There are only a few days left before our next submission deadline: March 1st, 2026! We feature the openings of unpublished novels in any and all genres, so polish up your beginning pages and send them in! For more info, check out our submission guidelines: embarkliteraryjournal.com/submissions.

Calling all novelists: there are only a few more weeks until our next deadline, March 1st! We feature the openings of unpublished novels in ALL genres! For more info, check out our guidelines at embarkliteraryjournal.com/submissions.

The latest book by Embark contributor Sandra Cavallo Miller, NO MORE PATIENTS, is a heartfelt, humorous novel about a physician struggling to heal both her patients and her own relationships. Pre-order a copy here! – www.amazon.com/More-Patient...

Embark contributor @mahmudwriter.bsky.social has had an essay called "Bari Koi?—Where Is Home?" published in Washington Square Review. Read it here! www.washingtonsquarereview.com/mahmud-rahman

ALMOST AMERICAN, by Embark contributor Terri Paul, is now available on Amazon! The novel follows 14-year-old Sarah Spirer, who flees war-torn Hungary with her family in the 1920s and then struggles to grow up in Columbus, Ohio. Pick up a copy here! – www.amazon.com/Almost-Ameri...

“The Measure of Our Days,” a story by Embark contributor Jo-Anne Rosen, has been published in an anthology from Wising Up Press called LIVING OUR BLESSINGS. Buy a copy here! bookshop.org/p/books/livi...

Embark contributor Robert Garner McBrearty has won The Ghost Story's 2025 Supernatural Screw Turn Flash Fiction Contest, with his story “Starving”! Read it here: theghoststory.com/ghosts/starv...

Embark contributor @shielapardee.bsky.social has had a short story called "Exposure" published in the Ginosko Literary Journal! Read the issue here: ginoskoliteraryjournal.com/wp-content/u...

"After the End," a short story by Embark contributor B. B. Garin that was published in @lunchticket.bsky.social, has been nominated for Best of the Net! Read it here: lunchticket.org/after-the-end/

Congratulations to Embark contributor Shelley Fairweather-Vega, whose translation of an Uzbek novel called WE COMPUTERS, by Hamid Ismailov, is a finalist for a 2025 National Book Award! Buy the novel here: www.amazon.com/We-Computers...

Embark contributor Bill Mesce, writing under the name Aja Holland, has released a mystery called CASCO BAY with @btwnthelinespub.bsky.social. You can purchase a copy here! – bookshop.org/p/books/casc...

MANHATTAN TRIPTYCH, by Embark contributor @cbutterfield.bsky.social, is a a fictionalized memoir based on her time as an actress living in New York, telling the stories of three women bound by friendship over the course of four decades. Pick up a copy here! bookshop.org/p/books/manh...

Embark contributor Grace Bialecki has had a poetry chapbook titled YOUNG THING published by the small press Rainbow Skull. Buy a copy here! www.rainbowskull.xyz/product/youn...

Embark contributor Scott Lipanovich has released another novel in his Jeff Taylor mystery series with Encircle Publications! WEST COUNTY brings Jeff into contact with a homeless woman who is not what she seems, and who doesn't have long to live. Pick up a copy here! – bookshop.org/p/books/west...

HEY PICKPOCKET, a contemporary novel by Embark contributor Allison Cundiff that's set on an island near the coast of Ireland, has been published by Jackleg Press! You can purchase a copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/hey-...

Embark contributor @k-wilfrid.bsky.social has had an essay about the 40th anniversary of "Les Misérables" published in @wbur.org's Cognoscenti! Check it out here: www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

RAZED, by Embark contributor Thatcher Carter, has been published by The Inlandia Institute! The novel follows two sisters in upstate New York in 1973, who take opposite sides in the battle over their father's legacy. Buy a copy here! – bookshop.org/p/books/raze...

Embark contributor @admetcalfeauthor.bsky.social has published the second novel in her Street series, about a gang of urban youth in gritty 1970s New York: STREET BROTHERHOOD: RISE OF THE UNDERGROUND. Pick up a copy here! bookshop.org/p/books/stre...

