https://emergentliterary.com/about daily 0.75 2025-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1598977321797-MOBWW8EQOYMKMDGOMDDM/chase-jiggliemon-wilson-Z_ToYXAj_fA-unsplash.jpg ABOUT - MISSION STATEMENT Founded in 2020 by Kameryn Alexa Carter, Ashby Combahee, Jeanelle Ortiz and Katie Yee, EMERGENT LITERARY is an assemblage of black and brown work. For us, emergent refers to urgency, immediacy, inception and birth. It also refers to the philosophy of emergence as interreliant entities which create a radical new wholeness when combined. We pay homage to the Combahee River Collective, and their foundational work in identity politics and radical liberation. We are inspired by the legacies of Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, and Broadside Press. We imagine ourselves posted up in a living room with paper strewn across the floor, eating good and in fellowship with one another. We hope to provide one such living room here, a place of gathering and collaboration. We represent an expansive community: in terms of geography, identity, genre, and concept. We make an ongoing and serious commitment to black and brown people, to fellowship, and joy. Always. -The Editors. https://emergentliterary.com/home daily 1.0 2026-02-01 https://emergentliterary.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-02-11 https://emergentliterary.com/faqs daily 0.75 2025-01-20 https://emergentliterary.com/submissions daily 0.75 2026-03-01 https://emergentliterary.com/people daily 0.75 2025-11-13 https://emergentliterary.com/issueone daily 0.75 2021-02-05 https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/fallen-blossoms monthly 0.5 2021-01-26 https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/pneumonia monthly 0.5 2021-01-24 https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/enter monthly 0.5 2021-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1611512872192-BTLUW50UVIYLTHIUDQ4R/ELLIE7%2B%25281%2529.jpg ISSUE ONE - Enter Image Description: A person wearing blue jeans is sitting on a white blanket and holding knitting needles as well as a burnt orange knit piece with a ball of yarn sitting on the blanket. Photo Credit: Eleanor MacPhee https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/the-golden-aquamarlite monthly 0.5 2021-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1611017886637-153L9FG5LDJRWY6V1MU3/ELLIE4.jpeg ISSUE ONE - The Golden Aquamarlite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1611017995712-ECH4Z497FJJWJGETP95Q/ELLIE5.JPG ISSUE ONE - The Golden Aquamarlite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1611018040601-B8H5U1722DBYNCLKULJE/ELLIE2.jpg ISSUE ONE - The Golden Aquamarlite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1611018067231-71UAHTT6VMV7MAM1M18L/ELLIE1.jpeg ISSUE ONE - The Golden Aquamarlite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1611018145418-AOB1E39EQFMONRYPS2MR/ELLIE6.JPG ISSUE ONE - The Golden Aquamarlite https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1611018171137-IAYFTNIGSAO18SV4IVLB/ELLIE7.JPG ISSUE ONE - The Golden Aquamarlite https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/in-case-of-emergencies monthly 0.5 2021-01-24 https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/yesterday-i-met-grandma-in-my-dream monthly 0.5 2021-01-26 https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/letterfromtheeditors monthly 0.5 2021-02-05 https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/prognosis monthly 0.5 2021-01-24 https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/oh-the-joy-of-cooking monthly 0.5 2021-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1612540027404-9RLERRGMCST6DKJ6KCOU/1.jpeg.jpg ISSUE ONE - Oh, the joy of cooking Image Description: Golden brown hand pies in a white floral bowl sitting on top of a marble countertop. https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/under-moonlight-a-tendril monthly 0.5 2021-01-24 https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/the-lily-named-woman monthly 0.5 2021-01-24 https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/on-the-ancestral-blessing-of-a-union monthly 0.5 2021-01-26 https://emergentliterary.com/issueone/all-that-you-touch-you-change monthly 0.5 2021-02-03 https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo daily 0.75 2022-04-27 https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/ward monthly 0.5 2022-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1651849269905-PG4WHLD173KGFPMHGKS8/EL+Submission+%282%29_Page_1.jpg ISSUE TWO - excerpts from notes on blue - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1651849368461-O4YZJA42Z09Z1V4Q4OJT/EL+Submission+%282%29_Page_2.jpg ISSUE TWO - excerpts from notes on blue - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/letterfromtheeditors monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/moreno monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/paynestatement monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/payne3 monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1650926127902-STDLP9FV5Y1N40C7G79A/Bird+Rock+1.JPG ISSUE TWO - Bird Rock 1 - Make it stand out Marker, ink, watercolor, oil pastel, graphite, colored pencil. 40 x 26 inches. https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/payne2 monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1650924499081-6N4KZCU3GQOZVM0URG37/Cottage+River.jpg ISSUE TWO - Cottage River - Make it stand out Water color, colored pencil, marker. 40 x 26 inches. https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/princeton-cange monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/jonnwakalo monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/92bd26d7-4163-4aa4-83ce-a441d7f1c3da/Untitled+%28Red%29.jpg ISSUE TWO - Art by Ossie Jon-Nwakalo Untitled (Red) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/0d8ccbaf-36c5-4678-bb94-c88e665dea3a/Untitled.jpg ISSUE TWO - Art by Ossie Jon-Nwakalo Untitled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/31046fca-db3a-499e-adf3-86b426920d0a/Grey+Doors.jpg ISSUE TWO - Art by Ossie Jon-Nwakalo Grey Doors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/4eee5b8b-54ff-458a-acc0-06391d224adb/Black+Doors+%281%29.jpg ISSUE TWO - Art by Ossie Jon-Nwakalo Black Doors https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/jimenez monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/ab843282-eba1-462d-af95-bd8eaeeb4d23/IMG_5055.jpeg ISSUE TWO - Art by Sydnie Jimenez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/871651ee-2e94-4d1a-a921-861a5c231aaa/72BE9EAF-4477-4339-A747-91039FFB8AAD.jpg ISSUE TWO - Art by Sydnie Jimenez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/cfc06e48-2815-4f53-bc78-bedd412bcf3c/IMG_5474.JPG ISSUE TWO - Art by Sydnie Jimenez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/968db7ad-b30c-42b6-a2e4-b9fcbf5b505f/A82E41CA-4978-45F2-8A29-873383CB9E5D.jpg ISSUE TWO - Art by Sydnie Jimenez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/9f1bceaf-e015-437d-8a11-07b0e6cd30e0/IMG_5353.jpeg ISSUE TWO - Art by Sydnie Jimenez https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/32dbff0c-1a6e-4f9c-8038-1fc76a6182c7/48A0C100-2DD2-412A-96FC-068A630719C8.jpg ISSUE TWO - Art by Sydnie Jimenez https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/abalajon monthly 0.5 2022-12-19 https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/henderson monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://emergentliterary.com/issuetwo/payne1 monthly 0.5 2022-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f4d11943352d659bab827af/1650924045978-UY5YX5J2THMM5PPEJMNF/Rainbow+Hills+1.JPG ISSUE TWO - 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