We’re thrilled to welcome our new Flash Fiction readers to the SLM team.
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We are so excited to bring you work from Abigail Oswald for November’s featured story. Here, Abigail shares just one thing about her character, Jenny.
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Thank you to everyone who entered our Flash and Poetry contests this year! Our judges have made their decisions, and we’re thrilled to announce our winners!
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November was another incredible month for the #SplitLipFAM! Celebrate our contributors’ and staff’s accomplishments from the past month—and visit their work in the SLM archives while you’re at it.
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We’ve had the opportunity to publish and honor lots of incredible work this year. But nominations season wouldn’t be complete without Best Small Fictions!
Read MoreWe hope you’re loving our November issue! We can’t get over our incredible contributors and their impeccable tastes. Get to know them a little better with Now Playing: an overview of what they’ve been watching these days, and how it relates to their writing.
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We’ve published some wonderful work this year, and choosing just a few pieces to honor was tremendously difficult. But after much consideration, we’re pleased to announce our nominees for the Pushcart Prize!
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We are so excited to bring you work from Amy Bailey for October’s featured memoir. Here, Amy shares just one thing about how this memoir came to be.
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The Split Lip FAM was *spooky* prolific during the month of October! Check out our contributors’ and editors’ many recent accomplishments, and be sure to revisit their work in the SLM archives.
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Managing Editor Amy Rossi signs off.
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Splinters Are Children of Wood is Leia Penina Wilson's second collection and winner of the Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry. It is available now from the University of Notre Dame Press. Learn more about her writing space.
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We are so excited to bring you work from Steven Duong for October’s featured poem. Here, Steven shares just one thing about how this poem came to be.
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Kathryn Ross’s “In the World Where I Do Not Exist” appeared in Split Lip’s October 2016 issue, and her debut collection of essays Black Was Not a Label is officially out from PRONTO!
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Our October issue is launching tomorrow! We can’t wait to bring you a brand-new issue full of amazing writing, but until that moment, here’s Now Playing, a preview of some of October’s contributors, what they’ve been listening to lately, and what it might mean.
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We were thrilled when Amy Stuber, who had been a flash reader, became assistant flash editor earlier this year! If you haven’t read Amy’s writing, allow us to suggest starting with “Happy, Happy, Happy,” “Only a Little Bit Less Than I Hate Myself,” and her very latest, “Never In a Million Years.” And you can get to know Amy better here, through our 19 Rounds.
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