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Split Lip Magazine

No closing date May close early
Length
1,000 to 3,000 words
Pay
100.00 USD flat
Fee
Optional tip
Simultaneous
Allowed
Reprints
Original only

What they accept

Split Lip Magazine takes unpublished literary, mainstream, or experimental fiction of 1,000 to 3,000 words, with no genre fiction, and pays $100 per author for fiction in its web issues. Submissions are free in January, March, May, September, and November and tip-jar only in February, April, June, August, October, and the first half of December, with a $5 expedited option; free submissions may close early when the Submittable cap is reached.

Literary
Query after
180 days
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