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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 ๐ค
egjpress.submittable.com/subโฆ
Our spring submission call is coming up๐บ
Since we've been experiencing high submission volumes these past few calls (and could use more volunteer readers to match ๐), we are setting a 500 submission limit for this period.
Excited to read your stories and poems!
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Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things ๐ retweeted
2 May 2025
Happy #poetryfriday! Here is the first poem I had published as an adult, this one in @EmberJournal.
To read the rest:
read.emberjournal.org/jessicโฆ
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Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things ๐ retweeted
8 Mar 2025
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!
read.emberjournal.org/abdulmโฆ
read.emberjournal.org/abdulmโฆ
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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!
read.emberjournal.org/kelly-โฆ
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โWe are like children who ask
where the wind lived
before all this homesick blowing began.โ
Weโre excited to share a new poem โTracklessโ by Richard Schiffmanโtwo-time Ember contributor!
read.emberjournal.org/richarโฆ
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โBlanche 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?โ
Next up is โGently Smiling Jawsโ by Julie Le Blanc
read.emberjournal.org/julie-โฆ
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Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things ๐ retweeted
4 Oct 2024
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
read.emberjournal.org/ryan-bโฆโฆ
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To celebrate the start of autumn, weโre publishing new stories and poems each week through December!
First up is โThe Wind Up Boyโ by L.Rao
read.emberjournal.org/l-rao/โฆ
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We are excited to announce our Best of the Net nominations for 2025!
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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! ๐งต
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We will announce of Best of the Net nominations within the next month ๐
Plus we have SO many stories and poems to share with you starting in September ๐
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Thank you for your understanding and feel free to reach out to submissions@emberjournal.org for any questions!
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Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things ๐ retweeted
1 Aug 2024
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.
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"for eons
i have nurtured
this โโโ
a valley of woes"
Our next featured poem is "PrayerโAn Erasure" by Hameedah Aruwa
read.emberjournal.org/hameedโฆ
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Ember: A Journal of Luminous Things ๐ retweeted
10 May 2024
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
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Submissions may be closed, but we've got new stories and poems for springtime ๐ท
First up is "The Gift" by young writer Kerri Huang. This is Kerri's first-ever publication!
read.emberjournal.org/kerri-โฆ
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And that is 500! Thank you to all who submitted.
We canโt wait to begin reading your work ๐ค
Weโre at 400! If youโve been wanting to submit your work, now is the time to do so โฐโฐ
We will close submissions at 500.
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Weโre at 400! If youโve been wanting to submit your work, now is the time to do so โฐโฐ
We will close submissions at 500.
Update: weโre at 300 subs ๐
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