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October 31, 2018
Throughout the month of November, we're giving back to some of our favorite organizations. We're offering expedited submissions in every genre, and 50% of the submission fees will support:
Gifford Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC)
We'll also be offering feedback on short stories and flash fiction (full details below!) and donating 50% of the fees to:
Thank you for trusting us with...
October 30, 2018
We're thrilled to announce our Pushcart Prize nominations:
Poetry
M'Bilia Meekers, "Tinderella on Fire"
Luis Lopez-Maldonado, "On Healing" (find this poem in our first print issue!)
torrin a. greathouse, "Chromatic Analysis [White]" (find this poem in our first print issue!)
Prose
Chris Ames, "The Evaluation of Owen Niebyl" (f)
Raven Leilani, "Kanekelon" (ff) (find this flash in our first print issue!)
Erin Calabria,"Tell Her I Am" (m)
Wishing you all the best of luck!
October 24, 2018
This month's featured short story comes from Scott Fenton. We immediately fell in love with the title character in "Amber Darling." In addition to a truly wonderful Elvis tribute, Scott shares with us just one thing about the inspiration behind Amber:
"'Amber Darling' is about a girl on the cusp of adulthood navigating a relationship with her volleyball coach. When the volleyball team takes a trip to Florida to compete in a tournament, Amber and Coach Darling work to maintain their secrecy, but whethe...
October 18, 2018
Death, in polite society, comes wrapped in euphemisms, in cliches, in the kind of polite speech we engage in when we are talking about a thing that we are afraid is not a thing to be talked about. “He passed away.” “She lost her brave battle with cancer.” “They were taken from us too soon.”
I hate that shit.
My father didn’t pass away, he died, and he took his time doing it. He smoked for six decades, which tore up the inside of his lungs so much they could barely hold air, and his heart was so weak hi...
October 17, 2018
Our October issue is fresh from the literary oven, and coming in hot is Marvin Shackelford. Marvin is the author of this month's featured flash, "Trying To Put It Away." Here he shares with us some truly spectacular pups and just one thing about his flash, truth, and fiction:
"The Braves were in Colorado and the Reds in Pittsburgh the night my grandmother died, but I'd have sworn that's who I heard playing on TV. I had to consult schedules. There's never more than bits and pieces of my life in my fict...
October 12, 2018
We have a cure for your Monday coming on the 15th -- our October issue will be charging out in the world! And to get you ready, here's a sneak peek at two of our contributors and what they've been playing lately:
Marvin Shackelford
I'm in the middle of losing a week to Assassin's Creed Odyssey -- big and pretty but not as stunning or fun as Origins -- and I've been listening to Meat Puppets -- II -- and Don Cabellero -- 2 -- and Mastodon -- Remission -- CDs in the car lately. Just blew through The Gold...
October 11, 2018
We at Split Lip are big fans of Celina Timmerman, who produced the fantastic art for our September issue. We're so thrilled that we've been able to share her work with you. Celina recently took the time to talk to us about her process, the series in which her featured piece "Just a Trim" appears, and how she views art.
1. What draws you to collage? Can you tell us a bit about your process?
I began collage when I felt in a rut with my photography. I was photographing the same things it felt l...
October 9, 2018
We've mentioned how excited we are to feature a collaborative short story from Kim Magowan and Michelle Ross in our September issue. (So excited!) Not only is "Amuse-bouches" a wonderful read, but it's a fantastic example of collaboration. Michelle tells us just one thing about how this writing duo works:
"Kim and I wrote this episodic story in alternating paragraphs, trading the story back and forth. Once Kim wrote the final episode, which immediately felt like the ending, I did what I often do with...
October 4, 2018
Submissions are now open for the IRxSL Collaborative Folio! We are so excited to be partnering with Indiana Review on this venture, and we look forward to reading your work. Recently, we held a Twitter chat to address your burning collaboration questions. In case you missed it or in case you want a refresher before you send in your submission, here's a recap:
Hey SL + @IndianaReview editors—what do you look for in a submission?
Indiana Review: IR looks for work that takes risks—whether it’s with conten...
October 2, 2018
The FAM was busier than ever in September! Catch up with all the wonderful publications and amazing news from this past month, and revisit our contributors' work in the archives:
Books!
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Our very own fiction editor Katie M. Flynn sold her novel The Living Coast to Scout Press!!!!!!
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And Leesa Cross-Smith just got a two-book deal at Grand Central Publishing!!!!
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Plus Dorothy Chan’s manuscript Revenge of the Asian Woman will be published in 2019 by Diode Editions!!!!
Publications, Interview,...
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