2021 Wrapped!

It has been an insane year, but we couldn't be more grateful for every single one of you who submitted your writing and art pieces to our inbox. 

Since January of 2021, we have received countless submissions across 7 series (not including the latest), publishing nearly 30 pieces in our themed series: 13 art and 15 written.

It was incredibly exciting to see familiar names appear in our inbox. A special shoutout to Brendon Wang for being the most published author: an impressive 5 pieces out of 7 series! You can find his most recent essay, one of our personal favorites, here.

Additionally, we also published longer stories spanning multiple chapters. Thank you to Teresa Jiang and Lindsey Mo for always being so on top of their schedules, sending us chapter after chapter so we could publish them. Check out their story, The Mysterious Island, starting with Chapter 1. The final chapter will release very soon, perfect for the closing of the year.

The Youth Review also hit our 1-year milestone in April. Check out that post here.

Finally, here is a review of the 8 calls for submissions:

• "Fauna"
• "The New Year"
• "Pride"
• "To Wit!"
• "Not-So-Ancient History"
• "Homeland"
• "Friendship"
• "New Year, New Me" (ongoing; due January 17th!)

We truly mean it when we say that it has been such a joy to edit and publish the submissions we receive, and to interact with all the young contributors that make up our growing literary review and blog. We hope to see new and familiar faces pop up time and time again, and we cannot wait for everything the next year has planned for us.

Thank you again for making what we do possible, and cheers to an amazing 2022!

Sincerely,
The Editors of the Emerald Youth Review