Split Lip Magazine
@splitlipthemag.bsky.social
We’re a literary journal that’s totally bonkers-in-love with voice-driven writing, pop culture, and the kind of honesty that gets you right in the kidneys.
Posts: @carolinamata.bsky.social, AJ Jolish & @emotes206.bsky.social
https://splitlipthemag.com/
Posts: @carolinamata.bsky.social, AJ Jolish & @emotes206.bsky.social
https://splitlipthemag.com/
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Our NOVEMBER ISSUE is hot off the press. ✨
WORDS by @srirachachang.bsky.social, Chloe Alberta, @dianezinna.bsky.social, & Stella Wong.
ART by Danielle Shandiin Emerson.
PLUS A.D. Lauren-Abunassar interviews @jessemechanic.bsky.social.
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WORDS by @srirachachang.bsky.social, Chloe Alberta, @dianezinna.bsky.social, & Stella Wong.
ART by Danielle Shandiin Emerson.
PLUS A.D. Lauren-Abunassar interviews @jessemechanic.bsky.social.
buff.ly/PLKRM5J
This time last year, we published Zhuo Xiong's dramatic piece LIKE ASH, LIKE SHADOW NO. 1. Find it in the archives! 🧡 buff.ly/bwXLRzz
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This time last year, we published Zhuo Xiong's dramatic piece LIKE ASH, LIKE SHADOW NO. 1. Find it in the archives! 🧡 buff.ly/bwXLRzz
What are we really into as a lit mag? Spaces where we can be:
🔥 Brave
😜 Silly
👏 Honest
👽 And weird.
🔥 Brave
😜 Silly
👏 Honest
👽 And weird.
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
What are we really into as a lit mag? Spaces where we can be:
🔥 Brave
😜 Silly
👏 Honest
👽 And weird.
🔥 Brave
😜 Silly
👏 Honest
👽 And weird.
"My own little doll family has no memories, no past, no future. They are perpetually unperturbed."
Contributor @ambersparks.bsky.social published an article in @literaryhub.bsky.social! buff.ly/HG3KQvb
Contributor @ambersparks.bsky.social published an article in @literaryhub.bsky.social! buff.ly/HG3KQvb
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"My own little doll family has no memories, no past, no future. They are perpetually unperturbed."
Contributor @ambersparks.bsky.social published an article in @literaryhub.bsky.social! buff.ly/HG3KQvb
Contributor @ambersparks.bsky.social published an article in @literaryhub.bsky.social! buff.ly/HG3KQvb
Have you seen the cover art of our NOVEMBER ISSUE? 💕 Check out Danielle Shandiin Emerson's piece HAADÍ SHÍTSILÍ (WHERE ARE YOU, LITTLE BROTHER?) right here: buff.ly/Fi0mGZt
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Have you seen the cover art of our NOVEMBER ISSUE? 💕 Check out Danielle Shandiin Emerson's piece HAADÍ SHÍTSILÍ (WHERE ARE YOU, LITTLE BROTHER?) right here: buff.ly/Fi0mGZt
We hope you've enjoyed ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY as much as we have 🥰 Contributor @drovarela.bsky.social was interviewed by Julián Delgado Lopera about his new epistolary novel MIDDLE SPOON for @electricliterature.com. Check out this convo on anxiety and heartbreak: buff.ly/MLuaVWm
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We hope you've enjoyed ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY as much as we have 🥰 Contributor @drovarela.bsky.social was interviewed by Julián Delgado Lopera about his new epistolary novel MIDDLE SPOON for @electricliterature.com. Check out this convo on anxiety and heartbreak: buff.ly/MLuaVWm
Love book news on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Editorial assistant @jondoyle.bsky.social’s novel COMMUNION will be published in April 2026 via @atlanticbooks.bsky.social 👏 Mark it on your calendar!
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Love book news on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Editorial assistant @jondoyle.bsky.social’s novel COMMUNION will be published in April 2026 via @atlanticbooks.bsky.social 👏 Mark it on your calendar!
