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Writers and artists work in the loneliest of all professions, inside our heads. Those writers who are daring enough to create and reveal a small part of their souls, are to be lauded. The staff of eMerge, and the thousands of eMerge readers, salute your courage and thank you for your submissions.

Submissions currently run from October 1 until October 31.

Submissions will be considered for inclusion in next year's issues of eMerge and submitters will be notified prior to publication.

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Currently Featured Authors

Aubrey Green
Aubrey Green is a freelance editor, poet, and storyteller living just outside Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her work has appeared in The Talon Literary Journal and Brio magazine. She enjoys rewriting terrible movie plots and spent almost a year living in China. Coffee is her love language.

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Nikki Hanna
Nikki Hanna describes herself as a metropolitan gal who never quite reached the level of refinement and sophistication that label implies. The contradictions reflected in this description are the basis for her humorous prose. Hanna describes her writing as irreverent and quirky prose with strong messages. As an author, writing coach, and contest judge, she is dedicated to inspiring others. Her award-winning book, Listen Up, Writer––How Not to Write Like an Amateur is available on Amazon and Kindle. Hanna offers workshops and presentations on writing on her website.

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Abeera Mirza
Meet Abeera Mirza, a poetic force from a village Goleki in the heart of Gujrat, Pakistan,whose words have captivated audiences worldwide. With an impressive 200 anthologies to her name, she has cemented her place in the literary world. As a co-author in Pakistan’s largest anthology, “Maverick,” and a recipient of numerous literary awards, Abeera’s poetry is a testament to her skill and passion. Her poetry is a gift, and her talent is a treasure to behold.

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Christine Irving
Christine Irving has authored seven books of poetry, incuding a scenic tour through Irish history, a stop in Ancient Sumeria, and a look at the "Predator/Prey" relationship. Her historic novel imagines the latter life of Mary Magdalene. She has also written several books for children. Christine enjoys collaboration - "Ping-Pong Poetry" with Susan Maxwell Campell and a play ,"A Rose In Winter" with Kathryn Smith. Her latest passion is hybrid books combining essays, poetry, short story, and art.

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Todd Sukany
Todd Sukany , a Pushcart nominee, lives in Pleasant Hope, Missouri, with his wife of over 40 years. His work has appeared in Cave Region Review, The Christian Century, Intégrité: A Faith and Learning Journal, and The Ekphrastic Review. A native of Michigan and recently retired, Sukany stays busy running, playing music, loving family, caring for two rescue dogs and four feral cats.

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John Rankine
John Rankine is an award-winning, multi-media artist who has made Eureka Springs home for the past 28 years. Rankine was the recipient of an Arkansas Arts Council Individual Fellowship Award in 2009 for outstanding achievement in the arts in Arkansas for his photographic installation, “A Community At Peace." He was awarded an Artist 360 grant in 2018 for his “Men with Earrings” photographic series. Rankine is co-owner of Brews, a coffee/craft beer establishment in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and lives with his husband Bill and dog Waldo on ten acres of land just outside the city limits.

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David Blumenfeld
David Blumenfeld is a retired philosophy professor who resumed writing poetry after a nearly 40-year break. Since 2022, he has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize; one of his stories received a “notable essay” mention in The Best American Essays, 2022; five of his poems were finalists or received high praise in poetry contests.

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Bailey Rodfield
Bailey Rodfield is a transgender poet and podcaster currently living in New Mexico. Her podcast, ‘life isn’t that bad’, is a showcase of her work as a performer. Previously a Tulsa native, Bailey has performed her work at various events, in addition to hosting a few herself. Her often introspective poetry provides an intimate and raw look into queerness, humanity, and aspects of the self.

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Angela Townsend
Angela Townsend is a seven time Best of the Net nominee and the 2024 winner of West Trade Review’s 704 Prize for Flash Fiction. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Arts & Letters, Chautauqua, CutBank, The Normal School, SmokeLong, and Terrain, among others. She graduated from Princeton Seminary and Vassar College. Angela has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 34 years, laughs with her poet mother every morning, and loves life affectionately.

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Ruth Mitchell
Ruth Mitchell’s career as a travel writer took her many places. Her gigs as a freelancer educated her in the ways of the world. Her positions as an editor for At Home in Arkansas and Arkansas Business taught her to manage lots of little fires. As the author of Arkansas Heritage, a state-adopted elementary history text, she learned to be accurate. As a novelist she's learning her toughest lesson yet, how to engage readers through stories. Her novel White Oak can be purchased online. She is currently working on a new novel that will really wow readers.

