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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

Peggy Kjelgaard
Peggy Kjelgaard has served as a global consultant in the field of Knowledge Management in the private sector, a teacher educator in the university setting, and as a regular elementary and special education teacher. In 2004, Peggy retired and moved to Eureka Springs to focus on writing. She published her first novel, Birthmark of Evil, in 2013. She served as Executive Director for the Eureka Springs School of the Arts in 2006. She's served on various governing boards, including the Eureka Springs Arts Council, Equity Bank Advisory Board, local school boards, and the Writer’s Colony.

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Tajalla Qureshi
Tajalla Qureshi - a literary enchantress who weaves tapestries of thoughts and emotions with the finesse of a master artisan in the realm of words. She is a gifted wordsmith from Pakistan. Thereupon, she is the visionary Co-Founder and Co-Editor of The Wordsmith Magazine, where words are woven into magic. On the flip, her writings have been glorified in UK, Pakistan, Germany, Canada, Africa, America, and India with respect to many E-papers, Anthologies, Magazines, and Websites.

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Julie Peterson Freeman
Julie Peterson Freeman, née Wren Dubois, has been spotted in dark piano bars and tiny cafes in the oldest sections of cities around the world. At the beginning of her career, one was most likely to find her strolling the cobbled streets in the 18th Arrondissement of bohemian Paris. I spotted her arm in arm with the notorious Amantine Dupin (better known as George Sand), exiting Le Tagada, a quaint and popular bar among artists and eccentrics in the famed village of Montmartre. It was here where the flâneur was created. Bien sûr, none of this is true, except in Julie’s imagination.

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Alaina Hammond
Alaina Hammond is a poet, playwright, fiction writer, and visual artist. Her poems, plays, short stories, philosophical essays, creative nonfiction, paintings, drawings and photographs have been published both online and in print.

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Russell Gayer
Russell Gayer is an award-winning author and speaker. He is extremely proud to have two fans, a 12” 3-speed oscillator made by Westinghouse in 1967, and “El Manuel,” which features a tongue-depressor handle and picture of Jesus. Russell has published two books, The Perils of Heavy Thinking and One Idiot Short of a Village. Both are available on Amazon in print or eBook format. He also enjoys writing non-fiction articles on local history.

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Samantha Ryan
Samantha Ryan is a writer from Tulsa, OK. She lives there with her chunky German shepherd named Harley, an incredibly needy cat named Baxter, and half a dozen plants she can barely keep alive.

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Brian Mosher
Brian Mosher’s work has appeared in Literary Underground, Tidings, Blue Villa, Nixes Mate, eMerge, Books and Pieces, Confetti, Coneflower Cafe, Esoterica, among others. His as yet unpublished short story collection was shortlisted for the Unleash Press 2025 Book Prize. His forthcoming poetry chapbook from Finishing Line Press is slated for January 2026 release. Mosher’s most recent book is a collection of poems and song lyrics from Metaphysical Fox Press titled, “A Muster of Melodious Musings” (2025).

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Elizabeth Baizel
I am a new writer from upstate NY. I am and avid runner and a fan of history and comic books. When I'm not spending time with my children and super fluffy dog, I am training for a marathon, reading, or writing something new that was inspired by the most random of things

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Uriah Maravilla Greer
Artisan by trade, writer by necessity, Uriah Maravilla Greer earned his Bachelor's in Creative Writing from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK. He can be found running Martin Greer's Candies with his brother in Garfield, AR.

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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 a rescue dog and four feral cats.

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Joan Baril
Joan M Baril is a short story writer who has published over 80 stories, mainly in literary magazines. She has won many awards for her stories and several have been included in various compilations. She has always been an outdoors person and many of her stories reflect her love of canoeing and camping. For many years she travelled across North America in her camper truck. She tries to be open to the strange, beautiful, and tragic both in nature and the variations of human experience.

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Antonia Love
(Antonia Love) Toni Huffman, grew up in Houston, Texas. Now, living in the Ozarks for 20 years, she is enjoying adventure and nature. She was an educator for 36 years, still a world traveler and now retired, focusing on completing writing projects. President: Ozark Mountain Poets (branch of PRA). Recent publications: poems in e-Merge Magazine, 2023-2024, SLANT Magazine, 2023. Won 2023 Woody Barlow Poetry Prize, nominated for Pushcart Prize. Poem in Spring 2024, Cantos: A Literary Journal.

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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Ph.D., past Kansas Poet Laureate is the author of 25 books, including the new The Magic Eye: A Story of Saving a Life and a Place in the Age of Anxiety, How Time Moves: New & Selected Poems, and Miriam's Well, a novel. Founder of Transformative Language Arts, she leads writing workshops and retreats widely, coaches people on writing and right livelihood, and consults on creativity.

