young people, unsatisfied with being called Generation Y, Generation 9-11, and countless other ill-fitting monikers, are launching a one-time online compilation of written work with the intention of inviting people between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five to talk to each other through literature.  We're calling it "The Splinter Generation"—a name that we posit might feel more appropriate, even if just temporarily, until we start hearing each others' voices and perhaps think of something better.

We are looking for voices of a generation; we are wary of saying anything more than that because we want to hear from all parts of the generation, even the ones that may not agree with our thesis. Our aim is the personal and the authentic and the generational. We want to find pieces that could only have come from us. We will publish on our web site between fifteen to twenty pieces of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and book reviews.




Please carefully read our guidelines before submitting.

The deadline is May 15, 2008.