing i cannot do” uses a gorgeous cascade of language to open a portal into a different state of being. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

Evangeline Lim chats with SLM's managing editor Wendy Oleson about writing memoirs, being a part of Split Lip Magazine, and, of course, her love for dogs.

Ciara Alfaro’s essay “Beauty Mark” catalogues the way the female body is expected to move, to perform, to please, to disappear. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

Daisuke Takakura’s artwork “Cerulean Whirlwinds” captures movement and possibility in a space between the real and the imagined. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

Sasha Brown’s flash “Catching Babies” is a delightfully terrifying romp full to the brim with spontaneously generated new humans. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

As we’re saying goodbye to 2024, we’re delighted to close out the year with our December compilation of our SLM FAM’s wonderful accomplishments.

We are thrilled to announce that Vanessa Hua’s flash, “Forecast,” has been selected for Best Microfictions 2025! Congratulations, Vanessa!

Our January 2025 edition of Now Playing features music that changes the way we think and write, shows to sink into, and great winter reads, all from our contributors!

Nini Berndt’s flash “Wingdings” aches and yearns for something, tries to close a fist around what’s missing. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

Vanessa Blakeslee’s story “Patient X” opens questions about death, care, and our sense of reality. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

Brooke Randel’s essay “The History of the Holocaust Survivor” grapples with the complexity of chronicling a life, of holding a person on the page. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

Our December 2024 edition of Now Playing features watchables that transport and fascinate, all from our contributors!

Thomas Kearnes’s story “I Will Forget His Voice” explores the way a few words can bury into the mind, tilt everything. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.

This November, the Split Lip Fam gave us tons of marvelous work to be thankful for! Take a moment to check out this month’s list of accomplishments, news, and publications.

Victoria Hood’s essay “Black Cherry Merlot” runs away and turns back, learns to punch, reaches with open hands, cries out. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

brandon brown’s flash “Faultline” contains a ball in the dirt, smoke in the lungs, two people in the backseat of a car, an opening. Here they share just one thing about the piece.

We are so grateful to have received so much gorgeous work this year that made this such a difficult decision. Here they are, our fabulous nominees for the 2025 Pushcart Prize!

Our November 2024 edition of Now Playing features movies that inspire fear, laughter, and thought from our contributors!

Kayla Lightner’s story “If You’re Feeling Froggy” brings us along on a road trip that is bursting with tension, with images of small towns and pepper fields, with the narrator’s full bladder. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

Here at SLM, we hope that this list of some of the beautiful and important work from our team and contributors in recent months can help us connect to our community and move forward.

It’s time to celebrate tiny work with a big impact! We are so thrilled to announce our nominees for the 2025 Best Microfiction.

Leah Korican’s essay “Nancy” reveals a moment of shared intimacies, a shift, a rift. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.

Séamus Isaac Fey’s poem “Tove's Cento: Youth” muses on the intensity of emotion, the distance between a parent and a child, desire for an undefined future. Here they share just one thing about the piece.

Our October 2024 edition of Now Playing features a video game world to dive into, a tabletop game to share with friends, a portrayal of women’s relationships, and a song to cry along to, all from our contributors!

Award nominations season is upon us once again. As always, it was difficult to choose—but we’re pleased to finally announce our nominees for Best of the Net 2025!

Max Pasakorn’s poem “Ghazal for My Gay Ass” bursts forth with playfulness, longing, and hope to be and to have a certain sort of boy.Here they share just one thing about the piece.