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ELJ Editions, Ltd.
@emergejournal.bsky.social
501(c)(3) nonprofit literary press. Home of Emerge Literary Journal (http://emergeliteraryjournal.com).
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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...
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Pleased to welcome our 1st release of 2026, Primal House by Emily Koss! Due out in late-January, you can reserve your copy today! elj-editions.com/primal-house/
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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November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Releasing May 2027. #submissions opening 1st Quarter 2026. Stay tuned!
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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.
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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!
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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.
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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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...
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
#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...
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
A Desktop Calendar Experience. #submissions opening soon.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Our Afternoon Shorts series is returning with revamped word counts (10k-25k). ebook & print publication. Varying response time up to 60 days. #submit today. eljpublications.submittable.com/submit/27708...
ELJ Editions - Afternoon Shorts: A Long Story Short Series
"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 g...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Sarena Tien's Definition is now available as an ePub directly from ELJ Editions! Don't miss our latest Afternoon Short!
Definition (eBook) | ELJ Editions
Adeline Song is on the run. The US government has started to hunt down people like her. But when Adeline crosses paths with mechanic Finley Reyes, she must decide whether she will let other people con...
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October 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Trouble with Sweetheartz by Lukas Tallent is now available for ereaders! Pick up your copy today and go on a road trip you won't forget.
The Trouble with Sweetheartz (eBook) | ELJ Editions
If it were anyone else calling, Jamie would not have heard the phone ring. But it’s Micah, his ex-girlfriend, whom he hasn’t spoken to in six months, and things did not end well between them. She need...
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October 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Check out my novelette! Fun fact: I started writing it because someone once told me that writing can't work as "a piece of art or entertainment as well as an awareness platform."
New: Definition by Sarena Tien!

Adeline Song is on the run. The US government has started to hunt down people like her. But when Adeline crosses paths with mechanic Finley Reyes, she must decide whether she will let other people continue to define her, or whether she will finally define herself.
Definition | ELJ Editions
Adeline Song is on the run. The US government has started to hunt down people like her. But when Adeline crosses paths with mechanic Finley Reyes, she must decide whether she will let other people con...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Congratulations to @billhollands.bsky.social, whose collection "Mangrove" is a finalist for the Last Syllable Book Award! "Mangrove" is a stunning poetry collection that takes the reader on a journey from denial and shame to acceptance and love. Check it out today! (bit.ly/3VZGzd5)
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October 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Congratulations to our Book Award finalists!!
October 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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I have two new poems published today in @emergejournal.bsky.social! Read em here: emergeliteraryjournal.com/the-connecti...
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New: Definition by Sarena Tien!

Adeline Song is on the run. The US government has started to hunt down people like her. But when Adeline crosses paths with mechanic Finley Reyes, she must decide whether she will let other people continue to define her, or whether she will finally define herself.
Definition | ELJ Editions
Adeline Song is on the run. The US government has started to hunt down people like her. But when Adeline crosses paths with mechanic Finley Reyes, she must decide whether she will let other people con...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Now Available: The Trouble with Sweetheartz by Lukas Tallent

If it were anyone else calling, Jamie would not have heard the phone ring. But it’s Micah, his ex-girlfriend, and she needs a ride home from Florida.
The Trouble with Sweetheartz | ELJ Editions
On a rollicking midnight ride from small town Tennessee to Daytona Beach, Florida—and back—Jamie turns over his relationship with his ex-girlfriend Micah, with his friends, and even God, as he tries t...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Submission open 2/1/26.
September 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social interviews author @billhollands.bsky.social about his poetry collection, Mangrove. Mangrove recently received an outstanding review over at The Adroit Journal. Check out the interview!: jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/o...
One Poem at a Time: An Interview with Bill Hollands by Diane Gottlieb
I use the writing to help me figure it out, to come to some understanding, and perhaps some resolution.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Be Well Series is returning in January 2026 as Be Well: a Series on Craft, Writing, and the Art of Healing, hosted by @dianegotauthor.bsky.social. Save the date: 1/11/26
September 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM