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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 3h

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, but you can support your library all year long. 📚️ How do you use your library? 📖

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 6h

"The moon tips its sombrero of clouds towards North Hollywood." Don't miss contributor @taylorbyas.bsky.social's poem BROKEN SONNET FOR LA JEALOUSY in Art Sick. 🔥 🔥 🔥 buff.ly/cie8Gks

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 22h

Friendly reminder, fam: One submission per writer at a time, please. This includes poems, micros, and flash. We appreciate it!!

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"I’m a tough critic when it comes to the grooms, especially when the men look like they know they’re attractive." Contributor @suburbanprairie.bsky.social’s piece “Girls in White Dresses” was published in @forgetcool.bsky.social 🥳 buff.ly/CUKOUFf

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

✨️ Lisa K. Harris reads FRILLY BLOUSE from our SEPTEMBER ISSUE ✨️

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"What do we need from our mother? Everything, which is an impossible thing." 📖 Contributor Donna Miscolta’s piece about OFELIA AND NORMA was published in Necessary Fiction! buff.ly/LOFzDp9

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lisa K. Harris’s flash memoir FRILLY BLOUSE shares how past and present collide in the emotional objects we keep in our homes. Here, she shares just one thing about the piece.

Three pink peonies against a background of green leaves.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"An image passes through the pupil. The lens bends the light." 💙 Contributor Matthew Tuckner’s poem BREATHING LIGHT was published in Issue 129 of Image! Read it right here: buff.ly/I0eyjvU

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Alice Markham-Cantor reads THIGHS from our SEPTEMBER ISSUE.✨ Find the full piece here: buff.ly/WhgebBg

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

OOPS! 🫠 So sorry, FAM, we forgot to turn on FREE ART subs this month! Our bad! 🫣 They are turned on now! 🖌️ Free art subs will remain open the entire month of October! Please send us your best! 🎨

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Alice Markham-Cantor’s THIGHS captures the collision of mastery and insecurity in girls' sports. Here, she shares just one thing about the piece. buff.ly/PsDpsmI

The author is a woman sitting in the driver’s seat of a moving car. She wears a white t-shirt and small gold earrings, has blonde hair in a braid, and is driving with one hand on the wheel. The photo is shot from the passenger seat; the driver has just turned her head to smile at the photographer with real pleasure.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Stretch out your legs, have a sip of coffee, and take a deep breath. ❤️ We hope you have a great day, fam!

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We're closing ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with a craft seminar 😍 Contributor @ambersparks.bsky.social is hosting the zoom seminar "The Modern Gothic: Making Haunted Fictions for the 21st Century" on Nov. 14🖋️ It's almost sold out, so reserve your spot! buff.ly/Rfwp5nq

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Congrats on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🥳 Contributor @wrefinnej.bsky.social is joining @thirtywestph.com next fall 🙌

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Need poetry for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? We're shouting out some raw micros we know you'll love🔥 Contributor Dante Fuoco’s micro poems “reckoning” and “virginia dmv” were published @theoffingmag.bsky.social 🔥 buff.ly/eI7yBt9

A white letter "X" painted on a black background.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We ❤️ a story on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY! Fiction reader Garima Chhikara’s flash “Only Fair That Way” was published in MoonPark Review. Check out this quiet piece 💕 buff.ly/M8fqUZc

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY, fam!! Start it with a review 😁 Contributor @brettstuckel.com's review of Rebecca Wood’s MULTIMORBID was published in Volume 20, Issue 1 of Wordgathering 🎉 buff.ly/lYv1ZiQ

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is your sign to browse a lit mag this weekend. ✏️ 📖

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

💫 Looking for some new poetry? Contributor Adele Elise Williams’ poem MY LOVER, THE MOMENT I FIRST SAW HIM NUDE was published in Volume 21.1 of Poetry Northwest! 🤩 buff.ly/uVdoLPH

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Your weekend reading is here: contributor & poetry reader @arahko.bsky.social's interview with Lisa Low was published in The Cincinnati Review! 💕 ✨️ buff.ly/Q2Sr5tj

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We made it to Friday, fam! 🙌 How are you spending the weekend? Reading any good books? 👀 📚️

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

September is almost done. How are you enjoying fall so far? Let us know below🍂

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Resplendent in clearance sale plastic go-go boots and polyester mini-dresses, my teen aunts, Paula and Brenda, use the battered handle on the kitchen cabinet drawer to pop bottle tops—." We're still loving SEASONINGS by @sumbodysbabygrl.bsky.social, in the archive: buff.ly/I3UiAF4

