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ELJ Editions, Ltd.
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501(c)(3) nonprofit literary press. Home of Emerge Literary Journal (http://emergeliteraryjournal.com).
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"Sometimes, it is enough to be on the outside looking in, watching drama unfold from a distance; other times, a meaningful relationship is built between reader and poet. The poems in Mangrove by @billhollands.bsky.social effectively straddle the gap between these two experiences."
Review: Bill Hollands — THE SHORE
On Mangrove by Bill Hollands by Tyler Truman Julian The pleasure derived from reading narrative, deeply personal poems rests somewhere between voyeuristic enterprise and intimate dinner date. Some...
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July 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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ezhang77.bsky.social
Honored to be include in Best Microfiction 2026 (out July 7)! Many thanks to @emergejournal.bsky.social and @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social!
Best Microfiction 2026 winner Elena Zhang “Do You Want to Become a Wolf”
May 25, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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keithwoodruff.bsky.social
@emergejournal.bsky.social is looking for subs for a 2027 desk calendar.

"ELJ Editions is creating a beautiful tear-away desk calendar for 2027, featuring one powerful piece of micro fiction or nonfiction daily. We’d love you to be part of it!"
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ELJ Editions - Your Daily Micro, 2027
ELJ  Editions is creating a beautiful tear-away desk calendar for 2027, featuring one powerful piece of micro fiction or nonfiction daily. We’d love you to be part of it!  Guidelines:  Send u...
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June 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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cbigs.bsky.social
Excited to have some stories in next year’s @emergejournal.bsky.social calendar. Love this idea. Big thanks to @dianegotauthor.bsky.social and team and hope to see your stories in there too! #microfiction #calendar
June 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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melostrom.bsky.social
“I dream about other places…”

This beauty by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social!💙
April 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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pleomorphic2.bsky.social
"you think of the drift of days, the detachment of epidermis and fur, the bloat, the active and advanced decomposition, the eventual skeleton" such exquisite tenderness in this piece by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social
March 29, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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pdforan.bsky.social
“… they were a display of action and release where my dreams waited for a bolt of lightning to strike …”

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Storm Warnings & Shapeshifting
by Charlotte Hamrick I’m sitting in the carport of my childhood home sometime in the 1970s. I’m barefoot because it’s summer and I’m often barefoot in summer, the soles of my feet toughened from wa…
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March 28, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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pdforan.bsky.social
“… the girl reads her poem about Oats. You think of how tenderly the girl must have laid Oats into the little flannel lined box and you think of the drift of days …”

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Oats and Tasha
by Claudia Monpere You meet the eight-year-old girl and her mother who live next door when they dash through your back yard chasing their escaped chickens, the clucking chaos a golden spiral spinni…
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March 28, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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mattkendrick.bsky.social
"I started hiding in my room. Not because I was scared—he seemed harmless. I just wanted the chores done"

Great use of the speculative in this tiny gem from @rachelmhollis.bsky.social @emergejournal.bsky.social to explore raw human emotion
rachelmhollis.bsky.social Rachel M. Hollis (she/her) @rachelmhollis.bsky.social · Mar 25
“My Ghost” is live at @emergejournal.bsky.social. Thank you for giving it a home among so many great stories. emergeliteraryjournal.com/my-ghost/
March 28, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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danbillyc.bsky.social
"She tells you she has a pet rat. You laugh and say you did too until your beloved Tasha died, and there is an instant ionic bond between you and the girl,...."

I really love this piece of writing by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social 💙💙💙
March 27, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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sudhab.bsky.social
No fractured ulna bone in the forearm, no nasal fracture, no cracked ribs. Just perfect tiny bones sleeping .....

This is fabulous, @claudiamonpere.bsky.social !
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March 26, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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danbillyc.bsky.social
"Although physically I’m tied to this place and time, I’m mentally unbound in a place where my imagination soars. Storms are often a conduit."

I love this piece of writing by @charhamrick.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social 💙💙💙
March 26, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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danbillyc.bsky.social
"When he set a piece on my plate, my throat tightened. No one had cooked for me in a long time. Not since the house went quiet for good."

This extraordinary piece of writing by @rachelmhollis.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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My Ghost
by Rachel M. Hollis I’d never believed in ghosts, at least not the translucent, floating kind. But there he was on a Tuesday morning, folding my shirts in the laundry room. The instant he saw me, h…
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March 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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jamesmontgomery.bsky.social
‘…there is an instant ionic bond between you and the girl… as you trade stories about rodent salt stones and Himalayan salt licks.’

