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/
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
27.02.2026 13:53
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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!
25.02.2026 23:51
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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.
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.
08.02.2026 21:14
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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.
27.01.2026 11:57
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Be Well Series: Loss of a Lifetime
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25.01.2026 19:35
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Do You Want to Become a Wolf
by Elena Zhang Yes, enough to follow the boy my age down to the church basement, enough to forget our parents singing to God with their arms up as we go below, enough to ignore the desks stacked ag…
"enough to ignore the desks stacked against the walls and the picture books of Noah’s ark spilling from the shelves"
Love the way this builds through anaphora; from the always brilliant @ezhang77.bsky.social in @emergejournal.bsky.social
emergeliteraryjournal.com/do-you-want-...
11.01.2026 09:22
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Novelette cover (black) with a picture of a red planet in the foreground and a sun in the background. A Way Back (the title) is typed in an olive green against a black backdrop. On an orange canvas around the cover are the following descriptions: an inhopsitable planet, a morally ambiguous FMC, memory as a cure, spicy team dynamics, and space & time travel
Something long form is brewing with @emergejournal.bsky.social ! New slipstream novelette (a bit fo sci-fi, a bit of fantasy) coming out in February. Some early details here elj-editions.com/a-way-back/
11.01.2026 11:57
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05.01.2026 23:43
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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.
05.01.2026 02:33
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Emerge Literary Journal
a journal of growth, change & experimentation
#subs are now open for Emerge Literary Journal’s 36th issue! Start the New Year submitting! emergeliteraryjournal.com
01.01.2026 16:33
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New #submission opportunity #WritingCommunity! Another anthology edited by @DianeGotAuthor! It’s bound to be a bestseller! Check it out today! eljpublications.submittable.com/submit/34502...
01.01.2026 15:59
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15.12.2025 16:00
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New Ohio Review
Review: Bill Hollands’ Mangrove By Evan Green Bill Hollands’s debut collection, Mangrove (published by ELJ Editions, 2025), takes readers through poems of nostalgia, grief, and family, primarily se…
"Hollands’s poetry also teems with references to the famous faces of his youth, all while he explores those personal memories...Mangrove is a moving reflection on a queer life lived to the fullest."
@newohioreview.bsky.social on @billhollands.bsky.social's exception new collection!
12.12.2025 20:48
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26.11.2025 15:35
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Enjoy a steep discount on all ebooks and books and book bundles now through Sunday. Get 5 books for just as little as $45 plus S/H! Where can you go wrong? elj-editions.com/black-friday...
26.11.2025 14:03
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Releasing May 2027. #submissions opening 1st Quarter 2026. Stay tuned!
24.11.2025 17:24
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Also, today, EBSCO reached out to open an account to get ELJ’s titles into libraries, & our titles are available via Ingram beginning w/our 3/2025 titles. Thanks to everyone that stood by us as we moved forward. The future is now, & we will be announcing our first 2026 title next week.
21.11.2025 20:56
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Great news! All ELJ Editions books published after March 2025 are now available on Amazon, BN.com, and Bookshop.org, as well as ELJ’s website! Pick yourself up a book this Holiday season!
21.11.2025 16:45
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If you’d like to come dig with us and share your reflections on recovery from trauma, here are the guidelines:
Creative non-fiction only.
Essays must be no longer than 1500 words.
#submissions open 1/1/26
Edited by Diane Gottlieb
17.11.2025 19:53
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And yet, we at ELJ Editions strongly believe in the power of resilience and the possibility of post-traumatic growth. We’d love to hear—and publish—the stories of your challenges and pathways forward in a new anthology titled Digging Up Bones: Reflections on Trauma and Recovery.
17.11.2025 19:53
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We don’t think it’s possible to go through life without experiencing trauma. Some experiences of trauma begin with a small “t,” while others are undeniably of the uppercase variety. Either way, trauma has a way of settling in our bones, impacting how we see and move in the world.
17.11.2025 19:53
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#submissions are now open! Response time will vary. Please submit up to 2 micros/250 word max/2 per sub. Payment 1 calendar. $3 reading fee. More here: eljpublications.submittable.com/submit/34116...
06.11.2025 23:07
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#submissions are now open! Response time will vary. Please submit up to 2 micros/250 word max/2 per sub. Payment 1 calendar. $3 reading fee. More here: eljpublications.submittable.com/submit/34116...
06.11.2025 23:07
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A Desktop Calendar Experience. #submissions opening soon.
05.11.2025 02:35
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