A variety of bottle caps in black and white.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“I hear whispers: Have you seen her? The woman who is not a woman, she is a walking museum. Have you seen her wares?” Social Media Co-Director Shae Carroll’s novella THE ART OF CONJURING was published ✨this week✨ by Terrazzo Editions!! You get your copy here: buff.ly/tDzvuIj

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sarah Chin reads "24 Hours on Labor & Delivery" from our 🍂 SEPTEMBER ISSUE 🍂

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sarah Chin’s story “24 Hours on Labor & Delivery” drops readers into the chaotic, heartbreaking, sleep-deprived world of a hospital resident. Here, she shares just one thing about the piece: buff.ly/OvhjOvK

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This time last year, we got to feature Valerie Marshall's piece TAMPERE. 🤍 🖤 Revisit it in the archives! buff.ly/62IMSeu

Technical-style drawing with an isometric view of industrial buildings on a square plot of land, surrounded by a crevasse on all sides, enmeshed with tree roots. A wonky forest with striped antelopes forms a desolate stronghold around the complex.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

ICYMI: Contributor @sean-carlson.bsky.social's essay HOMEWORK AS GAEILGE was published in Modern Language Studies! 🙌 buff.ly/8QIt4Gc

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Our SEPTEMBER ISSUE cover art "explores vernacular architecture through its historical, mythological, and sociological context." ✨️ Get a closer look at Joe Karlovec's EVICTION NOTICE right here! buff.ly/2Nz1Kk8

Warm amber interior light and empty chairs meet cool blue-green foliage and rusty stone in this heavily textured jacquard assemblage. Some fabric panel edges are left loose and fraying.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"To be reminded of the importance of allowing oneself to feel to the fullest extent—it’s a heartening thought on which to end an already thoughtful piece." This time last year, we published Benjamin Selesnick's micro review of Katie Lynn Johnston: buff.ly/Z0o66T2

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"I’ve since spent much of my life in fear of my mother’s anger, that slick shard & surprise of it." This time last year, we published Michal ‘MJ’ Jones' OF SHADE. ❤️ Find it in the archives: buff.ly/0j9Pm4E

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I did not see her bedroom mirror shatter but I heard it—muffled scream &

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Want to know what we're looking for? Check out the guidelines! We appreciate it 😁 buff.ly/lHRZEiE

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sometimes life is hard, painful, and exhausting. Take breath. Hydrate when you can. Rest without guilt 💕 We love you, fam 💕

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We're excited for this new book! Contributor @misdonnacolta.bsky.social's OFELIA & NORMA is coming out next week on September 29th from Regal House Publishing 👏 You can still pre-order now: buff.ly/PXLP0R2

Book cover of OFELIA & NORMA by Donna Miscolta: a yellow and orange illustration of two women on a beach.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The collection proceeds anyway, but with a constant negotiation: how to write toward the dead without fixing them in place; how to make something that holds without closing." Jood AlThukair's heartfelt interview with leena aboutaleb on her debut THALASSA is in our SEPTEMBER ISSUE💕: buff.ly/e27OzC8

Book cover of THALASSA by leena aboutaleb: black and white illustration of a girl floating, reaching toward a hand.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We're all about poetry today. ✨️ Contributor Adele Elise Williams’ poem SELF-INVASION was published in Issue 43 of Fence! 💕 🙌 buff.ly/Gp6KFsO

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy Monday, fam! We hope your weekend was full of rest and good books. 📚️ 🫶

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ICYMI: Contributor and poetry reader @arahko.bsky.social's debut poetry collection BRINE ORCHID was the co-winner of the Julie Suk Award! 👏 And her collection is available to order right now. 👀 buff.ly/hvJSydr

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Yes, I want / to be disturbed again—by my phone, & by the world, I guess." You've got to check out @chenchenwrites.bsky.social's IN THE FOREST OF MY OWN TEARS I SUDDENLY REMEMBER WANDA from our SEPTEMBER ISSUE. 🌲 💚 buff.ly/E0Wlz4L

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We're saying congratulations on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🙌 Contributor @lesliepwriter.bsky.social's "Hyenas" won @adroitjournal.bsky.social's 2026 Editor’s Prize in Fiction 🥳 buff.ly/nIrN0FZ

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’ve got a new poem in the September issue of @splitlipthemag.bsky.social. It’s about the daughter my mother always wanted and the sister I dreamt of having.

