If you sent us work and haven't heard back, that means we're still considering your submission for the 2026 issue. Thanks for your support and patience!
We have Finalists in our Poetry contest!
https://t.co/ss5sShZs9H
We're working hard on the rest of the issue, and hope to have a winner to announce soon. Congratulations to our finalists, and thanks to all who entered!
We have a winner in our 2026 Prose Contest!
Congratulations to Broderick Eaton for her story “The Baby on the Train,” chosen by this year's judge Lawrence Coates!
https://t.co/pxe4KqIa66
Thanks to all who entered, as we continue to build our 2026 issue!
If you sent us work and haven't heard back, that means we're still considering your submission for the 2026 issue. Thanks for your support and patience!
We have Finalists in our Prose contest!
https://t.co/pwG3ou6ojO
We're working hard on the rest of the issue, and hope to have a winner to announce soon. Congratulations to our finalists, and thanks to all who entered!
Congratulations to past contributor Jennifer Dupree on her new memoir Slow Motion: A Memoir of Friendship, Disability, and Advocacy--available now!
See more at https://t.co/DIhze3j1Bp
Past contributor Yvonne Osborne’s second novel, Black River is an engrossing North Country love story, as fast-paced, unpredictable, and turbulent as the wild waterway of its title.
See more and preorder here: https://t.co/dKIqy6A3nR
Past contributor Yvonne Osborne’s second novel, Black River is an engrossing North Country love story, as fast-paced, unpredictable, and turbulent as the wild waterway of its title.
See more and preorder here: https://t.co/dKIqy6A3nR
Excited to announce that the rest of our Honorable Mentions from our last Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest are now live!
Works by Rich Ferguson, Richard Fox, Deborah Harford, Oak More, Ashley Parker Owens, Cristina Querrer, and Emily Van Kley: https://t.co/LDkUeOglXD
2025 contributor Lesley Bannatyne will sign copies of her books 1:30-2pm on Thursday the 5th at Slippery Elm's table in the AWP Bookfair.
Come say hello at Table 839!
It's almost AWP!
We'll be at Table 839 in the book fair, where past contributors will be signing their own books too:
Meg Eden @ConfusedNarwhal 3/5 10-11am
Heather Frankland 3/6 11am-12pm
Jeff Fleischer @jefffleischer 3/6 2-3pm
Victor McConnell 3/7 10-11am.
Here we go, last call--submissions for Slippery Elm 2026 close at midnight Eastern, tonight, Feb. 1!
ALL CATEGORIES are open again for the last 24 hours.
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Publish with us and be cool like @TMcCordwriter, @MyrnaSt46678563, and @teresalmva
2026 subs close SUNDAY FEB. 1, at midnight Eastern!
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We love promoting our past contributors!
Congrats to Chuck Salmons on his new book of poems, available now: https://t.co/Gsoz3YOFnR
Submissions for Slippery Elm 2026 close TOMORROW, Feb. 1 at https://t.co/kzWyuoXXO5
Top 10 Reasons to submit to Slippery Elm by Feb. 1!
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#10. We've never charged a reading fee for “general” submissions. As a nonprofit operation, though, your contest entry keeps the issue happening. If you like what we do, we appreciate your support!
Top 10 Reasons to submit to Slippery Elm by Feb. 1!
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Reason #9. Every contest entrant gets a copy of the issue, cover priced at $10. While there are ambivalent feelings about contests, we feel every entrant should get something tangible back.