Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things 📚

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If you're interested in applying to be a submission reader, screener, or our Volunteer Coordinator, please follow the link below 🤓

https://t.co/Zgg6lGNVxu

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Our spring submission call is coming up🌺

Since we've been experiencing high submission volumes these past few calls (and could use more volunteer readers to match 😃), we are setting a 500 submission limit for this period.

Excited to read your stories and poems!

[Jessica Whipple @Jessicawhippl17]

Happy #poetryfriday! Here is the first poem I had published as an adult, this one in @EmberJournal.

To read the rest:

https://t.co/vOkCdHtcH7

[Abdulmueed Balogun @AbdmueedA]

I'm glad to have my poem "Great Luminous Things " published yesterday in Ember: a Journal of Luminous Things.

A big thanks to the editors for providing a befitting home.

@EmberJournal

Kindly read!

https://t.co/aJET7FmcYs

https://t.co/aJET7FmcYs

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"As Paulie's eyes adjusted, she located the dressing table. Just as she was about to grab the brush, she noticed some shadowy lumps in the drawer. She leaned closer to get a better look."

Read "Gigi and The Lips" by Kelly White on Ember!

https://t.co/sVKlOExDSd

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”We are like children who ask
where the wind lived
before all this homesick blowing began.”

We’re excited to share a new poem “Trackless” by Richard Schiffman—two-time Ember contributor!

https://t.co/BfoPpjvVWk

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“Blanche had been taking her dogs to the dog park for as long as she could remember. But Albert. What was she to do with Albert?”

Next up is “Gently Smiling Jaws” by Julie Le Blanc

https://t.co/StslAI3f9v

[Ryan Benson @RyanWBenson]

Excited my fantasy short story, "Faded Scars," is out now @EmberJournal! Read now for free!

#shortstory #shortstories #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #fantasy #love #lovestory #story #writing #free #writer #writerscommunity #urbanfantasy #storylove

https://t.co/9yad206gSM…

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To celebrate the start of autumn, we’re publishing new stories and poems each week through December!

First up is “The Wind Up Boy” by L.Rao

https://t.co/1xiuF7Ixwb

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We are excited to announce our Best of the Net nominations for 2025!

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Thank you for your understanding and feel free to reach out to [email protected] for any questions!

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We are working diligently on getting responses back to writers with submissions in our (very large) queue.

Because of this, we have decided to forgo our typical fall submission call. We apologize for any disappointment but will reopen in March of 2025! 🧵

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We will announce of Best of the Net nominations within the next month 🏆

Plus we have SO many stories and poems to share with you starting in September 📚

[Ryan Benson @RyanWBenson]

Excited my fantasy short story, "Faded Scars," was accepted by @emberjournal. It will be available online on October 4th.
#shortstory #shortstories #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #fantasy #love #lovestory #story #writing #free #writer #writerscommunity #urbanfantasy #storylove

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"Branches alone do not make a forest, however magical they are."

Our next featured publication is "From a Seed, a Forest" by Em Harriett.

https://t.co/Ag03N2rls6

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"for eons

i have nurtured

this ———

a valley of woes"

Our next featured poem is "Prayer—An Erasure" by Hameedah Aruwa

https://t.co/F2aJ9i0wiw

[Jessica Whipple @Jessicawhippl17]

A #MothersDay #poetryfriday for today...

I wrote this in high school and @EmberJournal ran it a few years ago (thanks!).

Thanks for perhaps reading.

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"We light the diwas, and do the puja perfectly, and sing all the right bhajans. But nothing ever changes."

Our latest story is "Shreya's Rakhi" by @ksshere_writes

https://t.co/EYntnf7RiN

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Submissions may be closed, but we've got new stories and poems for springtime 🌷

First up is "The Gift" by young writer Kerri Huang. This is Kerri's first-ever publication!

https://t.co/0wW1EAZGCd

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And that is 500! Thank you to all who submitted.

We can’t wait to begin reading your work 🤓

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We’re at 400! If you’ve been wanting to submit your work, now is the time to do so ⏰⏰

We will close submissions at 500.

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@stepha_henson And feel free to send a message within your submission file to check in on your piece’s status if it’s been 5-6 months since you submitted. Our Associate Editor will let you know where your submission is at in our process.

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We’re at 400! If you’ve been wanting to submit your work, now is the time to do so ⏰⏰

We will close submissions at 500.

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Update: we’re at 300 subs 📝

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@stepha_henson Hey Stephanie! We will always send a decline or acceptance email to writers, plus a “notification of movement” if your submission has made it to the final round of voting. Though our response times are longer than mags as of late, we will never leave submitters “on read” 🙂