Split Lip Magazine

🍂 Get your favorite fall beverage and cozy up with our new OCTOBER ISSUE 🍂 buff.ly/hJmnbBm Love & gratitude to our contributors 🧡 WORDS: @trentlewin.bsky.social, Kelly Luce, @janehammons.bsky.social & Thia Bian ART: Yezi Lou PLUS: @leeches.bsky.social interviews @eshanisurya.bsky.social

✨️ If you receive a rejection, please wait at least a month before submitting again. We love you, but a mag’s gotta breathe, you know? ✨️

"Neither of us is quite as cute, quite as young, quite as irresponsible anymore." Contributor @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social's story “A Feeling We Can’t Name in the Arms of our Future Lovers” was published in the 10th anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute 🥳 buff.ly/hECKWJK

"FAMILY NIGHT is a vivid kaleidoscope of visceral detail that animates surreal stories of transformation, love, and grief." Contributor @aniking.bsky.social's collection FAMILY NIGHT was published on October 20 by Mason Jar Press!! 😍 Copies available in paperback & eBook: buff.ly/CfgBLZT

Kelly Luce’s flash fiction DRAWERS explores the jumps of obsession, observation, and desire that leap through the narrator’s mind. Here, Kelly shares just one thing about the piece: buff.ly/Mmco2mf

💻 It may take us up to 6 months to review your work. We're a small, all-volunteer staff working hard to give each piece the consideration it deserves! We appreciate your patience. 🫶 ❤️

Loved this short story by @trentlewin.bsky.social @splitlipthemag.bsky.social : splitlipthemag.com/fiction/1026...

Happy Monday, fam! It's a new week. 🙌 Let's make the most of it! 💪 ✨️

Our SLM team always keeps busy. 👏 InteR/e/views Editor @iloveyoudaniel.bsky.social's essay “Winter Springs” was published in swamp pink! 🥳 🫶 buff.ly/HJDo7PA

@trentlewin.bsky.social's LOVE-MARRIAGE takes our hearts on every possible journey. 💕 Here, he shares just one thing about the inspiration behind this unforgettable story: buff.ly/lxsLbRr

We're closing ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with another story from Ghost Parachute 10 anniversary🌛Find contributor and blog editor jj peña’s story “frozen mango skin” here and enjoy❤️ buff.ly/pBCqSHg

Workshop reminder on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY ✨ Contributor @ambersparks.bsky.social is hosting the zoom seminar "The Modern Gothic: Making Haunted Fictions for the 21st Century" on November 14 ✨ Get your tickets now! buff.ly/6FAb8Xv

Need a story for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor Michelle Ross was one of many SLM contributors published in Ghost Parachute's 10th anniversary issue 🤩 Find the story “Treadmill” here: buff.ly/0kJtjri

A book on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY!! Contributor @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's debut flash fiction collection THE PERIODIC FAMILY was published this month by @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social👏 Get your copy now➡️ buff.ly/iNrOnZw

We're opening ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with an interview 🌞 Co-Director of Social Media and flash reader @marjeec.bsky.social's interview “The Consequences of Adulthood: An Interview with Rachel Khong” was published in Prairie Schooner 🎉 Check it out: buff.ly/aTnY3W1

This time last year, we published Jean Shon's two-part piece WALLPAPER (1887 FRANK SR. AND FLAVILLA BELL HOUSE): GUSSIE. 🙌 Check out our archives to see both sides of this piece! ✨️ buff.ly/IpQI63S

Halloween is coming up. 👻 We need some inspiration: what are your best literary costume ideas? 🎃 🍭

Kicking off Friday with a win! Contributor @kathyfish.bsky.social's story “There’s Something a Little Wrong with Jean” was published in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts! 🤩 👏 buff.ly/KFLUQUM

Our OCTOBER ISSUE cover art "maintains a strong sense of material presence while cultivating distance and absence." 🔥 Don't miss Yezi Lou's TRIPLE EXCEPTIONAL MEMORY! buff.ly/0NaO6Y1

"When people come here, what they don’t realize is you have to surrender things to assimilate, to get the American dream." This time last year, we published Nicole Zhao's interview with @cherrylousy.bsky.social ✨ Find it in the archive: buff.ly/6h24uQi

Head down, Keep writing, Don’t be an asshole. It's a pretty good motto 😜 If you want to know more about our values and mission statement, check out the site 💕

Still need some eerie recs for the ghoulish season?👻 Check out our blog SPOOKY SEASON: HALLOWEEN AT SPLIT LIP by Ella Schweizer🎃 In the archive: buff.ly/Yw2YoSh

"when time starts again / another faulty neuron- on a hunting spree, / i'm the last alive but the first witness " Stunning poem.

