Submissions are accepted by electronically via Submittable only.

Poetry:

Please send no more than 3-5 pieces at a time. We prefer no less than 3 poems at a time, so that we have the best selection of your work in which to make our decision.

Please include list of publications credits in short 3-4 line third person bio with Coverletter. Please also include a statement verifying the work you are presenting is your own and that you hold all rights to it.

Prose:

Please send no more than 3 stories in one document at a time. We accept flash fiction of 750 words or less only.

Please include list of publications credits in short 3-4 line third person bio with Coverletter. Please also include a statement verifying the work you are presenting is your own and that you hold all rights to it.

Chapbook:

ELJ Publications prefers narrative prose and free verse poetry that explores human emotions, experiences, dreams, revelations, etc. We also veer towards the surreal with powerful images and language. If you feel that your poems and/or stories fit into any of these categories, please consider us.

Please submit a manuscript complete with title, acknowledgements, table of contents, 25-30 poems or 30-40 pages of flash fiction/short stories, and bio. Manuscript must be fully edited and ready for publication. Please refer to the ELJ Publications page for more specific information regarding the editing process. If you are unsure of what to expect after reading our full guidelines, please query emergeliteraryjournal@gmail.com.

With the exception of chapbook submissions, all pieces must be previously unpublished with the exception of those included on a personal blog. Should you wish to submit a poem previously published on a personal blog, we ask that you first take down the piece prior to submitting for consideration with Emerge Literary Journal.

Simultaneous Submissions are acceptable so long as we are notified in your Coverletter and if/when your work is accepted by another publication. Please let us know in your withdrawal where your piece has been published so that we can send our many congratulations. Please do not withdraw a piece once your work has been accepted.

All rights remain with the writer, we take only First North American Rights to publish. All rights revert back to the poet. We only ask that in subsequent publications you credit Emerge Literary Journal as having first published the piece(s) and that you grant permission for us to permanently archive your work as part of the issue in which you are published in.

Submissions are accepted from December 1st to April 1st and again from August 1st to October 1st. We will publish three print issues annually, featured in June, September and December.

We are a fledgling market with limit resources at the time and are unable to provide contributor copies at this time. Copies of our print issue will be made available through Amazon at an affordable cost.

Finally, please consider reporting your submission to us to Duotrope, a writer’s resource.

For any questions about The Journal, please contact us at emergeliteraryjournal@gmail.com.