We're shouting out some poetry on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 💕 Contributor @sebastianparamo.bsky.social published two poems in FOUR WAY REVIEW about learning and the promise of something new: buff.ly/M14hMsb
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We're shouting out some poetry on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 💕 Contributor @sebastianparamo.bsky.social published two poems in FOUR WAY REVIEW about learning and the promise of something new: buff.ly/M14hMsb
Calling all workshop lovers on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🔊 Contributor @sfmontgomery.bsky.social is teaching the FREE online workshop ✨ Unlearning Workshop Ableism ✨ with @cwstudies.bsky.social on Tuesday, December 2 at 7pm EST. Register now at: buff.ly/lPlVr9n
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Calling all workshop lovers on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🔊 Contributor @sfmontgomery.bsky.social is teaching the FREE online workshop ✨ Unlearning Workshop Ableism ✨ with @cwstudies.bsky.social on Tuesday, December 2 at 7pm EST. Register now at: buff.ly/lPlVr9n
It's ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY! Former EIC Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice won this year's @theforge.bsky.social Flash Fiction Competition for this unique take on a holiday story 🎉 Grab a cookie and read it here 😜 buff.ly/crCfi1W
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY! Former EIC Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice won this year's @theforge.bsky.social Flash Fiction Competition for this unique take on a holiday story 🎉 Grab a cookie and read it here 😜 buff.ly/crCfi1W
"The poetic image has long been a companion of the seeking, even in its guile."
This time last year, Amogha reviewed Sarah Ghazal Ali's THEOPHANIES. Give it a read! buff.ly/KOYcdcs
This time last year, Amogha reviewed Sarah Ghazal Ali's THEOPHANIES. Give it a read! buff.ly/KOYcdcs
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"The poetic image has long been a companion of the seeking, even in its guile."
This time last year, Amogha reviewed Sarah Ghazal Ali's THEOPHANIES. Give it a read! buff.ly/KOYcdcs
This time last year, Amogha reviewed Sarah Ghazal Ali's THEOPHANIES. Give it a read! buff.ly/KOYcdcs
More good news to start the weekend! 🎉 Contributor @kimmagowan.bsky.social and Michelle Ross published a micro piece in the Ilanot Review! buff.ly/QvvNSgh
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
More good news to start the weekend! 🎉 Contributor @kimmagowan.bsky.social and Michelle Ross published a micro piece in the Ilanot Review! buff.ly/QvvNSgh
We made it to Friday, fam! ✨ What are you reading this weekend?
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
We made it to Friday, fam! ✨ What are you reading this weekend?
Publishing news to kick off the weekend! 🚨 Poetry reader @bringonthelucie.bsky.social published a chapbook with @finishinglinepress.bsky.social! buff.ly/kMXeIZy
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Publishing news to kick off the weekend! 🚨 Poetry reader @bringonthelucie.bsky.social published a chapbook with @finishinglinepress.bsky.social! buff.ly/kMXeIZy
"When I was writing, I found it was also a bit of a therapeutic exercise. Just to be like, Well, I should probably mine this and see what comes up."
A.D. Lauren-Abunassar interviews @jessemechanic.bsky.social on his book THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE. Read it all here! buff.ly/exXzBhI
A.D. Lauren-Abunassar interviews @jessemechanic.bsky.social on his book THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE. Read it all here! buff.ly/exXzBhI
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"When I was writing, I found it was also a bit of a therapeutic exercise. Just to be like, Well, I should probably mine this and see what comes up."
A.D. Lauren-Abunassar interviews @jessemechanic.bsky.social on his book THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE. Read it all here! buff.ly/exXzBhI
A.D. Lauren-Abunassar interviews @jessemechanic.bsky.social on his book THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE. Read it all here! buff.ly/exXzBhI
"A crooked horse cannot develop impulsion.
Bisquick’s got that pure walk,
that pure trot, that drop it
like it’s hot pure cantor."
