I'm an editor for an up and coming queer zine based in Chicago. We publish ~4 volumes a year and have a different theme each time, spanning queer love, religion, and identity. We pride ourselves on talking taboo topics and loving messy realness.

Messy Misfits Club Zine

I was the Head Fiction Editor for TMR over the course of two years whilst I was in college. I ran group meetings, planned events, and collaborated with local authors. I worked for The Madison Review from 2017 until 2021, producing seven volumes.

The Madison Review

A poem called "Insatiable" published by Sage Cigarettes Magazine in November 2022.

Insatiable

a short poem, "Rot & Revenge" published in October 2022 in Onwords series "Things That Trouble Us"

Rot & Revenge

A poem, "Abra to Judith (1620)" featured in the Summer 2022 of Penumbra Online. This piece is based on the Artemisia Gentileschi painting "Judith Slaying Holofernes".

Abra to Judith (1620)

A microtweet poem, "Much to Consider" published in the "Tears Streaking the Pillow" call. Also featured on twitter with additional graphics.

Much to Consider

a poem "a divine song" published by The Hyacinth Review in September 2022. 

a divine song

A republished poem "The Taste of Summer Fruit", featured in Volume Three: Belonging of All My Relations. 

The Taste of Summer Fruit

a poem "bottom feeder" featured in August 2022

bottom feeder

In Volume 2 of Messy Misfits Club, I have a poem featured named "Contemptuous Spirit". It was published in May 2022.

Contemptuous Spirit

Volume 6 of Queerlings features a poem of mine, "Reverberations" published in July 2022.

Reverberations

My poem "The Taste of Summer Fruit" originally published in Brave Voices Mag in June 2022. 

Emma Cholip

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