Slippery Elm

We're a literary journal committed to promoting the best fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, & multimedia work by today's writers.

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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!

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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!

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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!

[Slippery Elm @SlipperyElmLJ]

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!

[Slippery Elm @SlipperyElmLJ]

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!

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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

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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

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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

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DUNE PART THREE..😅

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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

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Slippery Elm is off to #AWP26! Come see us at T839 in the Book Fair!

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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!

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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.

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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.

https://t.co/kzWyuoXXO5

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And see who else you know in our gallery: https://t.co/X8XIgLjkIw

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Hey, you'd look good in a Slippery Elm T-shirt!

Publish with us and be cool like @TMcCordwriter, @MyrnaSt46678563, and @teresalmva

2026 subs close SUNDAY FEB. 1, at midnight Eastern!
https://t.co/kzWyuoXXO5

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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

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And even when our General Submission caps have closed, we reopen those all day on Feb. 1!

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Top 10 Reasons to submit to Slippery Elm by Feb. 1!

https://t.co/kzWyuoXXO5

#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!

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Top 10 Reasons to submit to Slippery Elm by Feb. 1!

https://t.co/kzWyuoXXO5

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.