Embark contributor Jillian Schedneck has had a story called “#lasteuropeansummer” published in the @tahomareview.bsky.social! Check it out here: tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/l...

I AM AGATHA, the debut novel of Embark contributor Nancy Foley, will be published by @avidreaderpress.bsky.social in March 2026! The novel, set in New Mexico, follows a painter whose devotion to a widow with dementia sparks a radical reckoning. Pre-order a copy here! – bookshop.org/p/books/i-am...

We're thrilled to announce the release of our 23rd issue! Click below for the openings of ten riveting novels by some of the world's best up-and-coming writers! embarkliteraryjournal.com/issues/issue...

There are only a few more days left before our next submission deadline, September 1st! Novelists, polish up the openings of your unpublished manuscripts and WIPs and send them in! We welcome subs in any genre. For more info, check out our guidelines here: embarkliteraryjournal.com/submissions

Calling all novelists! There are only a few more weeks until our next submission deadline: September 1st, 2025! We're seeking the openings of unpublished novels in all genres. For more info, please see our Submission Guidelines: embarkliteraryjournal.com/submissions

THE GOLEM PROJECT, a sci-fi thriller by Embark contributor Bill Mesce (using the pen-name Elijah Bone), will be released by Between the Lines Publishing on June 3rd! Pre-order a copy here: www.amazon.com/Golem-Projec...

108, an eco-thriller by Embark contributor Dheepa Maturi, will be released in June! The novel follows a San Francisco reporter with a mysterious connection to an Indian forest, who must save the world from a corrupt agrochemical corporation. Pre-order a copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/108-...

VOICES OF THE ELYSIAN FIELDS, a gripping thriller set in New Orleans by Embark contributor Michael Rigg, has been published by Level Best Books! Pick up a copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/voic...

Embark contributor Karen Wilfrid has had an essay published in Cognoscenti, the ideas and opinions section of @wbur.org, Boston’s NPR station! Read it here: www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

NORTH OF THE SUNLIT RIVER, a novel of grief, hope, and the Alaskan wilderness by Embark contributor @jessklagmann.bsky.social, will be released by Lake Union Publishing in September! Pre-order a copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/nort...

OUR BROOKLYN, the debut novel of Embark contributor Ed McBride, follows the friendship of two young men as they grapple with the Vietnam War and the challenges of the late 1960s and '70s. Buy a copy here! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/our-brookl...

Embark contributor S. P. Singh has had a short story called "The Bridge" published in the spring issue of @thebrusselsreview.bsky.social! Read the introduction to the issue here: thebrusselsreview.com/sofia-topi/t...

Embark contributor Monica Goertzen Hertlein has had a short story called "How to Be Human After Evil Fae Possession" published in The Lorelei Signal! Check it out here: www.loreleisignal.com/how-to-be-hu...

PRAYERS FOR THE LOST & FOR THE LIVING, a collection of poems and stories by Embark contributor Dina Greenberg, has been released by Sligo Creek Publishing! Buy a copy here: www.amazon.com/Prayers-Lost...

Embark contributor @jsc63.bsky.social has had an excerpt from his novel THE WET HEN SOCIETY published in Litbreak Magazine! Read it here: litbreak.com/the-wet-hen-...

*YOUR ACTUAL LIFE MAY VARY, a darkly comic novel by Embark contributor @lindalenhoff.bsky.social, will be released by @sfwp.bsky.social in August! It follows an out-of-work academic in San Diego as she rescues a child and searches for a new life. Pre-order a copy here! – bookshop.org/p/books/your...

Embark contributor Jo-Anne Rosen has had a short story called "Good Old Gals" published in Eclectica Magazine! Check it out here: www.eclectica.org/v28n4/rosen....

EMBARK is thrilled to be joining Bluesky! To mark the occasion we're announcing the release of our 22nd issue. Click here to read riveting novel openings by ten of today's most promising up-and-coming writers! – embarkliteraryjournal.com/issues/issue...