Split Rock Review

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!

A place to read short reviews of books floating in the world.

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.”

A place to read short reviews of books floating in the world.

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.