Issue Four | June 2021
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letter from the editors |
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Welcome to our first summer issue here at Ample Remains!
Our literary journal experiment has swelled and expanded so much more than we ever imagined when we first tweeted our announcement back in December. While it hasn’t been without its difficulties, we are so proud of these amply beautiful words sent to us by so many of you, and the community we’ve created together. Throwing ourselves into a new timing model and a themed issue all in one fell swoop certainly felt like a significant gamble, but we think you’ll find the final project to feel more like a natural continuation of the moods, tones, and emotions that we’ve sought all along. Despite our initial concern that our new quarterly schedule would lead to an abnormally quiet round of submissions, we were blown away the amount and the quality of submissions we received from the beginning to the end. We were inspired by the directions that our contributors took this prompt, but unfortunately due to the prompt's restraints, we had to turn away several incredible pieces both because of distance and proximity to the theme. Ultimately, although we are beyond pleased with the final issue, the two of us would like to move away from themed issues going forward. We are broadening our guidelines to allow for greater freedom for us and anyone who wants to submit. While each issue will have a distinct tone with the changing seasons and events, we're returning to our initial guideline: to provide a home for pieces that we cannot stop thinking about. Readers, thank you for bearing with our growing pains and formal experiments as an online journal. Contributors, thank you for making Ample Remains what it is today and for continuing to carry us forward with every issue. |
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Best wishes,
Carlos & Sydney |
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I. on remembrance
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II. on cycles
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we could learn from abandoned gardens
Natalia Queenan poetry |
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III. on holding the past
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IV. on survival
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Thank you for reading and trusting us with your words.
Submissions for our September Issue are open now.
Submissions for our September Issue are open now.