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Slippery Elm Literary Journal’s Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest is open for submissions through Wednesday, Sept. 30. Contest entry is $10, with prizes of $300, $200, and $100. Submissions will be judged by multimedia artist Shin Yu Pai. The contest, in its third year, comes after the release of the literary journal’s 2020 edition and features […]
Calling all digital writers! Slippery Elm, the University of Findlay’s literary journal, is seeking submissions for its inaugural Multimedia Narrative Contest. “Send us your hypertexts, your nonlinear narratives, your videopoems, your illustrated stories! Surprise us with genres and media we hadn’t even imagined!” its website urges. Narrative, linguistic elements should be prominent, in either text […]
The fifth issue of Slippery Elm, the University of Findlay’s literary journal, is available for purchase. Featuring 30 works selected from more than 800 entries, the publication highlights compelling fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction and visual art from individuals throughout the world. Single copies can be purchased by visiting slipperyelm.findlay.edu and using the PayPal button, […]
Poetry and prose submissions are being accepted through Sept. 1 for this year’s issue of Slippery Elm, the University of Findlay’s literary journal. A total of two $1,000 in prizes will be awarded. All entries, accepted from the public as well as UF community members who are not associated with the magazine, should be original […]
What contributed to Laura’s aura? A “scraggy cowl-neck sweater and faded jeans blown out at the knees,” author C.C. Parker wrote in “Forgive Me,” a short story selected for inclusion in the fourth issue of Slippery Elm, the University of Findlay’s annual literary journal. Now available for purchase, the latest edition features 44 entries selected […]
The third issue of Slippery Elm, The University of Findlay’s annual literary journal, is available for purchase. According to journal editor and Associate English Professor Dave Essinger, a total of 661 submissions were received, up from 416 in 2014. Consequently, the acceptance rate was approximately six percent, down from about eight percent last year. Two […]
The second issue of Slippery Elm, The University of Findlay’s national literary journal, will be available at a release party scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4 in the upper room at Logan’s Irish Pub in Findlay. The event will also feature readings from some of the authors whose works were selected for inclusion, and […]
The University of Findlay announces the release of a new literary journal, Slippery Elm. More than 600 writers from around the world submitted work for the inaugural issue, and more than 400 entered work to be considered for the contest portion of the project. Jeff Gundy’s “Something the Winter Wren Didn’t Say” was selected by […]
