TURNBUCKLE CHAPBOOK CONTEST SUBMISSIONS
$12.00 USD
Final Judge: Meg Pokrass. Info on Meg can be found HERE.
Eligibility: Fiction, Poetry, CNF or a hybrid. Previously published, stand-alone works are fine, but the ms must be an unpublished body of work. So no book excerpts or do-overs. Simultaneous submissions are just fine; however, the reading fee is non-refundable. Please simply withdraw the ms from Submittable if the work is picked up elsewhere. All submissions must be in English. Translations are not ideal for this contest. If you have cover art, great, but please do not send it with your submission. B&W illustrations may be included within the body of the ms though.
Reading Fee: $12
What We Seek: Here’s some suggested reading from our magazine’s archive to get a feel for what we like.
Fiction 1
Fiction 2
Poetry 1
Poetry 2
CNF 1
CNF 2
Guidelines: Please send mss of 20 – 36 numbered pages with a table of contents. Please do not include acknowledgements or thank-yous. Submitted mss will be read blindly, so keep all identity and contact info in the Submittable text boxes, and avoid putting that info on your manuscript. We are only accepting submissions through Submittable.
Further Rules: Regarding the usual “no friends of the editor” mandates, Split Lip takes a Clinton-esque approach: “Don’t ask; Don’t tell.” Remember, reading is done entirely blind. One editor will see names, but nobody will be pulling any strings. We’re chill, relaxed, casual––chill-axed-ual––and there will be no trickery. Favoritism is intolerable.
Finally: We look forward to the privilege of reading your work, and though competitive, we hope that writers will see this as an opportunity more than a dog-eat-dog competition.
Good luck!