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Findlay, Ohio
Joined September 2013
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We love the videopoems and hypertexts, but audio-only pieces can be cool too--like this one slipperyelm.findlay.edu/the-… by Richard Fox, Honorable Mention in last year's contest.
Our 2026 Contest closes TONIGHT!
Cash prizes, and we publish a deep list of HMs.
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Here's another fantastic videopoem by Rich Ferguson, Honorable Mention in last year's Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest: slipperyelm.findlay.edu/what…
Our 2026 Contest closes TOMORROW September 30--send us your work via Submittable at slipperyelm.submittable.com/…
Here's "The Fabulist Deconstructed Dreamhouse," a multimedia collage by Tara Roeder, winner of last year's Deanna Tulley Multimedia Contest: slipperyelm.findlay.edu/the-…
Our 2026 Contest closes September 30--send us your work via Submittable @submishmash at slipperyelm.submittable.com/…
Our Multimedia Contest closes Sept. 30!
See last year's winners here
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/dean…
and send us your best creative work that we can't do in print via Submittable:
slipperyelm.submittable.com/…
Deanna Tulley Multimedia Prize @SlipperyElmLJ (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; pays) opened to fee-based submissions duotrope.com/contest/deanna-… #amwriting
We have a winner in our 2026 Poetry Contest! Congratulations to Rachel Fan for her poem “Drowning Lessons,” chosen by this year’s judge Jonie McIntire!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/2026…
Thanks to all who entered, as we continue to build our 2026 issue!
Calling all NW Ohio Creative Writers! We're offering a free one-day workshop for students and community members writing in Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Horror, and more, on June 27th. More info: tinyurl.com/ypkknb8u Email [email protected] to register. Please share!
We have Finalists in our Poetry contest!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/anno…
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 2026 Prose Contest!
Congratulations to Broderick Eaton for her story “The Baby on the Train,” chosen by this year's judge Lawrence Coates!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/slip…
Thanks to all who entered, as we continue to build our 2026 issue!
We have Finalists in our Prose contest!
slipperyelm.findlay.edu/pros…
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!
Congratulations to past contributor Jennifer Dupree on her new memoir Slow Motion: A Memoir of Friendship, Disability, and Advocacy--available now!
See more at jenniferdupree.com/
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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: yvonneosborne.com/black-rive…
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: yvonneosborne.com/black-rive…
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: slipperyelm.findlay.edu/dean…
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!
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.
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.
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