Slippery Elm
@slipperyelmlj.bsky.social
We're a literary journal out of the University of Findlay, committed to promoting the best fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, & multimedia work by today's writers. https://slipperyelm.findlay.edu/
Slippery Elm 2026 is open for submissions!
See our website for submission guidelines and more: slipperyelm.findlay.edu
See our website for submission guidelines and more: slipperyelm.findlay.edu
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Slippery Elm 2026 is open for submissions!
See our website for submission guidelines and more: slipperyelm.findlay.edu
See our website for submission guidelines and more: slipperyelm.findlay.edu
Join us for a release party and reading celebrating Slippery Elm's 2025 issue, at 7pm on Tuesday, November 11th, at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts in Findlay! www.facebook.com/events/15170...
November 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Join us for a release party and reading celebrating Slippery Elm's 2025 issue, at 7pm on Tuesday, November 11th, at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts in Findlay! www.facebook.com/events/15170...
Last call! Our Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest closes TONIGHT, Tuesday Sept. 30, at midnight Eastern! Prizes for 1st-3rd, and we publish a deep list of finalists! See past work here slipperyelm.findlay.edu/multimedia-g... and send us your best: slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
September 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Last call! Our Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest closes TONIGHT, Tuesday Sept. 30, at midnight Eastern! Prizes for 1st-3rd, and we publish a deep list of finalists! See past work here slipperyelm.findlay.edu/multimedia-g... and send us your best: slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Not all the submissions to our Multimedia Contest are complicated high-tech--check out this collage/Word piece from Todd Loughran, a finalist last year: slipperyelm.findlay.edu/voices-in-my...
And, the contest closes TOMORROW, that's 9/30, so send us your best at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
And, the contest closes TOMORROW, that's 9/30, so send us your best at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
September 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Not all the submissions to our Multimedia Contest are complicated high-tech--check out this collage/Word piece from Todd Loughran, a finalist last year: slipperyelm.findlay.edu/voices-in-my...
And, the contest closes TOMORROW, that's 9/30, so send us your best at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
And, the contest closes TOMORROW, that's 9/30, so send us your best at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Not all of our Multimedia Contest finalists are videopoems--check out last year's winner, audio by Cara Losier Chanoine at carachanoine.wixsite.com/sad-girl-mix...
And, send us your own Multimedia work by Sept. 30--that's Tuesday! Submittable link: slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
And, send us your own Multimedia work by Sept. 30--that's Tuesday! Submittable link: slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
September 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Not all of our Multimedia Contest finalists are videopoems--check out last year's winner, audio by Cara Losier Chanoine at carachanoine.wixsite.com/sad-girl-mix...
And, send us your own Multimedia work by Sept. 30--that's Tuesday! Submittable link: slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
And, send us your own Multimedia work by Sept. 30--that's Tuesday! Submittable link: slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Here's "Where Breath Becomes Sound"--videopoem by @melissafitz.bsky.social, finalist in last year's Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest: slipperyelm.findlay.edu/where-breath... Our 2025 Contest closes September 30--send us your work via Submittable
at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
September 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Here's "Where Breath Becomes Sound"--videopoem by @melissafitz.bsky.social, finalist in last year's Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest: slipperyelm.findlay.edu/where-breath... Our 2025 Contest closes September 30--send us your work via Submittable
at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Here's "Starry Night: a Constellation"--videopoem by Christy Sheffield Sanford, 3rd place in last year's Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest: slipperyelm.findlay.edu/starry-night...
Our 2025 Contest closes September 30--send us your work via Submittable at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Our 2025 Contest closes September 30--send us your work via Submittable at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
September 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Here's "Starry Night: a Constellation"--videopoem by Christy Sheffield Sanford, 3rd place in last year's Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest: slipperyelm.findlay.edu/starry-night...
Our 2025 Contest closes September 30--send us your work via Submittable at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Our 2025 Contest closes September 30--send us your work via Submittable at slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
We have a winner in our 2025 Poetry Contest! Congratulations to Renée M. Schell for her poem "The Scarf," chosen by this year's judge Timothy Geiger!
Thanks to all who entered, as we continue to build our 2025 issue!
Thanks to all who entered, as we continue to build our 2025 issue!
May 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We have a winner in our 2025 Poetry Contest! Congratulations to Renée M. Schell for her poem "The Scarf," chosen by this year's judge Timothy Geiger!
Thanks to all who entered, as we continue to build our 2025 issue!
