This year's emerge 21 anthology is like no other.
At a time when the whole world had to redefine their sense of connection, writers near and far sought new ways to connect and create. Haunted and hopeful, vulnerable and resilient, this fresh cadre of voices found community in the power of the written word— the scaffolding that held their imagination aloft as the world crumbled around them. Some expressed their grief, some hoped for the future, and many healed through the power of writing. With the turn of every page, scars knit together families, umbrellas come to life, unexpected horses arrive at a doorstep ... and sometimes adults are simply looking for an imaginary friend. Experience the creativity that blooms after destruction.
"I'm struck by the risks these writers have taken: to imagine, to tell it like it is, to conjure images and sounds, to share pain, and to sneak in moments of joy, and even sassiness!" —Renée Sarojini Saklikar, author of children of air india and co-author of Listening to the Bees
CONTRIBUTORS:
Renée Sarojini Saklikar — Foreword
Mohammed Alkaff
Sideah Alladice
Luis Álvarez
Angie Antonopoulos
Liisa Atva
Lowell Bell
J. A. Benskin
Deborah Blacklock
Alison Brierley
Christina Brobby
Rachel Burns
Julie Burtinshaw
Karen Mahon Carrington
Heidi Castle
Arlyn Charlie
Julia Cottrelle
Crystal Crow
Tricia Daum
Alisha Davidson
Erika Dickinson
Kate Dieringer
Jess Dunkin
Kate Eckland
Jaki Eisman
Alice Engelmore
Frances Fee
Rosemary Feighan
Susan Fong
Laura Fukumoto
Sarah Aubrey Hunter Gazaneo
Juliet Goulet
Mary Olivia Gunn
Pat Haiste
Leesa Hanna
Catherine Hannon
Engeli Haupt
Sheryl Hebb
Doley Henderson
Amy Hogue
M. W. Irving
C. V. Jackson
Galen Hazel Taylor Jones
Jean Kavanagh
Jordan Kawchuk
Sharlene Kemp
Arya Khanal
Tara Bentall King
Bill Koch
Kristen La Grand
Hope Lauterbach
Megan Lavergne
Noah Lefevre
Tracey Leigh
Steve Lonergan
Shawne Y. MacIntyre
Nuia Mana
Cadence Mandybura
Jill Maynard
Medwyn McConachy
britt mcgillivray
Meg McLaughlin
April Meredith
Sasha Milam
Caoimhe Murphy
Coley Nielsen
H. D. Noles
Braden O'Neill
Trista Orchard
Jill Patrick
Ashley Rochefort
Fay Roth
Vernice Santiago
Leanna Scaife
Sherry Schoenberger
Libby Shabada
Beverley J. Siver
Elizabeth Smith
Janet K. Smith
Judy Smith
Kae Solomon
Pat StaBord
Vania Tse
Brittany Tucker
Kara van Donkersgoed
Nikoli Varga
Sonja Verpoort
A. Vission
Ellen Wilcox
Sam Wilket
Natalie Wolanski
Adrienne Yeung
Krys Yuan