Split/Lip Press

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cover of SPECIMEN: an essay, by Sienna Liu. Image is the book cover, featuring a piece of art with two figures looking at a scene together, but apart
Welcome to the Split/Lip Family Nov 2027: Antibachelorette! Ariel Chu is a Taiwanese American writer from Eastvale, California. She is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Southern California, where she serves as the fiction editor of Gold Line Press and Nat. Brut. In 2020, Ariel received an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University, where she was awarded the Syracuse Shirley Jackson Prize in Fiction. Ariel's work has been published by Joyland, Black Warrior Review, and The Masters Review, among others, and she has received support from Kundiman, the Steinbeck Fellowship, the Luce Scholars Program, and the P.D. Soros Fellowship for New Americans. Antibachelorette is her debut collection.
orange background with yellow lettering: OPEN CALL FOR NOVEL & NOVELLA MANUSCRIPTS, reading period July 1 through September 1, submit at splitlippress.submittable.com
Split/Lip Press welcomes new novel/novella readers: Roy Acuna, Emma Deshpande, and Tahniat Islam
"Brother Epistles is all a memoir should be, unsparingly honest, insightful, riveting. It left me changed--and deeply moved." --Suzanne Koven
"Brother Epistles is an act of both remembrance and reckoning. Shanda McManus confronts what it means to grow up Black in America and the intimate human cost of a nation's indifference. A powerful meditation on grief, love, and survival." --Danielle Ofri
title "Brother Epistles" with two shapes, one teal on the left, one red-orange on the right, and the quote "From politics and pop culture to the haunting regrets and what-ifs we survivors know so well, McManus paints Monir, and readers, an indelible portrait of the grieving life. This is an extraordinary and extraordinarily courageous book." --Deesha Philyaw
A copy of a book, featuring two Black children on the cover, a sister and her brother, a top of stack of books. The books are nestled into a leafy tree.
CLOSED: call for readers for novel/novella team is now closed
blue background with orange blobs, upon which it is written: Split/Lip Press at DSM Book Fest, 11am-6pm, Saturday May 2, 4801 Franklin Avenue. Free admission
color fade from pink to yellow, reading "CALL FOR READERS: want to help Split/Lip Press choose our next novel/novella? The details: Readers are compensated, reading period July 1 through Sept 1, applications due May 8, apply at splitlippress.submittable.com"
purple, blue, and gray egg shapes along the bottom, a black and white photo of jonah in the center, and the text: Split/Lip Press (re)welcomes jonah wu, Novel/Novella Editor
Welcome to the Split/Lip Family Aug. 2027: WHAT THE GROUND COULDN'T SHAKE. B&W photo of a Black man (Jonas's bio photo) and his bio: Jonas Attilus is a Haitian-born psychiatrist practicing in Minnesota. He earned his medical degree from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), a Master of Public Health from Rutgers University in New Jersey, and completed his psychiatric residency at the University of Minnesota. He has studied internationally in France, Greece, Germany, and Poland. Jonas is a member of the Minnesota Refugee and Immigrant Writers Group. He writes in Haitian Creole, French, Spanish, and English. He is a 2014 Spanish-language winner of the United Nations’ Many Languages, One World (MLOW) essay contest. What the Ground Couldn’t Shake is his debut memoir.
zooming copy of the yellow Xness anthology book; MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY LAUNCH, Feat. Dan Chaon, Steven Church, Melissa Faliveno, Danielle Geller, W. Todd Kaneko, Elena Passarello, Amy Rossi, and Martin Seay. April 7, 7pm CT, register at tinyurl.com/hitrepeat
purple background with jellyfish and the message OPEN CALL FOR MULTIGENRE MANUSCRIPTS, reading period April 1 through June 1, submit at splitlippress.submittable.com
cover of March Xness Anthology, a yellow book with a cassette tape on the cover
massive AWP Author Residency schedule; we'll repost this every day with the pertinent author residencies in the text of the post
massive AWP Author Residency schedule; we'll repost this every day with the pertinent author residencies in the text of the post
brown background, text reads AWP BACKLIST SALE, SPLIT/LIP PRESS. March 1-8, Full-length books $15, Chapbooks $10 + free shipping with code NOAWPFORME
Yellow background with six copies of a book with a cassette tape on the cover. Beside the stack of books is a vase with yellow, white, and one orange flower.
black background, text reads: Split/Lip Press, March Xness at Greedy Reads Remington, 320 W 29th St, Baltimore MD, on Friday March 6 from 6:30-8pm, featuring readings from Hayden Casey, Aubrey Hirsch, Jillian Danback-McGhan, Shanda McManus, Raquel Gutierrez, Katie Moulton, Sejal Shah, Ander Monson
abstract background, with the announcement "Split/Lip Press welcomes new multigenre/chapbook readers." Readers are Jess Alexander, Erinola E. Daranijo, Hillary Jo Foreman, Adrian Dallas Frandle, Armando Ledezma.
blue background, sea monster with long teeth asking "How do you hope readers feel when they turn the final page of your book?"
blue background, vampire monster icon asking "What's your book's theme song?"
blue background with a brown, hairy monster icon, asking the question "What's your favorite line from your book?"
blue background, icon of a woman with a veil on her head, asking "What's the recipe for your book?"
gold confetti background with a headshot of Hayden, his book cover for SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS, and a SILVER Literary Award Finalist medallion, along with the text: "Congratulations to Hayden Casey, Finalist for the 2026 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection!"
