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19 Rounds with...Katie M. Flynn

September 29, 2017

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Amy Rossi

We were (and still are!) overjoyed that Katie M. Flynn joined the FAM as Fiction Editor this summer. Here, she goes 19 Rounds:


1. Early bird or night owl?

Early bird

2. What was your worst haircut?

I had a perm once in the 80s, sort of short and mushroom-shaped.

3. If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Well, that would be terrible, but if I had to choose, it’d be something from Mozart’s Requiem. Maybe Kyrie? No, Rex tremendae. Technically, it’s a mass in movemen...

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Split Lip Summer Mixtape Contest: The Liner Notes

September 27, 2017

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Amy Rossi

As we enter the final countdown for the Split Lip Summer Mixtape Contest, the editorial FAM has been spending a lot of time blasting judge Juan Martinez's fantastic playlist. Like a great story prompt does, it inspires different feelings and memories in each of us. Here's a sampling of our favorite tracks:

Eric Rasmussen, fiction reader

I couldn’t have been much older than eleven when I first heard the song “Spider” by They Might Be Giants, played by my local college radio station, listened to on a clo...

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19 Rounds with...W.S. Lyon

September 21, 2017

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Amy Rossi

This summer, the Split Lip Editorial FAM grew by three, and one of those new folks we were thrilled to welcome is W.S. Lyon, Reviews & Interviews Editor. Here, he goes 19 Rounds, and not to be all click-bait headline about it, but it is very possible he has won Round 7:


1. Early bird or night owl?

Mourning dove

2. What was your worst haircut?

I've had so many it's hard to choose. I guess it's sort of a knack. I still have a close friend who calls me Spikes, because, well, in high school I wore my hair i...

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Fightin' Words with...Robert James Russell

September 19, 2017

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Amy Rossi

A picture is worth a thousand words. A round of Fightin' Words maximizes one single word. You put them both together and you get the stylings of this September's featured memoir contributor, Robert James Russell:

What's the single best word for:

1)      What you're avoiding: Students
2)      Your favorite Halloween costume:

3)      Your superstition: Spiders

4)      Your sense of style: Denim

5)      The night before the first day of school:...

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Now Playing, Part 5

September 14, 2017

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Amy Rossi

Our September issue launches tomorrow. Get ready by checking in with a few of our contributors, what they've been playing, and how it makes them feel:

Robert James Russell

So, when I’m working on a new project, I often pluck songs randomly out of the ether—yet, to me, they inhabit this new project, act as a soundtrack—and then listen to them in perpetuity. Like, legit, on repeat, nonstop. (My wife is mostly used to it now. But, still, I’m sure it has to be horribly annoying for everyone but me.) Right...

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#SplitLip2000: The Playlist

September 13, 2017

We recently hit 2000 followers (and then some!) on Twitter, and to celebrate, we ran a #SplitLip2000 promotion: share with us your favorite Split Lip pieces, and we would curate a playlist just for you. We loved reading your responses! The winner, chosen at random, was none other than August's featured poet, Hannah Craig, who shared her love for Terrell Terry's poems. 

In order to get a sense of Hannah's tastes for the perfect playlist, we asked her a few questions:

1) What was your first favorite song...

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Summer Mixtape Flash Contest Update: Deadline EXTENDED!

September 11, 2017

We aren't ready to say goodbye to summer, so we're extending our Summer Mixtape Flash Fiction Contest to September 30!

Check out our official contest page and our contest FAQ, then crank up judge Juan Martinez's playlist and get to writing!

 

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Summer Mixtape Flash Contest FAQ!

September 7, 2017

We're so excited about the Summer Mixtape Flash Contest -- our first-ever flash fiction contest. And judging from the number of entries we've already received, you are too!

Contests can be a different beast from regular submissions, though, so we opened up a Twitter FAQ, giving our readers and submitters a chance to ask their burning questions:

What inspired this contest?

Our love of music! We have a music editor, Christopher Wolford, who regularly makes playlists and conducts music-related interviews....

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Fightin' Words with...Hannah Craig

September 5, 2017

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Amy Rossi

Summer is winding down, but the August issue fights on with Fightin' Words Hannah Craig, author of this month's featured poem, "Letter to My Red Gun-Dog America." Below, she pushes the challenge for single best word responses to our questions to new heights:

1)      What you're avoiding: Windex
2)      What makes you laugh:

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3)      Your superstition: hawthorn
4)      Your sense of style: marginalia
5)      How you slept: timber
6)...

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