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Elaine Alarcon
I have graduate degrees in Creative Writing and 20th Century Literature. My work has appeared in Solo Nova, Salt, Spillway, Askew, Blue Light Press, Orbis, The Denver Quarterly, the TOPANGA Messenger, The Canyon Chronicle, Words Out Loud(UK)and eMerge! Five of my poems appeared in the recent issue of Solo Voyage and I have been nominated three times for a Pushcart Prize.

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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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Sarah B. Anyieth
Sarah B. Anyieth is an educator and poet who resides in Rogers, AR. She taught high school English in public schools for 9 years and is currently a full-time parent of a toddler. She has published poems about her time living and working in Japan in Coldnoon, the International Journal of Travel Writing and Travelling Cultures. She enjoys facilitating writing workshops that build community and nurture a love of poetry. She is the founder of NWA Poetry Connection and hosts a monthly poetry open mic night.

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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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Linda Neal Reising
Linda Neal Reising is a native of Oklahoma and citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Her books include: Re-Writing Family History (Finishing Line), The Keeping (Finishing Line), Stone Roses (Kelsay Books), and VIVIA-The Legend of Vivia Thomas: A Novelette in Poems (Kelsay Books), Perpetual Astonishment (Beyond Words Press), and Navigation (Kelsay Books). Forthcoming is Cigar Box of Loss: Stories from Route 66 (Belle Point Press).

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Sarah Malks
Sarah is a poet who is constantly enthused and overthinking. She often takes time to smush her entire face into her cats' bellies to unwind. She lives in Tulsa, OK.

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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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Lela Tunnell
Lela Tunnell is a novice poet; loving all things natural. She has loved and written as many poems as years lived on this planet (maybe a little more). She lives in Eureka Springs with her husband, feline, canine, chickens, rabbits, and ever-evolving gardens.

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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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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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Dinesh Kunnatheeri
My name is Dinesh Kunnatheeri, Male, 52 years of age and I have been creative writing for the past 30 years and have some publications to my credit. Basically, I am a college teacher armed with a PhD in English and have taught in India, Eritrea, Libya and Oman. At present I am teaching in VFSTR University, Vadlamudi, Andhra Pradesh, India. Sahitya Akademi has published my translations and poems.

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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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Audell Shelburne
Audell Shelburne has published poems in a number of journals and anthologies, including descant, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, di-verse-city, Loud Coffee, Alchemy and Miracles, Verse Virtual, and others. He is currently dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Northeastern State Oklahoma in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, where he has previously taught poetry and other courses in literature since 2011. He enjoys spending time with his wife and kids, pretending to cook, and dabbling in watercolors.

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Erin McGrane
ERIN MCGRANE is an actress, musician, author, and professional development mentor. Erin appears in the Oscar-nominated film UP IN THE AIR alongside George Clooney and is known for her unforgettable cabaret and musical performances. Currently, Erin is authoring a spoken-word poetry project set to original music exploring anxiety, isolation, and hope. Erin was honored in KC Magazine’s "The 100: People who Make Life Better in KC" and is proud to say she misspent her youth singing in a rock band.

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Patsy Creedy
Patsy Creedy lives in San Francisco, California. She has published poetry and creative nonfiction in several publications including Transfer Magazine, Dragon’s Leap, Inlandia, RCVRY Quarterly and Your Golden Sun Still Shines, an anthology of San Francisco stories. She has a memoir coming out in early 2021, ‘Without Her, Memoir of a Family,’ by Atmosphere Press. She was a resident at Dairy Hollow in the fall of 2019.

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JONATHAN WATSON
Jonathan Watson is a law librarian and poet living in Northern California. He received his B.A. in English from UC Berkeley, M.A. in English from CSU Sacramento, and MLIS from San Jose State University (he and his mother Jo-Ann Watson graduated together). His work appears in Avatar Review (2007), Yountville Art Commission’s Handwritten Out Loud chapbook (April 2023), Sacramento Literary Review (2023), Forum Literary Magazine (2024), Carquinez Review (2024) and Peacocks & Poems (book).

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John RC Potter
John RC Potter is an international educator from Canada who lives in Istanbul. His story, “Ruth’s World” (Fiction on the Web), was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and his poem, “Tomato Heart” (Disturb the Universe Magazine), was nominated for the Best of the Net Award. The author’s gay-themed children’s picture book, The First Adventures of Walli and Magoo, is scheduled for publication. Website: https://johnrcpotterauthor.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnRCPotter

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Ellory Scott
Hi! I'm a southern gal living in NYC working in fashion. I graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2019 with a bachelor's in English. I haven't written much since then, so here's to getting back into it!

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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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