ELJ Editions

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To all our contributors, past & present, we thank you for your support, for sharing your work, for trusting us with it to publish & share. Most of all, we thank you for being part of our family. Without you our journal wouldn’t be a success. Thank you. Much love to you all!

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Issue 36 of Emerge Literary Journal, an all prose issue, is LIVE and it is phenomenal! Check it out! Shout out to @DianeGotAuthor for her tremendous work in curating and editing! https://t.co/h6LhBvIMZH

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HAPPY PUB DAY to Emily Koss and PRIMAL HOUSE! https://t.co/nkJW8iInMv Grab a copy today!

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HAPPY PUB DAY to Luanne Castle and SCRAP! https://t.co/SByubUPRWm Grab a copy today!

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After numerous queries, we’ve decided to open up #submissions for 2027 publication for #novels only. We will only take two manuscripts on and there is a $25 reading fee. Responses within four months. https://t.co/H1FNORgkNN

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Excited to announce Heather Mackay Young will be joining @dianegotauthor and Emerge Literary Journal’s Masthead as Poetry Editor! Heather will also be editing a themed poetry anthology for ELJ Editions in late 2026. Welcome Heather!

[Diane Gottlieb @DianeGotAuthor]

Subs are open for Digging Up Bones: Reflections on Trauma & Recovery (@EmergeJournal)! Send us your essays-1500 words max-that speak to trauma but focus on the after. How'd your world change? How'd you grow?
Full guidelines here: https://t.co/rHBkGiM1z1 Questions? DM me.

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While our poetry editor grieves the recent loss of a parent, we’ve decided to suspend poetry and Esperanza submissions to Emerge Literary Journal this issue. We will read and decide on what’s already in the queue for the next issue. Our hearts go out to Alisha at this time.

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Be Well Series: Loss of a Lifetime https://t.co/zJHqZy229z via @YouTube

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Please join me, Alyson Shelton, and Lynn Shattuck on Sunday, Jan 11 at 7pm EST for the return of @EmergeJournal's Be Well series! We'll be discussing their gorgeous anthology The Loss of a Lifetime. Hope to see you Sunday! https://t.co/PBth3km355

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The Be Well series returns w/host @DianeGotAuthor! Tune in as she discusses the art and meaning behind curating and publishing a beautiful anthology. Ask all the questions you’ve had about craft and theme and what moves editors and writers. Reserve today.

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Join us! https://t.co/I3nia2QW4p

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#subs are now open for Emerge Literary Journal’s 36th issue! Start the New Year submitting! https://t.co/NytWjuRjPU

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Looking to jumpstart your publication acceptances? #submit your micros to Your Daily Micro 2027! Edited by @DianeGotAuthor! https://t.co/U2AUuhqBif

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New #submission opportunity #WritingCommunity! Another anthology edited by @DianeGotAuthor! It’s bound to be a bestseller! Check it out today! https://t.co/elKejn0dRp

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In an Ep313 clip, ⁦@jackiedwrites⁩ discusses queer/trans writers not needing to stick to "traditional" linear narratives. The thoughts, like their book, are thought-provoking.

Buy No Offense from ⁦⁦@EmergeJournal⁩: https://t.co/o18eyhymp0

https://t.co/zeW608UcAU

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In this Episode 313 clip, ⁦@jackiedwrites⁩ discusses their decision to include their early essays to trace a personal and societal evolution.

Buy the resonant No Offense from ⁦⁦⁦@EmergeJournal⁩: https://t.co/o18eyhymp0

Listen: https://t.co/zeW608UcAU

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In an Ep313 clip, ⁦@jackiedwrites⁩ reflects on ideas of writing as "catharsis"/"therapy," in particular with regard to her collection's varied essays.

Buy the resonant No Offense from ⁦⁦@EmergeJournal⁩: https://t.co/o18eyhymp0

Listen: https://t.co/zeW608UcAU

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Check out our review:

“Sweet Nothings Are a Diary If You Know How to Read Them by Keith J. Powell is a tour de force of twenty-two stories about love, sex, and the gulf between the two.”

https://t.co/mklqSqI3JC