JUNE NEWSLETTER: Picnic table writing & hammock reading season! ✍️⛱️☀️
- Naomi Artemi
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
Writers & Readers,
Tucked away in a quiet hallway alcove, last weekend's Ithaca Book & Zine Fair was slower than usual for us— which meant that it was great for getting for writing done! For those of you who did stop by our little nook, thanks :)
Read on for a brand new call for submissions (with SO MUCH more time to get a story together), meet our (already incredibly helpful) volunteer intern, and get your monthly writing prompt!
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
✨ Don't Go Alone ✨
What scary ideas are dwelling in your head, waiting to haunt others, to be given form in innocent-looking ink on paper? Give us your best tales to fright and chill!
OF NOTE: We're going to do something a little different for the next couple of collections—give writers more time to write! We've heard from some of you that you would have submitted a story to a particular anthology had you more notice to develop your idea. How does a year sound? During that stretch we will put out the three anthologies already in progress (Xeno, Against All Odds, Coffee Shop at the End of the Universe) and maybe even publish a novel...
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
Saturday, Sept 12 - Sunday, Sept 13 from 11am-6pm
Books, merch, writing prompt zines!
Call for Tabling Volunteers: If you've been published by Ink Alchemy and are in the area, we'd love to have you table with us! This is a chance for local authors to meet their readers and vice versa. Sign up for a two hour shift here.
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INK ALCHEMY INTERN SPOTLIGHT:
Join us in welcoming our wonderful new volunteer intern, Himani Parekh! Himani is passionate about story-telling, fiction, and books. She writes fiction that aims to immerse the reader in emotional landscapes and is often tinged, intentionally or not, by elements of her first love, gothic romanticism. In a past life, she worked as an Aerospace Engineer. She has lived a winding path that very likely will continue to wind. Himani thinks people should read more fiction.
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FIND OUR BOOKS:
We've got a new page up on our site listing all the wonderful local bookstores that carry our books, along with links to buy online at Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
Remember, if you order directly through us you save $5 per book!
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WRITING PROMPT:
Need a spark of inspiration? Here, have a prompt: Write from the point of view of something that exists underwater. Mermaid, lobster trap, pearl, shipwreck—the possibilities are as vast as the ocean!
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Writer's Block? Lie on your back on a good cloud-watching day and tell a little story about the images you see in the sky.
Warmly,
Naomi
Naomi Artemi
Editor-in-Chief at Ink Alchemy Books
The Importance of Representation: We understand the value of seeing oneself reflected in literature, thus actively seek to publish stories that represent a spectrum of readers. Authors and characters of all identities will always be welcome in Ink Alchemy Book publications.
Land Acknowledgement: The land where this press is located exists within the territory of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫʼ (Cayuga Nation) and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. We commit to living in good relation to the land and with our neighbors, its rightful stewards.
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