After a busy fall releasing our 15th edition, decking out our staff with beanies, and a relaxing seven-week winter break, we are getting back into the swing of things. Trudging through the cold, reading through the submissions for the 16th edition. Another big thanks to Brian Holderman for our cover for 15 – check out […]

Learn more about the Boggs Fiction Contest: Deadline: 2/14/2021

Thunderbolts and lightning very very frightening!! ⛈⚡️Just kidding this isn’t a scary update. We’ve been bottling up some fun surprises for the release party, so here’s another sneak peek of SLAB 15’s cover to get you hyped! Again, huge thank you to artist Brian Holderman for creating our cover. It’s truly spooktacular!

Our brains are on fire as we start the Fall 2020 semester🔥🔥 We are looking forward to an interesting semester as well as the EPIC release of the 15th issue of SLAB in October, so to celebrate, here’s another sneak peek at the cover of SLAB 15! Big thanks to artist Brian Holderman for the artwork– […]

INTRODUCING, THIS YEARS CURRY POETRY CONTEST WINNER AND RUNNER UP, PETER PATAPIS AND TIM BARZDITIS! WINNER: PETER PATAPIS RUNNER UP: TIM BARZDITIS BIO: My name is Tim Barzditis (27), and I’ve spent most of life in and around Virginia. Fredericksburg’s where I call home. I’m currently finishing up my MFA in Creative Writing at George […]

You can now buy past issues of SLAB for $3.00 each, which includes Free Shipping. Visit our Buy Issues page, select the issue you want via the drop-down menu and checkout via PayPal. Additionally, you can buy the current issue, Issue 13, for the standard price of $8.oo. If you contributed content for Issue 13, […]

We thought you might like to get to know our Curry Poetry Contest winner, Lucian Mattison, and runner-up, Mary Liza Hartong, so we reached out to them to discuss what inspired their prize-winning poems. We hope that their influences and passion for writing will in turn inspire our readers to become our next contest winners. […]

Three undergraduate SLAB staff members attended AWP in Tampa this year: Managing Editors Danielle McDermott and Jess Holzapfel, and Assistant Managing Editor Jenna Moses. In addition to working at the SLAB bookfair booth, they attended several panels. Here are their takes on a few favorites. Creatures from the Black Lagoon: Feminist Writing from the Deep […]