IN THE FOREST OF MY OWN TEARS I SUDDENLY REMEMBER WANDA

It's the name my mother would've given her daughter if she ever had one instead of yet another son. Wanda.
I used to dream of climbing trees together & playing wizard of the forest together, though not in the forest of my tears.
This was always in the forest of my laughter. Always, despite how sad I got at times that my mother didn't get to have you.
Back then I climbed trees every day. These days I'm lost in the thickets of my phone. The other week I kept missing calls, turns out I forgot to turn off "do not disturb." Eventually I remembered, but couldn't remember how to actually do it, to say, Yes, I want to be disturbed again-by my phone, & by the world, I guess.
Then I googled it, instead of just asking Jeff (I think you would like Jeff), because I didn't want it to be a whole production again, a customer service situation, except between lovers, & I am the worst

customer & the worst lover when trying to figure out my own phone. True, I'm a bit (Jeff would say a lot) of a Luddite. Well, a Luddite who's a screen fiend, & isn't that the perfect storm, wait, is that the right proverb, is it an idiom, I think you would know, Wanda. & now I'm remembering French class, how I adored learning new idiomatic expressions— lifit's Idiomatic Expressions Time! That's what happened in my head. How often I wished, Wanda, that you were at school with me. Say, only a year above me, but wise & capable of forming really cool sentences in French, & you'd never tease me in any language, or just a little, for what went on in my head. & after school we'd race from the bus to our favorite tree, though already we were a tad old to be playing like that, we'd play, we'd climb, we'd take turns being wizard of the forest, & laugh, we'd laugh so vast. At some point in our tree, you'd tell me which boy you liked, if any. Then I'd chime in with which one, or ones I liked. & though I could guess, & now know, thanks to my best friend Sam (you'd like him too), that having sisters can be very complicated, including or especially big sisters,

back then I believed, needed to think that I could tell you every big thing. I could tell my sister, & then it was okay for a while that I couldn't tell anyone else in the family, it was alright because I had you. You, Wanda, & maybe that's sort of what she was thinking, believing, too, in her own forest early mornings or late at night, up in her own magical oak, when my mother was dreaming so hard about you.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Need a story for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor @christopherallen.bsky.social’s “Kerosene Man” was featured in @fictivedream.bsky.social 👏 Check it out: buff.ly/zwT9oVf

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY, fam 🔥Contributor @monmita.bsky.social is featured in the latest issue of @prairie-schooner.bsky.social. You can get your copy here: buff.ly/ZfShNdN

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Who would have guessed a cinnamon roll essay on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor @sean-carlson.bsky.social published a sweet piece for Travel + Leisure we know you'll ❤️: buff.ly/QewzMFf

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"I felt the bones of my legs, the breath in my lungs, the muscles in my arms, the wetness of my hair." This time last year, we published Kimaya Diggs' memoir piece JUMP IN. Find it in the archives. 💕 (CW for self-harm). buff.ly/ToCZBaN

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Kick off the weekend with some poetry. 💫 Contributor Shane McCrae’s poem BOY WITH RIFLE was published in Issue 3.3 of the New Verse Review! 🔥 buff.ly/6RwKPBN

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We are so happy to announce that Tariq Thompson’s “You Look Just Like the Bastard” will be included in the 2026 Best New Poets Anthology! Thank you to @tariqthompson.bsky.social for publishing this brilliant poem with us & to the BNP editors! ❤️ buff.ly/n13KjPb

SLM POEM
"YOU LOOK JUST LIKE THE BASTARD"
BY TARIQ THOMPSON
is a 2026 Best New Poets Anthology Pick!

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Cradling our past, I ask what he wishes to get his wife for her birthday tomorrow." Don't miss Lisa K. Harris's heartfelt micro-memoir FRILLY BLOUSE from our SEPTEMBER ISSUE. ✨️ buff.ly/1MXOfhy

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"The play wound down and closed. Where the moose had been, the fireweed had flowered, and the petals were falling to the ground." This time last year, we published CASSANDRA by JR Fenn 💗 Find it in the archive: buff.ly/dKIK22w

Pink flower petals on a dark background.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What’s a magazine without exclusive content? 😉 We want to see fresh work that hasn’t been published anywhere before (this includes your blog or website!) First-time electronic publication rights are really all we ask for 💕

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