The Fam Roundup: January 2021
The #SplitLipFAM started 2021 with a bang! Check out all these publications and accomplishments from our contributors and staff.
Books
Brandon Taylor sold his next two books, The Late Americans and Group Show, to Riverhead
Marcos Gonsalez’s book Pedro’s Theory is available now
Hannah Grieco’s collection So You Don’t Hear Me is now available for pre-order from Summer Camp Publishing
Publications, Interviews, and Reviews
Contributing editor Kendra Fortmeyer’s piece “What is Possible in This, Our Year 2021” found a home in Okay Donkey
Brandon Taylor’s story “Honorarium” was published in The Sewanee Review
He was profiled by The Wall Street Journal Magazine
His forthcoming collection Filthy Animals made a list of “The Literary Fiction to Look Out for in 2021” in AnOther
Filthy Animals made the “75 Books To Add To Your 2021 TBR List” roundup at Buzzfeed
Filthy Animals made “Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021”
Filthy Animals and contributor Marcos Gonsalez’s book Pedro’s Theory made the list of “22 LGBTQ+ Books You Absolutely Need to Read This Year” at Advocate
Filthy Animals and memoir editor Krys Malcolm Belc’s book The Natural Mother of the Child made The Millions’ “Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2021 Book Preview”
Assistant fiction editor Janelle Bassett’s story “These New Francescas” appeared in VIDA Review
Kristin Garth’s poem “The Battle of Jericho” was published in Punk Noir Magazine
The Lumiere Review published Cathy Ulrich’s piece “Being the Murdered Victim”
Her story “And She Was” found a home in Juked
Monet Patrice Thomas’ essay “Flowers” was published in Pidgeonholes
Her poem “Palmetto Moon” was published in Grub Street Grackle
Erin Calabria’s piece “Picking Elderberries” found a home in jmww
Her story “The Closest Thing” was published in Cotton Xenomorph
Lucie Britsch was interviewed in Bomb Magazine
Ploughshares published Elizabeth Gonzalez James’ piece “Finding Shape in an Indifferent Universe”
Ploughshares also published memoir reader Christopher Louis Romaguera’s piece “Distance and Home”
Memoir editor Krys Malcolm Belc was interviewed by Publishers Weekly
His piece “I Say I Am Going Upstairs to Write, but Instead I Lie in Bed, First Masturbating, Then Sleeping” was published in Nurture
Ashley Burnett’s story “The Restaurant at the End of the World” appeared in The Molotov Cocktail
Memoir reader Sara Ryan has work in the latest print issue of New Ohio Review
K-Ming Chang’s stories “Strip Mall Triptych” and “Kite-fighting” appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review
CHEAP POP published her story “Inheritance”
Her stories “Hong Van” and “Hammock” appeared in No Contact
Poetry editor William Fargason’s poem “Tracing the Pain” was published in Hobart
Jellyfish Review published Mike Nagel’s story “Consumer Value Store”
Donna Vorreyer’s piece “In Which I Hope an Imagined Conversation with Carl Sagan will Ease My Mind about the State of the World” found a home in Hobart After Dark
Fractured Lit published Meg Pokrass’ story “The Big Dipper”
Her story “The Plank” appeared in New World Writing
Raven Leilani was interviewed on Literary Hub’s Thresholds podcast
Former editorial assistant Anna Vangala Jones’ piece “Tomorrow” was published in The Margins
Her story “You’re Still You” found a home in Okay Donkey
Kim Magowan’s story “A Handbook for Identifying Bird Calls” was published in Passages North
Her story “Poo on You” appeared in CHEAP POP
Sudha Balagopal’s story “Review: Two-and-a-Half Stars for a Three-Piece Baby Jacket, Pant and Bodysuit Set” appeared in Typehouse Literary Magazine
Her story “The Magic of Spices” was published in CHEAP POP
Ra’Niqua Lee’s story “Receivers” was published in Fractured Lit
Lost Balloon published Kara Vernor’s story “Before the Apocalypse, the Loss”
Meghan Phillips’ story “Girls in Space Be Wary” found a home in CHEAP POP
Amber Sparks’ essay “I Just Want to Hang Out in the Wardrobe” appeared in Electric Literature
Former managing editor Amy Rossi’s piece “I Don’t Feel Like Nothin’ But a Good Time: How Grunge Didn’t Kill Glam” appeared in March Plaidness
Melissa Lore’s piece “Mother, May I?” was published in The Normal School
Former contributing editor Christopher Gonzalez appeared on the Minorities in Publishing podcast
Steve Edwards’ essay “Rain Shadows” found a home in The Sun Magazine
Abigail Oswald’s story “Sorority” was published in Wigleaf
Trampset published Beth Gilstrap’s piece “Frost Advisory”
Tyler Barton’s story “to cancel” appeared on Thirty West Publishing’s site
Awards, Honors, and News
Raven Leilani and Brandon Taylor are finalists for the National Book Critics Circle’s 2020 John Leonard Prize
Flash contest judge Bryan Washington is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s 2020 Award for Fiction
Former poetry editor Marianne Chan won the Great Lakes Colleges Association’s New Writers Award in Poetry
Editorial assistant Daniel Garcia won So to Speak’s 2021 Contest in Poetry
Assistant poetry editor Rita Mookerjee’s new project THINK IN INK is “a BIPOC collective dedicated to uplifting writers of color, dismantling systems of gatekeeping, and building community.”
Sabrina Hicks is now a contributing editor at Barren Magazine
Claire Rudy Foster’s collection Shine of the Ever was longlisted for the American Library Association’s 2021 Over the Rainbow award
Treasurer and flash reader Ruth LeFaive won second place in Fractured Lit’s Micro Contest; Melissa Goode and Tyler Barton were shortlisted
Kristine Langley Mahler received a 2021 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Nebraska Arts Council
Several #SplitLipFAM members were selected for the 2021 Best Microfiction anthology, including: Sudha Balagopal, Tyler Barton, Lori Sambol Brody, Exodus Oktavia Brownlow, K-Ming Chang, Scott Garson, Christopher Gonzalez, Abigail Oswald, Meghan Phillips, Michelle Ross, C.C. Russell, Cathy Ulrich, Kara Vernor, and Jennifer Wortman