"I first fell in love in Paris, and soon after, first was heartbroken there. Every time I visit, I remember my twenty-year-old self, wandering Paris like a gray wraith." Contributor @kimmagowan.bsky.social is one of many contributors in the 10th anniversary of Ghost Parachute 🎉 buff.ly/iIXbqXv

"Part of having an invisible illness is knowing that what’s on the outside doesn’t always reflect what’s on the inside. I wanted the structure of the book to play with the inside/outside dynamic as well." @leeches.bsky.social interviews @eshanisurya.bsky.social in our OCTOBER ISSUE💕 buff.ly/2ZVy5zj

This time last year, we published Mingyu Brian Chan's HAIKU WHERE I LAY / WITH OCD, OBSESSING / OVER SYLLABLES. ❤️ Click here to give it a read & see the full image! buff.ly/ZGlBC96

What does your writing routine look like, fam? How do you find time to squeeze in some words? ✏️

"Writing this book was like playing dolls as a kid." We love to see it: contributor @claudiamonpere.bsky.social was interviewed by fellow contributor Michelle Ross about her book THE PERIODIC FAMILY for 100 Word Story! 🤩 buff.ly/SHAbVgP

"Regret’s in vogue these days: so we say / over pastries. So’s loneliness." 👏 You'll want to give this a read: check out Thia Bian's WEATHER PERMITTING, I'D LIKE IT ALL BACK from our OCTOBER ISSUE! buff.ly/kV1MFRL

"I now understand that N.’s pakka-ness, as perceived by Ma, was largely rooted in her desire to be 'popular' and what it meant to be 'popular' to N. was to be white." This time last year, we published the memoir MICRO by @monmita.bsky.social 💕 Find it in the archive and enjoy: buff.ly/RvjecIG

We're getting through the queue 💪 Thanks for your patience and don't forget to check out the guidelines before you submit! buff.ly/owXueL5

You're doing the best you can, fam. Keep trying. Keep moving. Keep learning. But be kind to yourself along the way 💗

"1. I was 13 & it was night & without even knowing it, I had successfully evaded the Amherst police" Contributor @chenchenwrites.bsky.social's poem “Race to the Tree” (inspired Pirooz Kalayeh’s short film) was published by From the Fishouse🎉 buff.ly/oClA7pQ

"The sheriff arrived and took the knife with him. Days later, neighbors told my mother that, when the sheriff found her attacker that night in their barn, he let him go." Find janehammons.bsky.social's memoir NIGHT KNOCK from our OCTOBER ISSUE✨: buff.ly/XnmC9wi

"Any absence maps the contours of a presence." This time last year, we published @lynnebeckenstein.bsky.social's THE 7-11 THAT EXISTS IN EVERY REALITY. 💫 Give it a read in the archives! buff.ly/jW5EUKk

Have you checked out the latest issue of Ghost Parachute? 👀 Today we recommend contributor @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's story FIRST-BORNS! 💕 buff.ly/Kbk6xoe

Inspiration can come from anywhere. 💡 What's inspiring you lately, fam? 💭

Our SLM fam always keeps busy. 🔥 Contributor @kristinaten.bsky.social's story HERE IT IS was published in Strange Pilgrims! 🤩 🎉 buff.ly/EmyW8TD

"Eventually there will be nowhere left that isn’t full of the pieces of something else." 🔥 You don't want to miss @kellyluce.bsky.social's flash piece DRAWERS from our OCTOBER ISSUE.✨️ buff.ly/uVcZ0s0

We're closing ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with a micro 🥰 Former Editorial Assistant @anniejowrites.bsky.social's “Therapy in the Park” was published in @havehashad.com 🙌 Have a read and a goodnight, fam: buff.ly/0BhhW3L

Need a prose poem on ACCOMPLIHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor @writesloud.bsky.social's honest poem “I lied when I told you I was a Riot Grrrl” was published in Bending Genres 🎉 buff.ly/XBHtaIv

It's gloomy where I am, but that just means it's the perfect night to stay in and read our October issue. 🍁🎃🌧️ @splitlipthemag.bsky.social

Excited to be in such great company!

All the words and the feels <3 perfect for the bracing air 🍂

We're shouting out some poetry on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 💕 Contributor nat raum’s poem “excess culture” was published in HAD. we know you'll lvoe this one ❤️ buff.ly/vAOUds6

"He saw a Hindi movie like this once, a song made of sweeping silk and bare arms, colored powders flying through the air like a happy fog." I love happy endings, and this one is a keeper! From "Love-Marriage" by Trent Lewin @trentlewin.bsky.social !!

ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY is a workshop kinda day ✨ Contributor @kcmeadbrewer.com is teaching a zoom workshop on adding horror elements to stories, regardless of genre🔥 This October 30th at 7pm EST, hosted by @smokelong.bsky.social. So get your ticket now: buff.ly/I9AA827

We're starting ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with some micros 😁 Contributor Scott Garson’s micros “Investigation,” “Go,” “UFO,” and “Rainbow Rocket Head” were published in Okay Donkey🤩 buff.ly/A472w6S

"Habiba is the first person I see in the morning, the last I see at night." This time last year, we published Priyanka Champaneri’s GOOD NEIGHBOR. 🌻 Find it in the archives! buff.ly/kKbmaUQ

💕 Thank you for celebrating our OCTOBER ISSUE release yesterday, fam! We're always so grateful to our readers, contributors, and team. 🫶