This time last year, we published BISQUICK'S DANCE BREAK by C. Russell Price. Find it in our archives: buff.ly/5lmCoEt
Bisquick’s got that pure walk,
that pure trot, that drop it
like it’s hot pure cantor."
This time last year, we published BISQUICK'S DANCE BREAK by C. Russell Price. Find it in our archives: buff.ly/5lmCoEt
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"A crooked horse cannot develop impulsion.
Bisquick’s got that pure walk,
that pure trot, that drop it
like it’s hot pure cantor."
This time last year, we published BISQUICK'S DANCE BREAK by C. Russell Price. Find it in our archives: buff.ly/5lmCoEt
Bisquick’s got that pure walk,
that pure trot, that drop it
like it’s hot pure cantor."
This time last year, we published BISQUICK'S DANCE BREAK by C. Russell Price. Find it in our archives: buff.ly/5lmCoEt
"You once told me you were afraid of growing old, forgetting all the English you learned. You said speaking was like searching and fumbling for words in a heavy fog."
We still love the incredible TRACK CHANGES IN ENLGISH by Kenneth Lee in our archives💗: buff.ly/X5fKmjE
We still love the incredible TRACK CHANGES IN ENLGISH by Kenneth Lee in our archives💗: buff.ly/X5fKmjE
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"You once told me you were afraid of growing old, forgetting all the English you learned. You said speaking was like searching and fumbling for words in a heavy fog."
We still love the incredible TRACK CHANGES IN ENLGISH by Kenneth Lee in our archives💗: buff.ly/X5fKmjE
We still love the incredible TRACK CHANGES IN ENLGISH by Kenneth Lee in our archives💗: buff.ly/X5fKmjE
Amazing!! @dianezinna.bsky.social's PANTHER AT THE WEDDING (from our NOVEMBER ISSUE) was included in Sari Botton's "Memoir Monday" 🤩Check out the whole list here: buff.ly/GmQEZ33
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Amazing!! @dianezinna.bsky.social's PANTHER AT THE WEDDING (from our NOVEMBER ISSUE) was included in Sari Botton's "Memoir Monday" 🤩Check out the whole list here: buff.ly/GmQEZ33
"You offer me an English-language
Qur’an. Thanks
for the toad skin gold
kiwi. Pauses"
The opening lines of Stella Wong's INFERENCE from our NOVEMBER ISSUE ✨ buff.ly/RqF51jr
Qur’an. Thanks
for the toad skin gold
kiwi. Pauses"
The opening lines of Stella Wong's INFERENCE from our NOVEMBER ISSUE ✨ buff.ly/RqF51jr
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"You offer me an English-language
Qur’an. Thanks
for the toad skin gold
kiwi. Pauses"
The opening lines of Stella Wong's INFERENCE from our NOVEMBER ISSUE ✨ buff.ly/RqF51jr
Qur’an. Thanks
for the toad skin gold
kiwi. Pauses"
The opening lines of Stella Wong's INFERENCE from our NOVEMBER ISSUE ✨ buff.ly/RqF51jr
"It was the final girls who taught me: do not be around those that are targets."
This time last year, we published Victoria Hood's memoir piece BLACK CHERRY MERLOT. Find it in our archives! 💕 buff.ly/DN1pVen
This time last year, we published Victoria Hood's memoir piece BLACK CHERRY MERLOT. Find it in our archives! 💕 buff.ly/DN1pVen
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"It was the final girls who taught me: do not be around those that are targets."
This time last year, we published Victoria Hood's memoir piece BLACK CHERRY MERLOT. Find it in our archives! 💕 buff.ly/DN1pVen
This time last year, we published Victoria Hood's memoir piece BLACK CHERRY MERLOT. Find it in our archives! 💕 buff.ly/DN1pVen
Missing summer already? ☀️ Check out our blog of sunny reading recommendations! buff.ly/FSnDufY
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Missing summer already? ☀️ Check out our blog of sunny reading recommendations! buff.ly/FSnDufY
"No matter how frequent the travels, I still feel a certain haze whenever arriving from the United States into Shannon Airport in the west of Ireland."
