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"scrolling google images, having searched 'trans pikachu' and, yes, found her," It's National Pokemon day! So we thought it fitting to shout out this BEAUTIFUL poem by SLM contributor and memoir reader @spaghettiutopia.bsky.social from last summer @electriclit.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4cvt1fN

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The world is A LOT right now. We are still here doing our literary work, which is a balm. ✨ We have already accepted 3 pieces this week 🎉 Sending you all a big hug. Keep doing the work. It matters. We see you. 😍

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Did you know that we love book reviews, micro-reviews, and author interviews? And we want to see yours! Send us your pitch or your finished piece here: https://buff.ly/32k496o

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Do you use writing prompts? Can you share a prompt you love? Or an evocative photograph?

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"Like any unacknowledged feeling, it grew into something much bigger, rolled around inside me until it snowballed, hard-packed and heavy." SLM's Former Managing Editor @mossyair.bsky.social has a new flash, "Only Count In One," in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 💫 Read it here: https://buff.ly/4gWtqJJ

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Reading is resistance. So we’re reading our favorite banned books. Which are you rereading? Which do you recommend?

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If you want a Novel Writing workshop, we got just the one! 😍 Assistant Memoir Editor Jeneé Skinner has a 4-Week Virtual Workshop coming up March 5-26 with @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social . Sign up now! https://buff.ly/4jHrLKU

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There's still time to check out our FEBRUARY ISSUE, fam 🥰 So much love goes into every issue 💕 https://buff.ly/2Z36noR

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Janet Stapelman explores color relationships, texture, shape, and the surprises of light falling on the twisted Perle Cotton she uses in her artwork. This time last year we published her intricate "Factory with Red Lights." Find it in our archives: https://buff.ly/3SNCoze

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Let's start the week with some GOOD NEWS for a change! Congrats to @saralippmann.bsky.social @kcmeadbrewer.com @mariannelchan.bsky.social @amorak.bsky.social @ilanaslightly.bsky.social @rachelmansmckenny.bsky.social @sgpoet.bsky.social @bettysueblue.bsky.social @emilylauracosta.bsky.social & MORE!

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Oooh, shoutout to @bettysueblue.bsky.social & @riverriverbooks.bsky.social in here for the forthcoming THERE IS NEWS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER (2026). Nobody loves on their contributors like @splitlipthemag.bsky.social, I swear.

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Hey FAM! @workshops4gaza.bsky.social is bringing you an awesome writing workshop on ANIMAL POETICS with Split Lip contributor @oracleatdelphi.bsky.social on March 23rd, 2pm EST! All proceeds will go to Wisam's family in Gaza. Register here: https://buff.ly/43anhGS

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Kathleen Frank paints the Western landscape in vibrant hues, capturing light and pattern in complex terrains. Check out her gorgeous work, “The Rocky Top – of the Continental Divide," in our February Issue: https://buff.ly/4ba52mU

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We have to admit that January was a thorny start to the year… but the wonderful news and publications from the SLM FAM brought us solace and inspiration. https://buff.ly/4idMQuD

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Last up this ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY: contributor @inauthenticity.bsky.social ‬ 's piece "A Haunting" was published in @ergot.bsky.social !! For an extra eerie evening, you can find it here: https://buff.ly/4gNPxC9

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It's ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY and we're saying congrats!! Contributor @darrencdemaree.bsky.social has a poem titled “Emily as We Look in the Mirror and See Ourselves” published in Schuylkill Valley journal 🎉

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ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY is ramping up with great news from contributor @ambersparks.bsky.social : her new book HAPPY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE, forthcoming on October 14, is available for preorder NOW!! Check it out here: https://buff.ly/3D3JkUR

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Who doesn't love a good interview to start ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social interviewed @dawniewalton.bsky.social on the latest episode of @ursastory.bsky.social 🤩 Become a member now: https://buff.ly/41zRUEx

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Congratulations to SLM contributor Elisa Gabbert— she is this year's Nonfiction Judge for the @pshares.bsky.social Emerging Writer's Contest! If you'd like to submit, the link is here: https://buff.ly/4b97EkJ

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"We’re all monstrous in one way or another, and I like exploring that." This time last year we published @allisonwyss.bsky.social in conversation with @sillysyntax.bsky.social . Read this interview in our archives: https://buff.ly/3SEz8Gc

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Hey everybody, how are you doing? For real. How are you?

