Split Lip Magazine

Joan Kwon Glass on the Jersey boardwalk, having just read Strike Sparks by Sharon Olds.

Today we're highlighting Joan Kwon Glass’ poem MASCOT from our JANUARY ISSUE. ✨ You can read about the inspiration behind her piece right here: buff.ly/SJABLw5

"Foxglove, also known as digitalis purpurea, is used to regulate the metronome of the heart."

🎉 Contributor Kristine Langley Mahler's essay FOXGLOVE was published in @therumpus.net! buff.ly/FTH1mpB

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"He is a composite person, a mosaic of bodies. He is the same as he’s always been—stingy and self-serving, a comforting constant."

Brilliant weight of emotion in this fab piece of flash from @esmepromise.bsky.social; so much depth to this in so many different ways

Looking for a good writing podcast? Flash reader Christina D’Antoni recommends BETWEEN THE COVERS by David Naimon.

"Especially the Bhanu Kapil and Caren Beilin episodes. There are SO many good ones, but I've saved those two in particular when I need to let a little extra light in. ✨ "

We're starting the week with wins: poetry reader Mack Rogers had an essay on religious trauma published in the anthology QUEER COMMUNION: RELIGION IN APPALACHIA. ❤️ 👏 buff.ly/KuKRmOe

"before the parade at the forgotten war park / children pretend to kill one another with sticks"

Check out Joan Kwon Glass' poem MASCOT before it hits the archives: buff.ly/ZZjDkZO

Happy Friday, fam! Take a deep breath, open a book, and enjoy the weekend. ✨ 📚

Thank you!💕

Looking to send us your POETRY? ✏️ Here's what we love:

✨ Your very best. (No word limit).
✨ Just one (‼️) unpublished poem.
✨ New, innovative works by fresh voices.

Browse our archives for inspiration: buff.ly/QQ4bNsX

Looking for a good book rec? Contributor @ilanaslightly.bsky.social shares her most anticipated LGBTQ+ books of 2026! buff.ly/kugX0DV

north by north/west: an attention to frequency. Chris Campanioni.

"Here is my point: Campanioni’s book, whose title nods to direction, shows us the boundlessness inherent in letting go of directionality."

@rachellayown.bsky.social reviews @chriscampanioni.bsky.social's NORTH BY NORTH/WEST in our JANUARY ISSUE.✨ Don't miss it! buff.ly/5eyaK7H

"Volunteers are there to observe and alert, as a protective measure, so our neighbors’ kids and their parents don’t get kidnapped before they get to have their own golden post-drop-off hour."

Memoir Editor @krysmalcolmbelc.bsky.social published an essay on the Twin Cities in Vogue: buff.ly/XXH5Qju

Next Month! SPLIT LIP & FRIENDS A Reading to Benefit CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth Thursday March 5th 7pm-9pm Offsite AWP26: Baltimore Unity Hall 1505 Eutaw Place w/snacks & drinks Please RSVP

FEATURING: Nini Berndt Priyanka Champaneri jason b. crawford Tope Folarin Adam Gianforcaro Kat Giordano Hannah Grieco Jon Chaiim McConnell Crystal Odelle Sebastian Páramo Albert Phillips, Jr. Stella Wong Please RSVP

🚨 It's official: we're only ONE MONTH away from our AWP reading to benefit CHARM! 🤩 Don't forget to RSVP right here: buff.ly/AiaUbPG

Our FEBRUARY ISSUE is only ten days away, fam! We can't wait to share it with you.

"After eight hours in the hot whir of the kitchen, I can feel my cells aging, frail and irreplaceable."

Don't miss @esmepromise.bsky.social's flash piece JELLYFISH. ✨ buff.ly/3tUaCr7

"In that sense, the finished poem is always, ultimately, an attempt to immortalize that momentary aesthetic experience, to trap it in a box."

🙌 Contributor Matthew Tuckner was interviewed in @adroitjournal.bsky.social! buff.ly/JE2WbFc

Shane McCrae, Songs and Sonnets. Broken Sleep Books.

ICYMI: Contributor Shane McCrae's book SONGS AND SONNETS is out now! 🙌 buff.ly/g4a9MWW

🔥 Fiction reader Garima Chhikara's advice for writers:

"I like to write a story in one go without stopping to think or fix anything. I usually think through the story while walking, then use those bits later when I sit down to shape or edit it."

A photo of the author, wearing a dark blue sweatshirt, sitting outside next to a rock wall and a fern plant.

@esmepromise.bsky.social's flash piece JELLYFISH searches for a change of heart in the very darkest part of the ocean. Here, they share just one thing about the piece: buff.ly/REF7Oom

"The shriek turns into a wide-open laugh, but it’s too late. My mouth is already clamped around the hairy meat of his hand."

Don't miss Stephanie Meade Gresham's TEN TIMES SADIE before it hits the archives! buff.ly/qDLMnCz

Our JANUARY ISSUE is hitting the archives soon, but there's still time to enjoy it in all it's glory! ✨️ buff.ly/NkEIEQv

⭐️ Friendly reminder, fam: We have separate submissions for fiction above 1,000 words and flash below 1,000 words. Make sure to choose the right category for your piece! We can't wait to read it😁

Wanna know more about our AWP event? Check it out on our blog! 💕 RSVP encouraged 💕 buff.ly/AiaUbPG

A clothing line with three white sheets on it hangs from a tree.

"That was the summer our mothers formed their congregation in our backyards. They took down the fences one morning after our fathers left to make the money." The opening line to Flash Reader @dallonwrites.bsky.social's story in Flash Fiction Magazine 😁Enjoy here: buff.ly/Gsh235R

Contributor Lia Hagen reads from her memoir What WE BROKE, from our JANUARY ISSUE 💙

A white brunette woman smiles in a cornfield.

Lia Hagen’s memoir “What We Broke” reflects on a flooded memory—her first memory—and all that happens after. Here, she shares just one thing about the piece.

"He led me for the wood and through it, with one syllable sentences, stories of fights and of jobs and of fires and of moments that bled through the T-shirt of most days."

We're still thinking about Jack Barrie's flash piece HIS PETROL SMELL. Read it right here! buff.ly/CA5lRZN

"Maybe you have similar memories, piled high with fallen snow? No wonder poets so frequently wonder at winter marvels."

❄️ Flash reader @adrianf.bsky.social wrote a round-up of winter snow poems for their poetry column in the Stratford Crier! buff.ly/REBkT9h