✨ ✈️ Contributor Seán Carlson’s review of Oona Frawley's THIS INTERIM TIME was published in @commonmag.bsky.social!
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✨ ✈️ Contributor Seán Carlson’s review of Oona Frawley's THIS INTERIM TIME was published in @commonmag.bsky.social!
buff.ly/cJdp1yp
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"No matter how frequent the travels, I still feel a certain haze whenever arriving from the United States into Shannon Airport in the west of Ireland."
✨ ✈️ Contributor Seán Carlson’s review of Oona Frawley's THIS INTERIM TIME was published in @commonmag.bsky.social!
buff.ly/cJdp1yp
✨ ✈️ Contributor Seán Carlson’s review of Oona Frawley's THIS INTERIM TIME was published in @commonmag.bsky.social!
buff.ly/cJdp1yp
"Darla and I sat on the L-shaped couch for twenty minutes, mashed together and hugging each other like we were trying to catch up by becoming one body."
Diane Zinna's PANTHER AT THE WEDDING documents a wedding gone wrong. Find it in our NOVEMBER ISSUE: buff.ly/j0k8y4N
Diane Zinna's PANTHER AT THE WEDDING documents a wedding gone wrong. Find it in our NOVEMBER ISSUE: buff.ly/j0k8y4N
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Darla and I sat on the L-shaped couch for twenty minutes, mashed together and hugging each other like we were trying to catch up by becoming one body."
Diane Zinna's PANTHER AT THE WEDDING documents a wedding gone wrong. Find it in our NOVEMBER ISSUE: buff.ly/j0k8y4N
Diane Zinna's PANTHER AT THE WEDDING documents a wedding gone wrong. Find it in our NOVEMBER ISSUE: buff.ly/j0k8y4N
"I tugged her ear and poked her stomach. She squeezed my arm and pinched my knee. We couldn’t hear our classmates as they lunched on the lawn."
This time last year, we published Christina Cooke's WHAT HAPPENED WAS 😍 Find it in the archives: buff.ly/p7FwdPm
This time last year, we published Christina Cooke's WHAT HAPPENED WAS 😍 Find it in the archives: buff.ly/p7FwdPm
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"I tugged her ear and poked her stomach. She squeezed my arm and pinched my knee. We couldn’t hear our classmates as they lunched on the lawn."
This time last year, we published Christina Cooke's WHAT HAPPENED WAS 😍 Find it in the archives: buff.ly/p7FwdPm
This time last year, we published Christina Cooke's WHAT HAPPENED WAS 😍 Find it in the archives: buff.ly/p7FwdPm
What is emotional resonance? How do you portray it in writing? ICYMI, our staff gave insightful answers on what it means to convey emotion & connection. Find WHAT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO ANYTHING, ANYWAY? A DEEP DIVE INTO EMOTIONAL RESONANCE on our blog 🥰: buff.ly/OWG6FGa
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What is emotional resonance? How do you portray it in writing? ICYMI, our staff gave insightful answers on what it means to convey emotion & connection. Find WHAT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO ANYTHING, ANYWAY? A DEEP DIVE INTO EMOTIONAL RESONANCE on our blog 🥰: buff.ly/OWG6FGa
"you start to wake at three a.m. to the sound of a man’s scream in one ear. you think it must be the stress of / work weaving nightmares until your man tells you he wakes that way, too, and often."
Contributor @jillkitchen.bsky.social has a poem in Boudin 🎉:
buff.ly/ah2kp9n
Contributor @jillkitchen.bsky.social has a poem in Boudin 🎉:
buff.ly/ah2kp9n
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"you start to wake at three a.m. to the sound of a man’s scream in one ear. you think it must be the stress of / work weaving nightmares until your man tells you he wakes that way, too, and often."
Contributor @jillkitchen.bsky.social has a poem in Boudin 🎉:
buff.ly/ah2kp9n
Contributor @jillkitchen.bsky.social has a poem in Boudin 🎉:
buff.ly/ah2kp9n