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It feels hard to share good news right now. But isn't now more than ever a crucial time to share art & heart & everything inside us that matters? @splitlipthemag.bsky.social shared "Just One Thing" last week, some words about the process of writing my poem in their January issue.

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Today at SLM we're reading contributor @vanessahua.bsky.social 's thoughtful, urgent article on the history of American birthright citizenship in @sfchronicle.bsky.social . Read it here: https://buff.ly/3Qp0sYp

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"I don’t care about tech, but I do care about humanity, and at this point, those two things are inextricable." Read this thought-provoking interview of Olivia Gatwood by Isabella Maria in our February Issue: https://buff.ly/3F1Ij00

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"Blessed are your floral shorteralls, your deeply pink fanny pack with travel-size lint roller just in case." Former poetry contest judge @chenchenwrites.bsky.social 's poem “Summer,” (published by Poetry Magazine in 2021) was Poem of the Day at Poetry Foundation! https://buff.ly/3zSi5bM

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"I need more dialogue, less moody eye contact in the piazza. There’s so much I can’t relate to. I swipe through whole cities’ dating profiles and fail to imagine calling" This time last year, we published Kurt David's GALENTINE'S DAY. Check it out!

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"running the court, directing traffic, crossing over his defender and dropping him. He jumps a pass because he knows who’s scared to shoot." Read Andy Chen's YOU WALK UP TO THE PARK AND THERE'S ONE CHINESE GUY in our FEBRUARY ISSUE now! https://buff.ly/3EFWA2w

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Our February 2025 edition of Now Playing features books to keep handy and what to watch while sweating it out from one of our contributors! https://buff.ly/3QngSAg

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"June, always rain. Always ants after it rains. Always beetles smacking against the window..." This time last year we published Mother-Mother, Wasp-Mother by @aniking.bsky.social . Revisit it in our archives: https://buff.ly/3OSx4ct

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"They scooped off the wrong tit." A cancer story like no other cancer story by Selen Ozturk in our February Issue: https://buff.ly/4hVLbtJ

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"'So odd. Why haven’t I ever heard of you?' another man writes. 'I haven’t even heard of me,' I want to tell him, to tell all of them." Contributor @writesloud.bsky.social published an essay about ancestry, family, and loneliness in @theoffingmag.bsky.social . Read it here: https://buff.ly/41n18U8

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“I google pictures of trans man with shaved head because I don’t have any delusions about how I look and don’t want the internet to lie to me by showing me pictures of Zac Efron.” This time last year, we published BUZZCUT by @trbrady.bsky.social : https://buff.ly/49nlBtK

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HEAD DOWN, KEEP WRITING, DON’T BE AN ASSHOLE This is our mag motto. We love a community that builds itself up.

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“It’s bittersweet; what will other people make of us? The home-scent we can’t smell—it’ll disappear.” Afri Arebu manages to perfectly capture so many beautiful intangibles in this month’s memoir, “Beacon St., February 19”

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We accept simultaneous submissions. Yay! But please withdraw your piece immediately if it’s accepted elsewhere. Check out more from our guidelines: https://buff.ly/32k496o

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“Shahrazad says, Life is good, which we say when we are trying to convince ourselves, and when we mean it.” We mean it when we say Afri Arebu’s memoir BEACON ST., FEBRUARY 19 from our FEBRUARY ISSUE is incredibly good. Find it here: https://buff.ly/437jTw6

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"I am trying my best to put you to sleep but you must let me help you." This time last year we published AN INSOMNIAC’S GUIDE TO A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP by Ucheoma Onwutuebe. Revisit this riveting story in our archives: https://buff.ly/4bKu0c8

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Have you written a 1-3k word story that you love? Well, we'd love to see it! Please submit it to us here: https://buff.ly/32k496o

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