WELCOME TO ELJ EDITIONS, LTD.
Emerge Literary Journal is OPEN to submissions. We are open to submissions in the following windows:
1/1-2/28
7/1-8/30
Manuscript submissions are currently CLOSED.
A kind reminder to submit all your pieces in one document and submit only once per submission window.
I 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, often in ways that may not best serve us or those we love.
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.
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.
Essays must be previously unpublished.
Contributors who reside in the US will receive one copy of the anthology and a $30 honorarium. Contributors outside the US will receive a PDF and a $30 honorarium.
Edited by Diane Gottlieb
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 us your micros—fiction or nonfiction. (No poetry.) 250-words max. 20-word bio. The bio submitted will be the bio printed. No updates will be accepted. Seasonal pieces welcome but micros may be on any topic of your choice. While we will including several pieces previously published in Emerge Literary Journal, this submission call is for previously unpublished work. 2 micros max per submission. Multiple submissions welcome!
Payment--one calendar—US submitters only.
International authors receive $5 honorarium, no calendar (unfortunately due to shipping costs).
Submissions are rolling until the calendar is filled! Edited by Diane Gottlieb
Emerge Literary Journal believes that #mentalillnessawareness and #endingthestigma are of paramount importance. We believe in the necessity of sharing our mental illness stories to facilitate writing through illness and create broader awareness. We aim to publish and showcase work in this category in each issue. We ask that you follow our regular guidelines (full guidelines here) for poetry and prose when submitting to this category.
Please send no more than 3 stories in one document at a time. We accept flash CNF up to a maximum of 750 words. You can see our full guidelines here.
Please include a short 3-4 line third person bio in the Submittable cover letter only. Please do not include biographical information or your name in the submission itself.
Please send no more than 3 stories in one document at a time. We accept flash fiction up to a maximum of 750 words. You can see our full guidelines here.
Please include a short 3-4 line third person bio in the Submittable cover letter only. Please do not include biographical information or your name in the submission itself.
Please send 3-4 at a time. You can see our full guidelines here.
Please include a short 3-4 line third person bio in the Submittable cover letter only. Please do not include biographical information or your name in the submission itself.
"A story is a complete dramatic action..." ~ Flannery O'Connor
ELJ Editions appreciates the difficult writers have in placing longer stories. We want quality fiction that grabs us and doesn't let go. Stories we wish we had written. We're looking for characters, plot, stories, etc. Keep us engaged by maintaining focus and forward momentum. We want voice, experimental, you name it. We'll consider most genres and cross-genres so long as it has deep literary undertones to it. Please no romance or erotica.
ELJ Editions is currently accepting submissions of single author, single stories of 10,000-25,000 words for ebook/print publication.
STORY MUST BE PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED IN ANY LENGTH.
WORD COUNT MUST BE INCLUDED ALONG WITH A SHORT SYNOPSIS.