Split Rock Review

07/05/2026

✨We’re excited to share a new book review!✨

The Writer’s Room: The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We Love by Katie da Cunha Lewin (Princeton University Press), reviewed by Anuradha Prasad, takes apart the romantic myth of the “writer’s room” and asks what actually shapes writing spaces—and who gets access to them.

Read the full review on Split Rock Review!

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22/03/2026

Issue 22 of Split Rock Review is now live!

We’re excited to share a new collection of powerful and inspiring work from our contributors. This issue features a range of voices and perspectives that we’re proud to bring together in one place.

A huge thank you to all of our writers, artists, and volunteers who made this issue possible!

Read Issue 22 here:

15/03/2026

Split Rock Press is now accepting submissions for the 2026 Poetry Chapbook Series!

We’re looking for chapbooks that explore the environment and the evolving relationship between humans and the natural world—poetry that engages place, ecology, and the cultural and political dimensions of landscape.

If you have a manuscript that speaks to land, water, climate, stewardship, displacement, or belonging, we’d love to read it!

SPLIT ROCK PRESS POETRY CHAPBOOK SERIES  Our reading period is March 15 to May 15, 2026.  Split Rock Press seeks poetry chapbooks that are deeply rooted in place and meaningfully engage with environment and the evolving relationship between humans and the natural world. We are especially intereste...

07/12/2025

New review alert! Anuradha Prasad reviews Tom McAllister’s It All Felt Impossible: 42 Years in 42 Essays (Rose Metal Press), a sharp and honest memoir-in-essays that spans four decades. Now live at Split Rock Review!

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31/10/2025

🎃Happy Halloween! Today’s the last day to submit your work for Issue 22 of Split Rock Review!

Thrill us with your wild and wondrous creations before the clock strikes midnight (11:59 PM CST)! https://splitrockreview.submittable.com/submit

28/10/2025

📣Final call! Our reading period for Issue 22 ends October 31st at 11:59 p.m. (CST). 👻 Send us your work before the clock strikes midnight! ⏰
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01/10/2025

We're now accepting submissions for Issue 22! 100 free submissions available, plus Tip Jar and Expedited options. Deadline: October 31. 🎃👻

Our submission window for ISSUE 22 is October 1 to October 31Split Rock Review is an independent, online publication run by volunteers who love literature, art, and the wilderness. We publish poetry, short creative nonfiction and fiction, comics, hybrids, visual poetry, interviews, book reviews, ph...

15/09/2025

Sarah Carey takes us behind the scenes of her evocative poem "Bearings" — a work that delves deep into themes of home, memory, and the search for truth.

Split Rock Review is a not-for-profit publication that features literature and art that explore place, environment, and the relationship between humans and the natural world.

11/09/2025

M. Bartley Seigel takes us through the inspiration and personal significance behind “Eclogue,” a poem rooted in the quiet beauty of the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula.

Seigel reminds us of the power in paying attention to the small details—the flowers, the birdsong, and the stillness that offers us a chance to reconnect with what matters most.

Split Rock Review is a not-for-profit publication that features literature and art that explore place, environment, and the relationship between humans and the natural world.

15/08/2025

📚New Book Review 📚
Anuradha Prasad reviews LIFELINES: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece by Julian Hoffman.
“Hoffman’s rendering of home is tender. His descriptions are precise, attentive, lyrical, and hold the vigor of fresh mountain air.”

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10/08/2025

🌟 Contributor Spotlight 🌟
Today, we’re featuring Laura Trimble on her lush, thought-provoking poem “How to End on the Perfect Blackberry.”

Inspired by a cross-country move to Oregon’s blackberry-laden trails, Laura’s reflection weaves together the sweetness and sharpness of abundance, the paradox of satisfaction, and the way one perfect berry can hold the whole season in its taste.

📖 Read and enjoy:

Split Rock Review is a not-for-profit publication that features literature and art that explore place, environment, and the relationship between humans and the natural world.