Thanks to all who entered, as we continue to build our 2025 issue!
We have Finalists in our Poetry contest!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/announcing-2...
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!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/announcing-2...
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!
May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We have Finalists in our Poetry contest!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/announcing-2...
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!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/announcing-2...
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 2025 Prose Contest! Congratulations to Victor McConnell, for his story "Before It Gets Cold," chosen by this year's judge @laralillibridge.bsky.social!
Thanks to all who entered, as we continue to build our 2025 issue!
Thanks to all who entered, as we continue to build our 2025 issue!
April 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We have a winner in our 2025 Prose Contest! Congratulations to Victor McConnell, for his story "Before It Gets Cold," chosen by this year's judge @laralillibridge.bsky.social!
Thanks to all who entered, as we continue to build our 2025 issue!
Thanks to all who entered, as we continue to build our 2025 issue!
We have Finalists in our Prose contest!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/announcing-2...
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!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/announcing-2...
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!
April 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We have Finalists in our Prose contest!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/announcing-2...
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!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/announcing-2...
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're at AWP! Table 711, come say hello!
March 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
We're at AWP! Table 711, come say hello!
We're still working on our 2025 print issue, but check out these newly live Honorable Mentions from our Multimedia Contest, from @colmscully.bsky.social, @margost.bsky.social, Tracy Harris, Casey Killingsworth, Todd Loughran, and @melissafitz.bsky.social!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/deanna-tulle...
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/deanna-tulle...
March 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We're still working on our 2025 print issue, but check out these newly live Honorable Mentions from our Multimedia Contest, from @colmscully.bsky.social, @margost.bsky.social, Tracy Harris, Casey Killingsworth, Todd Loughran, and @melissafitz.bsky.social!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/deanna-tulle...
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/deanna-tulle...
Video from our 2024 print issue release party is live! slipperyelm.findlay.edu/2024-issue-r...
Submissions for our 2025 issue are open until Feb. 1:
slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Submissions for our 2025 issue are open until Feb. 1:
slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
January 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Video from our 2024 print issue release party is live! slipperyelm.findlay.edu/2024-issue-r...
Submissions for our 2025 issue are open until Feb. 1:
slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Submissions for our 2025 issue are open until Feb. 1:
slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Happy 2025!
Winners of our Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest are LIVE at slipperyelm.findlay.edu/deanna-tulle...!
Give these works by Cara Chanoine, Sam Pickett, and Christy Sanford a watch, and send us something for our 2025 print issue--subs open until Feb. 1!
slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Winners of our Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest are LIVE at slipperyelm.findlay.edu/deanna-tulle...!
Give these works by Cara Chanoine, Sam Pickett, and Christy Sanford a watch, and send us something for our 2025 print issue--subs open until Feb. 1!
slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
January 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Happy 2025!
Winners of our Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest are LIVE at slipperyelm.findlay.edu/deanna-tulle...!
Give these works by Cara Chanoine, Sam Pickett, and Christy Sanford a watch, and send us something for our 2025 print issue--subs open until Feb. 1!
slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Winners of our Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest are LIVE at slipperyelm.findlay.edu/deanna-tulle...!
Give these works by Cara Chanoine, Sam Pickett, and Christy Sanford a watch, and send us something for our 2025 print issue--subs open until Feb. 1!
slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
Congrats and good luck to our 2024 Pushcart nominations!
JA Sauvageau, Joyce Victor, Dante Di Stefano, Luisa Barron, @marjoriemaddox, & Alberto Saldaña Uribe
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/pushcarts-20...
Contest submissions for our 2025 issue are open now: slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
JA Sauvageau, Joyce Victor, Dante Di Stefano, Luisa Barron, @marjoriemaddox, & Alberto Saldaña Uribe
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/pushcarts-20...
Contest submissions for our 2025 issue are open now: slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
November 27, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Congrats and good luck to our 2024 Pushcart nominations!
JA Sauvageau, Joyce Victor, Dante Di Stefano, Luisa Barron, @marjoriemaddox, & Alberto Saldaña Uribe
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/pushcarts-20...
Contest submissions for our 2025 issue are open now: slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit
JA Sauvageau, Joyce Victor, Dante Di Stefano, Luisa Barron, @marjoriemaddox, & Alberto Saldaña Uribe
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/pushcarts-20...
Contest submissions for our 2025 issue are open now: slipperyelm.submittable.com/submit