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Zhenya Yevtushenko
Zhenya Yevtushenko is one of the sons of the late poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko. He is a published translator, a former substitute teacher and funeral home consultant. Currently, Zhenya has resumed pursuing his undergraduate degrees in Political Science, History and English. Zhenya aspires to become a Foreign Service Officer and a literary translator. He resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma and owes his inspiration to his brothers, his mother, and to the love of his life, Olivia.

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D. L. Lang
D.L. Lang served as Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California. She is published in over 90 anthologies worldwide. She is a co-founder of Vallejo Poetry Society and a member of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade. She received proclamations from the California State Senate, California Arts Council, and Vallejo City Council for her service as poet laureate. When she isn’t performing or writing poetry, she enjoys bird watching, listening to 60s/70s music, and attending live music events.

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Hilka West-Irvin
Hilka is a Minnesota native, who made Eureka Springs her home in 2014. She is a self- taught artist that works in various mediums- oils, acrylics, watercolor – all reflective of her mindset. She also writes poetry and short stories to fulfill her creative soul. Her work has been described as eclectic because she tends to paint & write from instinct instead of expectation. She enjoys working outside of her comfort zone and expressing herself through art & writing , which is always evolving.

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Christy Prahl
Christy Prahl is an Illinois Arts Council grant recipient and the author of the poetry collections We Are Reckless (Cornerstone Press, 2023) and Catalog of Labors (Unsolicited Press, forthcoming 2026). A Best of the Net and three-time Pushcart Prize nominee, her work has been featured in Poetry Daily as well as many journals, including CALYX, Sugar House Review, the Penn Review, Salt Hill Journal, Tar River Poetry, and others. She splits her time between Chicago and rural Michigan.

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Sara Snelson
Sara Snelson is a recent graduate of Millsaps College and former middle school writing teacher. She was the previous Editor-in-Chief of The Promenade essay publication and The Purple and White newspaper. She has been published in The Stylus for her nonfiction piece, "Burning Alive."

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J.M.Hall
Nominated by Verdad literary journal for inclusion in the 16th annual Best of the Net Anthology, J.M. Hall has published a mini-chapbook collection and individual poems in numerous literary journals. Having earned a PhD in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University, he has also published seventy-seven peer-reviewed journal articles, and coedited Philosophy Imprisoned: The Love of Wisdom in the Age of Mass Incarceration. Finally, he has twenty-eight years’ experience as a choreographer and dancer.

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Lynn Packham Larson
Lynn lives with her husband in a house that he built, where the edge of town meets the edge of the woods. She was raised in a big city, and now finds peace and inspiration walking the dog and hiking the trails near her home. The birding is wonderful, trees abundant, water plentiful. Lynn practices Yoga, shares what she learns with others and can't imagine aging without it. Her poem "I Have a Photo" was a 2024 Woody Barlow Poetry Contest prize winner.

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Joyce Hanewinkel
I am a fledgling writer with four contest wins and three published pieces. After working forty-six years in various fields—sales, advertising, medical, military, manufacturing, and procurement, I retired a year early to address My parent's increasing needs. Writing was an escape. I revisited poignant memories of my childhood, exploits from my military service, and tales of my soccer travels. I entered one of these stories in a writing contest and won first place in the humor category. That win unlocked a portal to the writing community and new adventures. I am now drafting my first novel.

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David Zimmerman
David Zimmermann, a multidisciplinary artist, moved to Eureka Springs in 1971. Known primarily for his poetry, he published two poetry books: Names For The Known (1988) and Dissipated Assets (1998). These five submitted short poems were written in 2024, which he hopes will be published in a future book alongside others.

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Darlene Graf
I am a northwest Arkansas writer of mostly poems and essays. I have lived in the Ozarks for over 19 years and have a Pekingese named Tricki Woo after The dog in All All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot.

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Diane Morrow-Kondos
Diane is a free-lance writer who has been published in many venues including TulsaKids, Oklahoma Sports and Fitness, and Vintage Tulsan. She has been writing a weekly blog for TulsaKids for over eight years. She has had five stories in "Chicken Soup for the Soul." Her book, "The Long Road to Happy" was published in January of 2023 and was number one on the Oklahoma Best Seller's list.

