Ephemera Newsletter Iss Jan.4

(Creativity and Motivation Weekly)

Welcome to the Ephemera Newsletter, duston! (Tajik for “friends”).

Dear Readers,

Some Housekeeping Notes:

• Major Update: Ephemera will be publishing poetry in each issue beginning in April. We will host a contest through February and chose 1 poet to procure 4 pieces, one each to appear per issue. Writers will receive a $200 honorarium and a dedicated post with their bio, author photo, artist statement and or craft statement alongside their 4 poems. For more information, please see our post outlining the details. To submit, follow the button.
  

• This week’s letter provides a preview for free subscribers.

• If you are a free subscriber, please also consider supporting us. Our post on going paid is here. There are several useful perks!

• In case you missed it: Last week’s letter has important deadlines.

• Coming soon: Get your Write-In Residency applications ready! We’ll begin reading in Feb for our spring Staycation. Remember, two rounds and round 1 submitters are considered twice. Yearly Subscribers can submit for free (we’ll email you a link).

Merci. Danke. Kiitos. 고마워 Go-ma-wo, Xiè xiè.

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Ephemera

Writers need experiences. We’ve mentioned this before and have alighted on the subject on several occasions, and, though it might now, in effect, have become a refrain, that we ought to keep track of and position ourselves to have more experience bears repeating; there are nuances to extract from the mantra. Too, we can all use periodic reminders—and what better time than dead of winter—to break our routines and or comfort zones and aim our actions at the novel. Let’s say, quarterly incitements to action and