Split Lip

Open now for fiction, flash fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

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Split Lip Magazine is a voice-driven literary journal with a pop-culture twist that publishes fiction, memoir, poetry, and other writing online and periodically in print.

Response time info: within two weeks for expedited submissions

Read the full guidelines at splitlip.submittable.com↗

Submission calls

fictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 31Pays: Web contributors receive $100 via PayPal.

Open to: Black writers

Free fiction submissions are for stories in the 1,000–3,000 word range; the magazine favors interesting, literary narratives with modern pop-culture appeal and accepts compelling translations with written permission. This category is only open to Black writers.

fictionLiteraryCloses Oct 31Fee: $3.00Pays: Web contributors receive $100 via PayPal.

Tip Jar fiction submissions are for stories in the 1,000–3,000 word range, with literary narratives and modern pop-culture appeal; compelling translations are considered with written permission. Tip Jar submissions do not guarantee publication or faster reading.

flashLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 31Pays: Web contributors receive $100 via PayPal.

Open to: Black writers

Free flash fiction and microfiction under 1,000 words, with microfiction under 400 words; literary, voice-driven narratives with modern pop-culture appeal. This category is only open to Black writers.

flashLiteraryCloses Oct 31Fee: $3.00Pays: Web contributors receive $100 via PayPal.

Tip Jar flash fiction submissions are for fiction under 1,000 words, with literary, voice-driven narratives and modern pop-culture appeal. Tip Jar submissions do not guarantee publication or faster reading; this category is open during October.

nonfictionLiteraryCloses Oct 31Fee: $3.00Pays: Web contributors receive $100 via PayPal.

Tip Jar memoir submissions are listed as open during October; Tip Jar submissions require a $3 donation and do not guarantee publication or faster reading.

nonfictionLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 31Pays: Web contributors receive $100 via PayPal.

Open to: Black writers

Free memoir and creative nonfiction submissions up to 2,000 words; the magazine favors interesting, literary narratives with modern pop-culture appeal. This category is only open to Black writers.

poetryLiteraryEligibility requirementsCloses Oct 31Pays: Web contributors receive $100 via PayPal.

Open to: Black writers

Free submissions of one poem per submission; the magazine seeks new, innovative work from fresh voices. This category is only open to Black writers.

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