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Max Kerwien
Max Kerwien is a disabled poet and comedian. In 2016, he won the Joan Grayston Poetry Prize. His work has been published in the decomp Journal, the DASH Literary Journal, and more. Most recently, his chapbook "Whirs, Snaps, Clicks, and Clacks" was published by Bottlecap Press.

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L.W. AYERS
I'm retired from working for 35 years in the TV production field. I've written two books about Morgan sports cars and two scripts for movies. Recently, I've read my poetry at four open mic sessions and hope to do more of the same. My lyrics and poetry are about love and relationships.

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Melissa Gish
Melissa Gish teaches English for Glenville State University in West Virginia. As a long-time fan of horror and dark fantasy, she published the little magazine Gaslight: Tales of the Unsane back in the ’90s. Today, she writes educational books for young readers and makes her home in southern Minnesota with her dog, Juno.

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Jeremy Gadd
JEREMY GADD has published over 300 poems in literary magazines and periodicals internationally. His work has been collected in five compilations, most recently in 'Driving into the Dark', Ginninderra Press, Australia. He lives and writes in an old Federation era house overlooking Botany Bay, the birthplace of modern Australia.

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Haley Hodge
Haley Hodge is a poet originally from the Blue Ridge Mountain region who now calls the Seacoast of New Hampshire home. Haley is the art editor for Barnstorm Journal, a literary journal housed by the University of New Hampshire’s MFA program.

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George Plautz
George Plautz has been writing, acting and directing for the theatre for more than forty years most recently with Wasatch Theatre Company where he directed, wrote and/or produced over twenty productions. Three of his full-length plays and numerous of his one-act and ten-minute plays have been produced. After retiring, he has been pursuing playwriting and cooking full-time including a month-long residency at Dairy Hollow in 2021.

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Marianna Mankle
Marianna Pizzini Mankle (she/her/hers) is a Montana native who now calls Nebraska home. She has an MA in Communication from Arizona State University. Her writing can be found in Kiosk, Querencia Press, Calla Press, Writeresque Literary Magazine, and more. She can be found watching reality TV with her husband when she isn't writing.

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Anna Gall
Anna Gall’s poetry and short stories are published in eMerge, Persimmon Tree, and Flapper Press as well as her poem, Seashells is included in the anthology Dairy Hollow Echo. Anna writes about her preoccupations in Balancing The Seesaw, a short collection of Haiku poems. Anna is a culinary professional. Her first full-length book is a memoir filled with original recipes, poems, and short stories. In edited form, publication is forthcoming. Anna lives in historic St. Charles, Missouri.

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Sandra Spotts
Sandra Spotts was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas where she discovered her love for art and writing at an early age. She intertwined both disciplines throughout her career. For the last eight years, she has lived in Eureka Springs continuing to paint and write. There, she coproduces a live storytelling show.

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Matthew Williams
An entertainment lawyer in Washington, DC, Billboard Magazine named Matt a “Top Music Lawyer.” He has published articles on copyright issues in journals at UC Berkeley, Cardozo, UCLA, UNC, and UVA. He was also a practitioner-in-residence at the American University Washington College of Law. He is now attending the Bennington Writer Seminars and writing pseudo-confessional poetry and prose about human interactions, social change, creators, creation, and the Creator.

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Stephen Bett
Stephen Bett is a widely and internationally published Canadian poet with 26 books in print (from BlazeVOX, Chax, Spuyten Duyvil, & others), his two most recent being Broken Glosa, from Chax Press (2023) and SongBu®st, from BlazeVOX Books (2024). His personal papers are archived in the “Contemporary Literature Collection” at Simon Fraser University. His website is StephenBett.com

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Ronda Del Boccio
Rev. Dr. Ronda Del Boccio is an international speaker and best-selling author who has won awards for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and memoir. Although Ronda is mostly blind, she doesn't let that stop her from doing what she wants to do. She has also won awards for her art, photography, and cooking. Ronda is the current president of the Ozarks Writers League.

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Nicole Nunez
Nicole Nunez is an English teacher from Chicagoland and has recently completed her M.A. in English & Creative Writing. She is fascinated with the integration of creative writing in the classroom at all levels. Her writing strives to push the boundaries of traditional storytelling, bending genre and form to shed new light on meaningful content. Through her teaching, research and writing, she hopes to help students find their own voice and create their own stories to inspire change.

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