Split Lip Magazine

We're enjoying Summer with our brilliant new JUNE ISSUE 😎 Enjoy it at our website: buff.ly/M9YTorb All the love to our contributors! WORDS: Amelia Valasek, Jack Barrie, @luckyyyycharmss, Alex Bortell ART: Jasper Glen PLUS: @taniamalik interviews Esinam Bediako

⚡ News Flash ⚡ We interrupt our summer social media hiatus to let you know that we will be at #AWP26! We just selected our table! It's T960! We can't wait to see you there! 😊

Favorite read so far this year (I keep a ranked list): Book: Tie between SAD GROWN-UPS by @amy_stuber_ & DEADHEADING by Beth Gilstrap. Short Story: "Cinema" by @amy_stuber_ - although this one by @LisAnnaLangston is a pretty close second: doric-literary.com/2025/06/30/lea…

Emily Costa (@emilylauracosta) is a wonderful writer whose work is rooted in a lot of the same popular culture references that permeate my own work. My students love her story, "Banana Split Deluxe," published in @splitlipthemag! Her latest book Girl on Girl is outstanding!

🐚 😎 The SLM staff is taking a much-needed break for the next six weeks 🏖️ 🏄‍♀️ But, never fear, our June Issue is still here for you. It features truly 🌟 STELLAR 🌟 work by mega TALENTED contributors. We hope you'll read it while we're away! 🌞 buff.ly/5laDl7T

Need some summer vibes? We've got you! Revisit Aurielle Marie's brilliant poem in our archives: buff.ly/DxYmduS If you need more gems that capture this season’s heat and heart, we have some great choices for you here: buff.ly/Ulgbyjy

So pumped to see Split Lip stories by Christina Cooke, @cedarchromatic & @claudiamonpere on the Wigleaf lists! Thank you @Wigleaf! It's always a fun time of year. Congrats all around! Make sure to read these 🔥 stories in the 🧵 if you haven't already!

Somehow we're already almost halfway through the year. 😵‍💫 What's been your favorite read of the year so far?

We're heading on vacation for July, FAM. Subs close tonight at midnight! But we'll be back open for submissions on August 15! If you're wondering what we're looking for: ⭐ Voice-driven writing ⭐ Pop culture twist ⭐ The kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys.

We're ending our last ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY of the month saying CONGRATS 🎉 Contributor Jennifer Wortman's novel DREAMS OF MY DEAD HUSBAND made runner-up for the Autumn House Press Fiction Prize!

The publications just keep coming for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY! Contributor Brett Stuckel published a summer micro chapbook with @GhostCityPress. Check it out: buff.ly/XHKRxKI

Want some flash on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Big congrats to contributor @kimmagowan for her publication in @FracturedLit 🥳 Read it here: buff.ly/VrYEAJL

Gotta love a cover reveal for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY! Contributing editor @Rebb003 introduced the cover for MY PARENTS ARE DEAD: WHAT NOW? A PANIC-FREE GUIDE TO THE PRACTICALITIES OF DEATH. Out Jan 6, 2026: buff.ly/IfZjmhn

It's our last ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY of the month so we're starting it with nonfiction! 😍 Contributor @egabbert published the essay "30 Ideas About Writing Nonfiction" in @thecreativeindp. Get your coffee and read it now: buff.ly/LNJMygD

Did you see all this BADASS news from the Split Lip FAM? It takes a lot to get published these days. Our new round-up represents days and weeks and even years of blood, sweat, and tears. BIG CONGRATULATIONS to everyone here! buff.ly/wcSTYqX

BIG EXCITING NEWS in the lit mag world! Contributor @saralippmann is now the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of @epiphanylit!

What's your favorite beach read? (Does any book count as a beach read if it's read on the beach?)☀️