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The Emma Press
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The Emma Press
@TheEmmaPress
Small press, big dreams... Publisher of poetry, children's books, short-form prose and translations.
- It's real! Some truly incredible news to start the year and set The Emma Press off on a journey towards greater resilience. We are so pleased to be one of the 43 organisations nationwide to receive #Elevate funding and we can't wait for the adventures ahead. #ACEsupportedCongratulations to @TheEmmaPress who have received more than £99,000 funding through #Elevate to grow their organisation! buff.ly/2UPnr3w #ACEsupported #TheNationalLottery
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- Good news: we've been awarded a £15k @ace_national grant to support the development of our children's book list and grow as an inclusive children's publisher! Read more here: ow.ly/ORix50o62xv #emmapresskids #acesupported #lotteryfunded
- We're hiring 📚! Could you be our new Publishing Assistant? We're looking for a self-motivated, creative person with an interest in the operational side of publishing. £21k pro rata, 3 days a week, entry-level job, based in Birmingham. Deadline 1st Jul: theemmapress.com/2021/06/job-va…
- ⭐ The Emma Press SUBMISSIONS OPENING in AUGUST ⭐ From 10am Tuesday 13 August until Tuesday 20 August (23.59pm), send us your: ✨ Poetry pamphlets ✨ Novellas (max 30,000) ✨ Essay Collections ✨ Children's Poetry (8+) ✨ Children's Fiction (8+)
- Calling all writers! 📢 Our first 2023 #callforsubmissions will open for 1 week on 7th FEBRUARY. We're accepting prose pamphlets, children's fiction & children's poetry 🌻All info is available in an Easy-Read PDF on the submissions page of our website: ow.ly/PRB150MiXjM
- 📢We will be open to submissions of creative non fiction, life writing and novellas from 30 January - midnight 6 February! Find out how to send us your work: theemmapress.com/about/submissi… We can't wait to read your proposals 🌙
- Our call for submissions is open until August 9th! 🦋Read our easy submission guide here or check out the submission page on our website: ow.ly/B5LV50Pq28I 🦋 If you're not looking to apply, why not tag a friend!
- Our submissions window is now OPEN for one week for poetry pamphlets, prose pamphlets, children's fiction and children's poetry (8+) Submit here: ow.ly/uFEf50PeXeK Our final Q&A will be hosted tomorrow, so come and join us: 📅Twitter Q&A, 2 Aug, 2-4pm BST
- Here's a sample poem from Rachel Plummer's Wain, a wonderful book of LGBT+ poems for young readers, based on Scottish folklore. We're looking for an illustrator for this book! More information & contact details here: theemmapress.com/books/wain/
- ⭐ SUBMISSIONS are OPEN ⭐ You have until Tues 20 August (23.59PM) to send us: ✨ Poetry pamphlets ✨ Novellas (max 30,000) ✨ Essay Collections ✨ Children's Poetry (8+) ✨ Children's Fiction (8+) Let us know your questions in reply to this thread! buff.ly/33ZO731
- We're delighted to have received £28,000 in @ace_midlands National Lottery Project Grants funding! 🤞 We look forward to setting up a Birmingham Editorial Readers Group to develop more local publishers and putting on writing courses locally & online! theemmapress.com/2023/06/the-em…
- receiving hate for this book just shows why it’s important for us to publish it, to make it available as widely as possible - and to support trans & nonbinary youth.Looking forward to Wain, Rachel Plummer's upcoming collection of LGBTQ+ themed Scottish folklore poems for young readers? You should be! It's publishing in February 2019, but you can pre-order from us now: theemmapress.com/shop/wain/