CALL FOR READERS in yellow, on an abstract multicolored background. The question: Want to help Split/Lip Press choose our next multigenre and/or chapbook? The details: Readers are compensated. 25% of our submission fee is divided among readers. They also receive a free copy of your team's chosen book. Reading period runs April 1 through June 1. Applications are due February 6. Apply at splitlippress.submittable.com
blue background with triangular shapes holding the words: Krackle's Last Movie Launch Event, Chelsea Sutton in conversation with Em J Parsley. Monday, February 9, 8pm CT, link in bio. There are also three monster icons, a veiled woman's head, a Bride of Frankenstein, and a pink sea creature with devastatingly long teeth
image shows the book cover for Brother Epistles, by Shanda McManus, and it features two children in a blue coat and red shirt, smiling for the camera. The girl is pointing at her brother.
blue square with green square showing the text; red X through "1/15" and rewritten as "1/18"
blue background with a veiled monster face at the corner, the logo for SLP at the other corner, and the blurbed quote from Manuel Gonzales for KRACKLE'S LAST MOVIE
Announcement is on a background with green, purple, blue, and yellow sketched houses. Mike's bio photo is also present.
teal square background, green square with text: WANT TO JOIN THE SPLIT/LIP PRESS TEAM? We're looking for a novel/novella book editor! Applications open 1/8 - 1/15. For more details, visit splitlippress.submittable.com
blue background with the text "OPEN CALL: FLASH FICTION & SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS, Reading period January 1 - March 1, Submit at splitlippress.submittable.com"
photo of Hayden Casey and his book, SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS, against a golden confetti-laden background!
A vase of flowers sits on top of copies of Chelsea Sutton‘s novella, KRACKLE’S Last Movie. The flowers are in colors that match the monster faces on the cover and its blue background; an additional copy is turned out to face front and rests atop a video cassette.
Blue background, OPEN CALL: CREATIVE NONFICTION BOOKS. Split/Lip Press Reading Period October 1 - December 1, submit at splitlippress.submittable.com, 125 page minimum
repeating covers of YOU, FROM BELOW; SHOW ME WHERE THE HURT IS; SPECIMEN, and GRAPHIC RAGE. Looks exactly like the Electric Lit graphic for all the Best Ofs.
An image of a bookshelf with tons of book spines facing outright. Spoiler: they’re all Split/Lip Press books
Happy First Publication Anniversary! Depicts the cover of Hold Me by jade vine, an essay collection with a gorgeous white, pink, and gray cover. Also notes that the eBook is now $5
Split/Lip Press at Twin Cities Book Festival: 10am-5pm on Saturday, November 8th at Union Depot in St. Paul. Free admission, more details at twincitiesbookfestival.com
HALFWAY through our open call for creative nonfiction books. Reading period from October 1 through December 1. Submit at splitlippress.submittable.com, 125 page minimum.
CALL FOR READERS: Want to help Split/Lip Press choose our next collection of short stories/flash fiction? The details: Readers are compensated, 25% of our submission fee is divided among readers, and they also receive a free copy of their team's chosen book. Reading period is from 1/1/26 through 3/1/26 Applications open 11/2-11/8, applications will be capped at 100 Apply at splitlippress.submittable.com
ANNOUNCING: Split/Lip Press Subscription Boxes & Website Refresh
LET'S LAUNCH THIS BOOK! The GRAPHIC RAGE VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH: Tuesday, October 7, 8:00pm ET, registration link in bio
OPEN CALL: CREATIVE NONFICTION BOOKS Reading period October 1 - December 1 Submit at splitlippress.submittable.com 125 page minimum
Let's Launch This Book! The GRAPHIC RAGE virtual Book Launch, Tuesday October 7, 8:00pm ET, registration link in bio!
Now available for pre-order: Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: The March Xness Anthology, edited by Ander Monson and Megan Campbell, coming with Split/Lip Press on March 31. Image shows a yellow book cover with a dubbed cassette tape, upon which the title of the book has been written.
Five Questions with Aubrey Hirsch: How do you hope readers feels when they turn the final page of your book? Response: angry, validated, amused, empowered, hopeful, inspired
Split/Lip Press welcomes new nonfiction/hybrid readers! Silk Jazmyne and Jer Xiong
Five Questions with Aubrey Hirsch: If your book was an animal, what kind of animal would it be? Response: An anglerfish, specifically, female! Then there is a drawing of a female anglerfish (the most terrifying creature to exist on planet earth) as well as a male anglerfish (a tiny, slimy baby).