Unearthed
@unearthedjournal.bsky.social
Unearthed is an online literary and arts journal out of SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, NY. We publish twice a year, in the Spring and Fall, and encourage both established and new writers to submit. View our latest issue and archived pieces at unearthedesf.com
🔔 We are open for submissions until October 31st! The theme for our Fall 2025 Issue is “Nourish”— of the body, the mind, the spirit, and the land. What does it mean to be fed? What does it mean to feed others, or to be denied sustenance—emotional, physical, or cultural?
“The most beautiful and the most painful experiences I’ve ever had as a human being have taken place in the wilderness. Backpacking and hiking, I’ve found, have the remarkable capacity to crush your spirit and rebuild it again, in the same fatal blow.” Read the full story linked below!
Power of Cold | Ian Cotter
Power of Coldby Ian Cotter The most beautiful and the most painful experiences I’ve ever
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Cosmic Journey, by Dr. Chaitali Umesh Hambire, reflects the transition from darkness to light... This transformation is not only observed in nature but also resonates deeply with the human experience, symbolizing resilience, hope, and the pursuit of enlightenment. Link in our bio for more!
We share a poem by SUNY ESF student Izze Modell-Kowalski, titled “On Some Sort of Edge”. This was published in our latest Spring 2025 issue, Searching for Light. unearthedesf.com/on-some-sort...
On Some Sort of Edge | Izze Modell-Kowalski
On some sort of edgeby Izze M-K in the bathouse at midnight alone becoming black oil shadowed against the (dark blue) the sun was tempered in a net downtown(dark blue) somehow again
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We share with you a poem by ESF student, Abbey Leibert, titled Adjusting Sails. You can also read it in our Spring 2025 issue, linked in our bio! ~ Water is a universal solvent. I will not be left unresolved. I can be free, let the water flow. unearthedesf.com/adjusting-sa...
Adjusting Sails | Abbey Leibert
Adjusting Sailsby Abbey Leibert Water is a universal solvent. I will not be left unresolved.
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Every other week, we shout out writers & their recent lit mag publications: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s... @unearthedjournal.bsky.social @ballastjournal.bsky.social @passionfruitlit.bsky.social @baltimorereview.bsky.social @jacobschepers.bsky.social
Saturday Shout-Out ~ May 17, 2025
Share your recently published work with the WRJ community
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We are kicking off the Spring 2025 issue by sharing an interview from our own Managing Editor, Erin Hassett @erinhassett.bsky.social Erin had the pleasure of chatting with Sheila Novak, a talented and inspiring environmental artist in Ithaca, New York: unearthedesf.com/an-interview...
An Interview with Environmental Artist Sheila Novak
An Interview with Environmental Artist Sheila Novak I first met Sheila in 2024 at a book club event in Ithaca—an intimate, monthly gathering focused on exploring themes of environmentalism and outdoor...
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Thank you for all the wonderful submissions for our upcoming Spring 2025 issue! We will be in touch towards the end of March with acceptances.
Deadline Saturday!
Unearthed@unearthedjournal.bsky.social · 2y ago🔔 We are open for submissions for our upcoming Spring 2025 Issue: Searching for Light! Deadline: March 1st 2025 We invite writers, poets, artists, and creatives of all kinds to submit to our upcoming Spring 2025 issue. unearthedesf.com/call-for-sub...
“From the way the yellowing leaves parted perfectly around the grave to the harsh contrast of the grey stone to the colorful fall foliage, this image shows the balance between life and death. The beauty of the statue atop the grave represents a life that once was…”
Nature Surrounds Us | Leila Kuhns
Leila Kuhns
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Down the valley, he saw ruins of battery powered vehicles, left abandoned with grid empty and electricity unsupplied. Rust and decay were faster these days, and the rain was sulphuric with acid aerosols––a last ditch effort to slow down the future.
After the Rockets Have Gone | Victor Wang
After the Rockets Have Goneby Victor Zhenyi Wang
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Short Vine is now accepting submissions for Spring 2025! The theme is Perseverance and Permanence. What endures in the face of change. We are accepting both themed and general submissions in Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Art&Photography. Learn more at ShortVineJournal.com
“Like most children, India too is a child fraught with parental trauma. A surrogate mother to Hinduism’s political and religious tenets, the cow, in all its oedipal glory, is the most controversial animal in the country. Twenty out of India’s 28 states have a regulation against her slaughter.”