Such a beautifully-rendered relationship in this new one from @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social 🐀

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Oats and Tasha
by Claudia Monpere You meet the eight-year-old girl and her mother who live next door when they dash through your back yard chasing their escaped chickens, the clucking chaos a golden spiral spinni…
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March 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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claudiamonpere.bsky.social
Delighted to have my flash fiction in the lovely @emergejournal.bsky.social. Thank you @dianegotauthor.bsky.social
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Oats and Tasha
by Claudia Monpere You meet the eight-year-old girl and her mother who live next door when they dash through your back yard chasing their escaped chickens, the clucking chaos a golden spiral spinni…
emergeliteraryjournal.com
March 25, 2026 at 10:31 PM
emergejournal.bsky.social
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! emergeliteraryjournal.com/current-issu...
Current Issue | Issue 36
Emerge Literary Journal: 2026 Editor’s Note Welcome to Emerge Literary Journal’s Issue 36! What a joy and honor it has been to put together this gorgeous collection of fiction and creative no…
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March 25, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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kathrynsilverhajo.bsky.social
Mikki Aronoff and I are chuffed to share a bit of dark humor by way of our newest collaboration! Thank you @dianegotauthor.bsky.social @emergejournal.bsky.social! Poppy started getting frisky in @megpokrass.bsky.social's "Cozy Winter Retreat." 🐾💜🐾 emergeliteraryjournal.com/poppy-sashay...
Poppy Sashays Back
by Mikki Aronoff and Kathryn Silver-Hajo And she’s whole again. Sassy. Play with me! Play! Poppy’s lying at my feet, splaying her front paws out on the rug, mouth stretched wide, tongue lolling. Is…
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March 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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loriyeg.bsky.social
I realize everything is terrible. Still, I'd love for you to read a #CNF of mine in @emergejournal.bsky.social. This one's got Cher, Stephen Sondheim, sad moms, high school drama, giants, witches, etc. The whole issue is great! emergeliteraryjournal.com/everything-i...
March 25, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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HAPPY PUB DAY to Emily Koss and PRIMAL HOUSE! elj-editions.com/primal-house/ Grab a copy today!
Primal House | ELJ Editions
When our narrator’s house is reclaimed by the wilderness, she embarks with her Pooch on a rambling and rollicking journey. She meets undead deer and living skeletons, travels through dream worlds and ...
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March 24, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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HAPPY PUB DAY to Luanne Castle and SCRAP! elj-editions.com/scrap-salvag... Grab a copy today!
Scrap: Salvaging a Family | ELJ Editions
Scrap: Salvaging a Family is a hybrid flash memoir tracing the long shadow of childhood fear and the complexities of forgiving a dying parent. As a daughter uncovers her father’s painful origins, she ...
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March 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
emergejournal.bsky.social
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. eljpublications.submittable.com/submit/28766...
ELJ Editions - Manuscripts: Novels
Not to exceed 120,000 words. "A story is a complete dramatic action..." ~ Flannery O'Connor   We want quality fiction that grabs us and  doesn't let go. Stories we wish we had written. We're looking  ...
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March 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Delphinium Gospel (by @denzelscott.bsky.social, ELJ Editions) & Prayer for the Living (by Ben Okri, @akashicbooks.bsky.social). See alt-text.

#DSPBposts @emergejournal.bsky.social 💙📚 #BookSky #bookstodon #BlackHistoryMonth #bookish #booklovers #BooksWorthReading #read
Book cover for Prayer for the Living by Ben Okri (Akashic Books): Topical and timely, Booker Prize–winning author Ben Okri’s new collection of short stories blurs parallel realities and walks the line between darkness and magic. https://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/prayer-for-the-living/ Book cover for Delphinium Gospel by Denzel Scott (ELJ Editions): A triptych-structured poetry collection that explores the blessing of creation as a manifesting interplay between horrific grief and desperate longing in the aftermath of murder. https://elj-editions.com/delphinium-gospel/
February 27, 2026 at 1:53 PM
emergejournal.bsky.social
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!
February 25, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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salenacasha.bsky.social
My. Novelette. Is. Live. Which means I'm freaking out because people might read it and I might die of embarrassment but also, I'm freaking out because a person might actually read it. Huge thank you to @emergejournal.bsky.social for making my dreams come true. Order your copy here: a.co/d/0b5BfkX4.
The image is the cover of a science fiction novelette. A barren dune-colored planet is at the forefront of the image to the left and is set against a pitch black sky with a blinding sun off in the right hand corner. The Title "A Way Back" sits above it and the author name "Salena Casha" is below.
February 8, 2026 at 9:14 PM