We are very proud to announce that Dante Fuoco will be included in the new Monarch Queer Literary Awards anthology, and Alex Bortell will be listed as a finalist!
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Derek Maiolo’s essay “Rescue” features tense family pressure, a biting Colorado winter, and inexplicably stray cattle. Here, he shares just one thing about the piece.
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We are very proud to announce our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2026!
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The Split Lip FAM has been busy this fall with an excellent batch of publications, awards, and news!
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Reading for literary magazines is another form of resistance in a world that wants everything right now.
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Our November 2025 edition of Now Playing features reality cooking shows, rotating stacks of books, and curated playlists, all from our contributors!
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Stephanie Isan’s “How to Make Non-Korean Kimchi” is a tender short story about you and your mother-in-law. Here, they share just one thing about the piece:
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In our ongoing interview series, Bianca Sandoval chats with Daniel Garcia about being a library kid, poems and prose, the liberation of the braided essay, and how working the night shift makes writing possible.
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Chloe Alberta’s flash “Renaissance” explores the widening gap between two friends. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.
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We would like to extend a huge congratulations to our nominees for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize!
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Our October 2025 edition of Now Playing features heartbreak songs, action movies, and epic video games, all from our contributors!
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Mingyu Brian Chan’s poem “haiku where i lay / with OCD, obsessing / over syllables” offers us a moment of emotional vulnerability. Here he shares just one thing about the piece.
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Split Lip Magazine presents our wonderful nominees for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards 2026!
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Lynne Beckenstein’s story “The 7-11 That Exists in Every Reality” reimagines the uterus as a time machine. Here she shares just one thing about the piece.
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This week at Split Lip Magazine, we’ve gathered a variety of different perspectives on how emotional resonance is built in a story, including some insight into common things that appear in the stories we publish. We hope you enjoy taking a sneak peek into the thoughts of some of our staff!
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