Appetite for Maternal Care | Sushmita Samaddar
An Appetite for Maternal Careby Sushmita Samaddar Ingredients 1 kg chicken 4 potatoes 1
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⏳ Tomorrow’s the day! Submissions for Beautiful Little Fools open Feb 1. Send us up to 3 poems that dazzle and haunt. Submission link: shorturl.at/xipDH #BeautifulLittleFools #SubmissionWindow #PoetryCommunity
Submission Guidelines for Beautiful Little Fools: Poetry of Glamour, Obsession, and the Gilded Age - The Broken Spine
Beautiful Little Fools will be a stunning hardcover anthology celebrating and interrogating the glamour, obsession, and decadence of the Gilded Age, inspired
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“After my first child died unexpectedly in Namibia when she was 17 days old, it took me over a year to be ready to try to conceive again. I was living in Angola and saw danger in every room of the house, on every road and in every car, mosquito and especially in every ill-equipped emergency room.”
Ay ay, Mama | Stephanie French
Ay ay Mama by Stephanie French After my first child
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We are coming up on 1 month until deadline! We are accepting all forms of writing and artwork for our theme “Searching for Light”, and we encourage new writers to submit. Please see our call below ☀️
Unearthed@unearthedjournal.bsky.social · 2y ago🔔 We are open for submissions for our upcoming Spring 2025 Issue: Searching for Light! Deadline: March 1st 2025 We invite writers, poets, artists, and creatives of all kinds to submit to our upcoming Spring 2025 issue. unearthedesf.com/call-for-sub...
“Church bells pealed canonical hours, matins, lauds, praise be for sunrise, prime, terce, sext become silent graphics— pornography time stamped as a draft, message sent, received marked trail illuminated minute by minute” Read more:
Inescapable | Sandy Feinstein
Inescapableby Sandy Feinstein
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ANMLY is now open for new work for 10 more days! We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org/ap39
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**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...
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🔔 Call for artwork! The Spring 2025 issue of Unearthed is seeking vertically aligned art for the next cover, inspired by the theme, Seeking Light. Please see guidelines for submissions below. We look forward to seeing your artwork! Deadline April 1st unearthedesf.com/artists-help...
Call for Cover Art – Spring 2025
Call for Cover Art We are inviting all artists to submit their work for the
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“If there is enough bark left, if its trunk lying nearby or if you were the one to fell it you might be able to tell a tree’s identity once it has been sawn to a stump. Mina was not. She recalled reading the reasons for learning about trees vary from purely recreational to the strictly serious.” …
Medicine | Loralee Clark
Medicine
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🔔 We are open for submissions for our upcoming Spring 2025 Issue: Searching for Light! Deadline: March 1st 2025 We invite writers, poets, artists, and creatives of all kinds to submit to our upcoming Spring 2025 issue. unearthedesf.com/call-for-sub...
We share an article by Erin Hassett, titled More than Spinning Wheels. She writes about her bicycle journey across the U.S. and makes a case for bike travel: to see hidden gems off the beaten path, meet strangers, and experience rare fortuitous moments. Read more: unearthedesf.com/more-than-sp...
boardwalk greasy with entangled seaweed, the rickety path to my summer blossomed open towards the ten acres of land yanked out of the ocean floor. with virgin hands in a house of experts, the endless waves surrounding us mimicked the vast open emptiness of my mind Read more:
Petit Manan | Leah Nath
Petit Mananby Leah Nath
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“I hadn’t thought much of the wind today before I pushed into the pond and found how little, mind you, how little the wind thought of me, contesting every oar stroke, compelling me to yaw and sway off course, and trying out the boat’s stability.” Read more from this collection of 3 poems:
Poems from Nashawannuck Pond | David Ram
Poems from Nashawannuck Pond by David Ram Rowing in the Harvest Daylight sinking
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Multitudes of hands open and close like sea anemones, blindly by Nature’s law learning to feed and breathe, growing pseudo-gills in foul waters wavy moss, below stony eyes, cans and boxes and these hands, once connected to ancient arms, retain memories of healing and wholeness Read more:
River Reflections | Scott T. Starbuck
River Reflectionsby Scott T.
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Open mic event to celebrate the launch of our Fall Issue! Our @sunyesf.bsky.social community is so talented 👏
We are honored to share the work of award-winning artist, Petra Kuppers. In this videopoem, two humans and a tree dance, feel, see and explore together in Leadville, Colorado, a 10,000-foot-high city and Superfund site surrounded by high piles of mining waste that sit upon the water supply.
Skins: Crip Drift Leadville | Petra Kuppers
In this videopoem, two humans and a tree dance, feel, see and explore together in Leadville, Colorado, a 10,000-foot-high city and Superfund site surrounded by high piles of mining waste that sit upon...
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